JUDGMENT - S.M. DAUD, J.:---This petition invokes the writ jurisdiction to quash a “ no flying” order and to restore all benefits of which the petitioner has been deprived as a consequence thereof.

2. Respondent No. 2, the Union of India, owns and operates the 1st respondent which shall hereinafter be referred to as ' the Air India' or ' Corporation'. Petitioner is a pilot who served the Indian Air Force from 1962 to 1976 and for distinguished service received the Vayu Sena Medal in 1971. In 1976 he joined the Air India and until mid 1984 underwent the usual progression. Come June 1984 and the entry of the Army into the Golden Temple on 6th June, 1984. Agitated by this entry, the petitioner addressed a letter on 10th June, 1984 to the Dadar Gurudwara Prabhandak Samiti to forward his protest and the return of the Vayu Sena Medal to the Governor of Maharashtra. The letter emphasised petitioner's not being actuated by political considerations and his aversion to the protest being actuated by political considerations and his aversion to the protest being publicised. The caution notwithstanding, the protest found its way into the press. Four days later i.e. on 14 June, 19

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