MASTER ATHRAVA TRIPATHI & ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 16.01.2026 Judgment delivered on: 24.02.2026 W.P.(C) 4338/2025 & CM APPL. 20065/2025, 40174/2025 MASTER ATHRAVA TRIPATHI & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Gautam Narayan, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Disha Joshi, Mr. Shashank Jain and Ms. Asmita Singh, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhishek Yadav, SPC with Mr. Kapil Dev Yadav and Mr. Atul Kumar, Advs. for R-1 to R-3. Mr. Praveen Kumar Singh, Mr. C. Sanal Nambiar, Ms. Chetna Singh and Mr. Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Advs. for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J. 1. The present petition has been filed seeking following reliefs: “(a) Call for the complete record leading to the issuance of the impugned letter dated 21.05.2018 by the Respondent No.1 and after perusal thereof issue an appropriate Writ including the Writ of Certiorari to read-down 'Priority-II' clause of the said impugned letter dated 21.05.2018 in so far as the same discriminates between "soldiers disabled in action" and "soldiers disabled in action and boarded out of service" with regard to giving the benefit of 2. Essentially, the petitioners have laid