DB jolts Union of India, dismiss its Appeal as hit by inordinate delay and laches

Jammu, Oct 07: In WP(C) No. 1806/2024 titled UOI & Ors. vs Ajit Raj after hearing DB of HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR, JUDGE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PARIHAR, JUDGE ORDERED as under:-

1. Impugned in this petition, filed by the Union of India under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is an order and judgment dated 24.10.2018 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Srinagar at Jammu [“the Tribunal”] in OA No. 516 of 2018 titled “Ex. Naik Ajit Raj vs. Union of India and Ors.” to the extent it does not provide for restricting the payment of arrears to three years immediately preceding the filing of OA (supra).

2. The impugned judgment is challenged on the ground that the Tribunal has not appreciated the fact that the respondent had approached the Tribunal after abou