UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs EX MWO RATAN DEBNATH

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 27.01.2026 W.P.(C) 1114/2026, CM APPL. 5472/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. P.S. Singh, CGSC, Ms Shivangi Sharma, Ms. Minakshi Singh, Mr. Ashutosh Bharti, Mr. Rajneesh Kumar Sharma, Advs. versus EX MWO RATAN DEBNATH .....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. 5473/2026 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 1114/2026 CM APPL. 5472/2026 3. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India lays the challenge to the order dated 27.09.2024 (‘impugned order’) passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘Tribunal’, for short) in Original Application (‘O.A.’) 3573/2023 titled Ex MWO Ratan Debnath v. Union of India & Ors, wherein the Respondent has been 2023. 4. The facts in the present case are that the Respondent was enrolled into the Indian Air Force on 13.09.1983 and was discharged from the services on 31.01.2023 under the clause ‘on attaining the age of superannuation’. The Release Medic