* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 18.03.2025 Pronounced on: 01.07.2025 + W.P.(C) 140/2024, CM APPL. 634/2024 & CM APPL.

635/2024 versus COL. BALBIR SINGH (RETD.) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 121/2024, CM APPL. 599/2024, CM APPL.

600/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus COL. SUNIL KALA (RETD.) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 141/2024, CM APPL. 637/2024 & CM APPL.

638/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus COL ANIL KUMAR S HADGEKAR (RETD.) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 148/2024, CM APPL. 647/2024 & CM APPL.

648/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus COL DAVENDER PAL SINGH CHAHAL (RETD.)

.....Respondent + W.P.(C) 808/2024, CAV 22/2024 & CM APPL. 3495/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus COL. VINEET BHATIA (RETIRED) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 2009/2024 & CM APPL. 8433/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus EX SUB BIKRAMA SINGH (S.NO. JC 297709 N)

.....Respondent + W.P.(C) 2257/2024 & CM APPL. 9401/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners EX SUB MAJ (HONY LT) GANESH SINGH THAPA JC

308582Y ....Respondent + W.P.(C) 2310/2024 & CM APPL. 9559/2024 UNION OFINDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners COLONEL SHRIKANT N DIXIT (RETIRED) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 3210/2024 & CM APPL. 13186/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus IC 39869Y BRIG ARUN KUMAR AHUJA (RETD)

.....Respondent + W.P.(C) 3499/2024 & CM APPL. 14294/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners versus EX LNK HARI SHANKAR CHAUDHARY .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 4166/2024 & CM APPL. 16981/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners versus EX SUB NACHIAPPAN T ....Respondent + W.P.(C) 4779/2024 & CM APPL. 19516/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners versus EX HAV BIMAL KUMAR BEHERA ....Respondent + W.P.(C) 4900/2024 & CM APPL. 20002/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners versus EX SUB ASHOK KUMAR MALIK .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5123/2024 & CM APPL. 20970/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Petitioner Through:

versus EX SUB,(HONY SUB MAJ) DHANESWAR MAJHI .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5283/2024 & CM APPL. 21593/2024 HONY LT ANIL KUMAR SINGH (RETD) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5331/2024 & CM APPL. 21885/2024 versus EX HAV (CHM) SHISHU PADA PAL ....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5355/2024 & CM APPL. 21952/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners versus EX SUB OM PRAKASII TIWARY .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5422/2024 & CM APPL. 22401/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Petitioners versus COL DIVYA RAJ SINGH SHAKTAWAT (RETD)

.....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5465/2024 & CM APPL. 22544/2024 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY & ORS.

.....Petitioners versus EX HAV RAJESH KUMAR .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5509/2024 & CM APPL. 22643/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus LT COL VIRENDER SINGH (RETD) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5639/2024 & CM APPL. 23250/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners versus EX HAV CLK RANJEET SINGH RETD ....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5641/2024 & CM APPL. 23254/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus EX SEPOY ANTONY PRAKASH M .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5798/2024 & CM APPL. 23975/2024 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY & ORS.

.....Petitioners EX HAV PRAMOD KUMAR .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5856/2024 & CM APPL. 24200/2024 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SERCRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners versus EX HAV NARESH JHA .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 5981/2024 & CM APPL. 24811/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus EX HAV SATISH KUMAR .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 6075/2024 & CM APPL. 25237/2024 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners versus EX SUB MAJ HONY CAPT KULASEKARALVAR RETD .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 6471/2024 & CM APPL. 26965/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners versus MAJ GEN MAHESH CHANDER (RETD) (DECEASED)

THROUGH SMT. SHASHI CHANDER (LR) .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 6553/2024 & CM APPL. 27305/2024 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners versus COL RAJESHWAR SINGH BAZAD SM VSM RETD .....Respondent + W.P.(C) 6987/2024 & C