# EX SGT (DR.) OMKAR NATH KATIYAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2026-02-19
Citation: W.P.(C)-2386/2026 2026:DHC:1510-DB
Petitioner: EX SGT (DR.) OMKAR NATH KATIYAR
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/VKR19022026CW23862026_130454.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 19.02.2026 W.P.(C) 2386/2026 EX SGT (DR.) OMKAR NATH KATIYAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kumar Rajesh Singh and Ms. Punam Singh, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Viplav Acharya, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik and Ms. Khyaati Bansal, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 11602/2026 (Exemption) 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 2386/2026 3. This petition has been filed with the following prayers: “(A) Set aside /quash judgment and order dated 26.09.2025 passed by the Ld. Tribunal in OA No.129i 'of 2017 ; (B) Issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction quashing and setting aside the discharge certificate along with all consequential orders, as passed and/or altered by the respondents, being illegal, arbitrary, and in violation of the provisions of the Air Force Act, particularly Sections 23 and 15(2)(a) and 15(2)(h), which were wrongly invoked to remove the petitioner from service; (C) Issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction directing th

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