NS 22921A MAJOR DEVANJANA GHOSHAL vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~75 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 24.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 2499/2026 CM APPL. 12107/2026 CM APPL. 12108/2026 NS 22921A MAJOR DEVANJANA GHOSHAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. SS Pandey, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Neeraj, SPC, Mr. Rudra Paliwal Govt. Pleader, Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty, Lt. Col. Mahua Upadhyaya, Col. Kanika Sharma, Col. Ashish Chadha Major Kanika Sharma, Army CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO , J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 12108/2026 (for exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 2499/2026 3. This petition lays a challenge to the order dated 21.01.2026 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench at New Delhi (‘the Tribunal’), whereby the Tribunal decided the petitioner’s application for interim relief. The interim relief sought in the Original Application 3103/2025 (‘O.A.’) Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 2499/2026 Page 1 of 4 Signed By:MAHIMA SHARMA Signing Date:25.02.2026 10:19 was primarily for a stay of the operation and effect of the petitioner’s release order dated 14.07.2025, pending final adjudication of the O.A. 4. The submission of Mr. SS Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner is that the Tribunal has dismissed the prayer for interim relief of the petitioner on an erroneous premise that the petitioner had not claimed her permanent commission in the force. 5. He has drawn our attention to the prayer clause in the O.A., wherein the petitioner has specifically sought the grant of permanent commission. 6. He further states that the Tribunal has also not considered the effect of the order dated 19.05.2025, passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos. 9