UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. vs HFO MURALI DHAR YADAV

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 26.02.2026 W.P.(C) 2718/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Gauri Goburdhun, SPC. versus HFO MURALI DHAR YADAV .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ramniwas Bansal, Adv., Sgt. Padam Charan and Sgt. Karani Singh Rathore. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 13223/2026 (Exemption) 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 2718/2026 CM APPL. 13224/2026 3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 29.07.2024 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 2120/2023 titled as MWO (HFO) Murali Dhar Yadava (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors., wherein the Respondent has 2014. The arrears have been restricted to three years from the date of the filing of OA 2120/2023. 4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are set out hereinbelow: 5. The Release Medical Board [‘RMB’] held on 01.03.2013 assessed disability i.e., Primary