UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs IC 65809 LT COL SANDEEP KUMAR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 17445/2024 & CM APPL. 74195/2024, CM APPL. 41185/2025 and CM APPL. 45090/2025. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Farman Ali CGSC, Ms Usha Jamnal, Col. Ms. Sarika, Lt Col Deepak Ranvan, Maj Tarun Pillai, Major Anish Muralidhar. versus IC 65809 LT COL SANDEEP KUMAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pushkar Sharma and Ms. Nagma Bee. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER(ORAL) % 20.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The respondent had approached the Armed Forces Tribunal1 by way of OA 1413/2022, aggrieved by the fact that he was not empanelled by the Selection Board which met in September 2020, the results of which were announced in October 2020, for rank of Colonel. 2. By order dated 11 November 2024, the AFT has allowed the OA, holding that the Value Judgment marks, which were assigned to the respondent, were not acceptable. According to the decision of the 1 “AFT” hereinafter 3. Following this reasoning, the AFT has directed the respondent to be promoted as Colonel with the 2004 AOC batch decision, as a first review case, based on which intra-batch seniority would follow with co