IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT RAWAL &

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MURALEE KRISHNA S.

TH THURSDAY, THE 29 DAY OF MAY 2025 / 8TH JYAISHTA, 1947 WP(C) NO. 8226 OF 2024 PETITIONER/APPLICANT:

CRAFTSMAN ROBINSON VV (EX NO. 14504381)

AGED 76 YEARS,S/O LATE. VJ VARGHESE RELIANCE HOUSE MUNDUPARAMBA P.O MALAPPURAM (DIST.),KERALA, PIN -

676509 BY ADVS.

SHRI.RATHEESH B.

SHRI.GYOTHISH CHANDRAN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS:

1 UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, SOUTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI, PIN - 110011

2 THE CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF INTEGRATED HQ (ARMY), SOUTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI, PIN -

110011

3 O IC RECORDS EME RECORDS, PIN 900 493, C/O 56 APO

4 PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)

OFFICE OF THE PCDA (P), DRAUPATI GARH, ALLAHABAD, PIN - 211014 SRI.SUVIN R MENON THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON

29.05.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:

J U D G M E N T

Muralee Krishna, J.

This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the applicant in O.A. No.255 of 2022 on the file of the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Kochi (‘the Tribunal’ for short), challenging t