JUDGMENT :

(RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) :

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties.

2. The Petitioner seeks to challenge the judgment dated 12^th September, 2023 delivered by the learned Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Mumbai. Vide the said judgment, the claim of the Petitioner for pro-rata pension has been refused.

3. In this context, the Petitioner has put forth prayer clauses (a), (b) and (c), as under :

(a) To Call for the records and proceedings pertaining to OA No.129/2022 from Ld. AFT Mumbai.

(b) issue an appropriate writ of certiorari or any other writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing and setting aside the impugned order EX – A.

(c) issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus to the respondents to grant pro rata pension from the date of discharge from service of respondents as applicable for the mandate of Ex- E.

4. The original application before the learned Tribunal was filed by the Petitioner under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 praying for the relief of grant of pro rata pension. His case was that he was enrolled in the Indian Air Force on 22^nd