WRIT - A No. 2964 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - A No. - 2964 of 2026 Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Defence Govt. Of India New Delhi And 4 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus Ic-7463811 Colonel George Alexander (Retd.) .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mahendra Kumar Misra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties. 2. The Union of India has filed this petition challenging a judgment and order dated 06.10.2022 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Lucknow in Original Application No. 459 of 2022. 3. Though, provisions of Limitation Act, 1963 do not apply to writ proceedings, nevertheless, a litigant has to invoke the discretionary extraordinary jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with promptness and diligence without any laches. In the case at hand, this petition has been filed after more than three and a half years of the judgment having been passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal. 4. On being confronted, learned counsel for the petitioner stated that delay has been explained in Paragraph 4 and 5 of