LT COL BEANT SINGH (RETD) vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 20.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 27.04.2026 W.P.(C) 14643/2024 LT COL BEANT SINGH (RETD) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. T. Parshad, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rohan Jaitley, CGSC-UOI with Mr. Akshay Sharma, Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi, Mr. Varun Pratap Singh and Mr. Yogya Bhatia, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. The present Petition, preferred by the Petitioner, assails the correctness of the order dated 09.08.2024 [hereinafter referred to as the „Impugned Order‟] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as „AFT‟] in O.A. No. 404/2016, whereby the Original Application filed by the Petitioner seeking grant of back wages for the period from 04.12.2001 to 04.03.2013 has been dismissed. The Petitioner further assails the order dated 13.09.2012, as modified by corrigendum dated 15.02.2013, as well as the order dated 16.11.2015 passed by the Central Government, to the limited extent they deny him back wages 2. The issue which aris