JUDGMENT

Jyoti Singh, J. - Petitioner has filed the present petition challenging the action of the Respondents in discontinuing the service of the Petitioner w.e.f. 08.07.2020 and a writ of mandamus to the Respondents to reinstate the Petitioner to the post of Section Officer, with all consequential benefits, treating him to be in service from 09.07.2020.

2. Before proceeding to analyze and appreciate the controversy raised in the present petition, it is seemly to exposit the necessitous primary facts as averred in the writ petition. Retired from the Indian Army on 31.03.2011, Petitioner was offered appointment as Assistant in Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, after successfully clearing the interview conducted by a Committee of the Members of the said Tribunal vide letter dated 14.11.2011. The appointment was on reemployment on contract basis for a period of one year and was governed by Ministry of Defence, I.D. Note No.7(11)/2009-D(AFT) Cell dated 10.07.2009, whereby the Ministry had agreed for appointment of retired Government Servants to fill up unfilled posts in the Ar