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2026 Supreme(SC) 312

MANOJ MISRA, MANMOHAN
Union of India – Appellant
Versus
Balakrishnan Mullikote (EX HAV 256812 M) – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, A.S.G. Mr. Abhishek Jain, Adv. Ms. Sweksha, Adv. Mr. Pramod Vishnoi, Adv. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Kamal Digpaul, Adv. Mr. K Parameshwaran, Sr. Adv. Mrs. Ruchi Kohali, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Adv. Ms. Vaishnav Kirti Singh, Adv. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Ankita Chaudhary Rathi, Adv. Ms. Divya Jyoti Singh, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra Solanki, Adv. Ms. Harshita Choubey, Adv. Mr. T.S.Sabrish, Adv. Ms. Ankita Chodhary Rathi, Adv. Ms. Shreya Jain, Adv. Mr. Kamal Rattan Digpaul, Adv. Mr. Sunit Choudhary, Adv. Mrs. Chitrangda Rastaravara, Adv. Mr. Advitya Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mishra, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kuamr Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Udit Dedhiya, Adv. Mrs. Megha Karanwala, Adv. Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv. Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Jagdsih Chandra, Adv. Mr. Mohan Prasad Gupta, Adv. Mr. M.p. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Ms. Astha Singh, Adv. Ms. Priyanka Tyagi, Adv. Mrs. Astha Singh, Adv. Mr. Digvijay Dam, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Ms. Neelakshi Bhadauria, Adv. Mr. Aditya Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Rohit Pandey, Adv. Mr. Prasanjeet Mahapatra, Adv. Mrs. Alka Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ishan Kapoor, Adv. Ms. Sthavi Asthana, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas, Adv. Mr. M.P Gupta, Adv. Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Vivek Gupta, Adv. Mr. Gaurang, Adv. Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Adv. Ms. Seema Bengani, Adv. Mr. Merusagar Samatray, Adv. Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv. Ms. Preeti Rani, Adv. Mr. Advitiya Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Kamal Digpaul, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Shudhanshu S Pandey, Adv. Mr. Devendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. Mr. Brajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR Ms. Mousumi Roy, Adv. Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Dusmanta Kumar Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Shivam Majhi, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Mehley, AOR Mr. Mohan Raj, Adv. Ms. Charulata Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Tansukh Rai, Adv. Ms. Shaily Jain, Adv. Mr. Jaswant Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Banvendra Singh Gandhar, Adv. Ms. Simran Singh Parihar, Adv. Mr. Sohaib Alam, Adv. Mr. Ranjeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mr. Mohd Yasin, Adv. Ms. Monica Goel, Adv. Mr. Nitish Pande, Adv. Mr. Sarthak Udaipuria, Adv. Ms. Mahesh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Sonika Gill, Adv. Mr. Abhinav, Adv. Ms. Sitara Yadav, Adv. Ms. Sarita Verma, Adv. Mr. Satish Hooda, Adv. Mr. Gourav Dixit, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Ms. Jagrati Singh, AOR Ms. Archana Ramesh, Adv. Mr. Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Surendar Kumar, Adv. Mr. Omprakash, Adv. Mr. R. S. Meena, Adv. Mr. Sonu, Adv. Mr. Jaswant Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Prabhash Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Ajeet Yadav, Adv. Mr. M. Arifi, Adv. Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv. Mr. Davender Rawat, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Upadhayay, Adv.

Table of Content
1. preliminary procedural rulings. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. identification of substantial legal questions. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
3. arguments by the appellants regarding pension regulations. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
4. responses to prior legal interpretations. (Para 24 , 25 , 26)
5. legal categorization of dsc personnel. (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
6. provisions for condonation of service shortfalls. (Para 31 , 32 , 33)
7. clarity on existing pension rules. (Para 34 , 35 , 36)
8. consistency in pension eligibility rulings. (Para 37 , 38 , 39)
9. recap of judicial consensus. (Para 40 , 41)
10. final decision and order. (Para 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51)

JUDGMENT :

1. Delay condoned.

3. Applications for intervention / impleadment are allowed.

4. The two substantial questions of law that arise for consideration in this batch of appeals are:

ARGUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANTS

Sl.No.

Case No

Particulars of the individual

QS for Regular Army/First Service

Date of Re Enrollment in DSC

Date of Discharge from DSC

AQS for 2nd Service Pension

Shortfall for 2nd Service Pension

1

2

3

4

(Y/M /

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