COL. RANJAN SRIVASTAVA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

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$~54 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 15668/2025, CM APPL. 64112/2025 & CM APPL. 64113/2025 COL. RANJAN SRIVASTAVA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shree Prakash Sinha, Mr. Anand Kumar, Mr. Akshit Anand, Ms. Trishla Kumari and Mr. Gurpreet Das, Advocates versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ashish k Dixit CGSC with Aditi Singh GP, Mr. Umar Hashmi adv Mr Mayank Upadhyay Adv Mr. Harshit Chitransh Advs and Major Anish Muralidhar CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 13.10.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition is directed against orders dated 30 May 2025 and 29 August 2025 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 on the prayer for interim relief contained in OA 1568/2025 and RA 22/2025, filed by the petitioner. 1 “the Tribunal”, hereinafter WP(C) 15668/2025 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:16.10.2025 14:46:56 2. The order dated 30 May 2025 was itself directed against a tentative chargesheet issued to the petitioner on 5 May 2025 proposing to hold a Court of Inquiry into certain allegations against him. The case of the petitioner before the Tribunal appears to have been that an earlier punishment of reproof had been granted to him and that therefore no chargesheet could have been issued. 3. The OA is presently pending before the Tribunal and the Tribunal is yet to take a final view on the aforesaid submissions of the petitioner. 4. On the plea of the petitioner for stay of the proceedings pursuant to the chargesheet dated 5 May 2025, the Tribunal passed the following order on 30 May 2025: “Invoking the jurisdiction of this Tribunal under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, the applicant has challenged the tenabi