WRIT - A No. 2311 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 2311 of 2026 Union Of India, Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Defence New Delhi And 3 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus 636232 -S Ex Jwo Baban Singh .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Krishna Lal Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. By means of this petition filed in 2026, the petitioner- Union of India has challenged the judgment and order dated 01.02.2023 passed in ).A. No. 750 of 2022 (636232-S Ex Jwo Baban Singh (Retd.) Vs. Union of India and Others). 2. Apparently, the petitioner has approached this Court after more than three years of passing of the impugned judgment. 3. On being confronted, learned counsel for the petitioner has invited our attention to Paragraph Nos. 22 and 23 wherein according to him the delay has been explained. The said paragraphs read as under:- "22. That as far as delay which, has occurred in filing the Writ Petition, the same is not deliberate but the same is bonafide and genuine which deserves to be condoned. It is stated that the judgment was delivered by the Armed Force Tribunal on 01.02.2023. Thereafter, the matter