MAJOR JAYATI CHANDRA vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~8 & 10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29th June, 2026 + W.P.(C) 8370/2026 & CM APPL. 39344/2026 MAJOR JAYATI CHANDRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prateek Arora, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Kartik Sharma, GP for UOI Major Anis Muralidhar (Army) Dr. Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, CGSC with Ms. Apurva Singh, Adv. with Major A.S. Buttar (10) + W.P.(C) 8372/2026 & CM APPL. 39348/2026 MAJOR ESHAAN SEGAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prateek Arora, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 8370/2026 & W.P.(C) 8372/2026 Page 1 of 5 By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:29.06.2026 20:00:01 Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC, Ms. Mrinmayee Sahu, Mr. Tribhuvan, Lt. Col. Varun Kumar, Major Anish Murlidhar and Major A. S. Bhuttar CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL): 1. The present writ petitions have been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India (“Constitution”), seeking quashing and setting aside the orders dated 27th May, 2026 and 21st May, 2026 passed by the learned Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Principal Bench, New Delhi in O.A. No. 1416/2026 and O.A. No. 1119/2026 respectively, whereby the AFT has dismissed the prayer of the petitioners seeking interim relief with regard to permission for applying and appearing in the NEET PG Examinations, 2026, as a priority. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners draws the attention of this Court to the Training Rules for Medical/Non-Technical Officers of the Armed Forces Medical Services (“Training Rules 2018”), dated 12th February, 2018, wherein, as per Rule 14(a)(ii), the petitioners had time from 4 to 10 years of the service to take the NE