UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs SGT AMAR LAL RETD.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 11.02.2026 W.P.(C) 601/2026 & CM APPL. 2974/2026 CM APPL. 2975/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Dr. B. Ramaswamy, CGSC with Sgt Mritunjay and Sgt Karani Singh Rathore, DAV Legal Cell Airforce versus SGT AMAR LAL RETD. .....Respondent Through: None CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 2975/2026(for exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 601/2026 & CM APPL. 2974/2026(stay) 3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 06.08.2024 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1473/2022 titled as (656746) Sgt Amar Lal 4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent was discharged from the service on 31.03.2016 under the clause ‘on fulfilling the conditions of enrolment’ after rendering a total of 26 years and 20 days of regular service. 5. The Release Medical Board [‘RMB’], held on 06.05.20