UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs 622441 EX HFO BRAHMPAL SHARMA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 26.02.2026 W.P.(C) 2739/2026 CM APPL. 13303/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shashank Dixit, CGSC, Mr. Kunal Raj, Sgt. Padam Charan and Sgt Karani Singh Rathore, DAV versus 622441 EX HFO BRAHMPAL SHARMA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vinod Kataria, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 13304/2026 (Exemption) 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 2739/2026, CM APPL. 13303/2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 03.08.2023[‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1370/2019 titled as HFO Brahmpal Sharma (Retd) v. Union of India & Ors., wherein the Respondent has been granted 2. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent retired from the service on 31.10.2017 under the clause ‘on attaining the age of superannuation’ after rendering a total of 39 years and 165 days