IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 04.02.2025 Anil Kumar Singh ...Petitioner VERSUS Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Present :- Lt. Col. P.K. Saran (Retd.), Advocate and Mr. Jasjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

1. Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 22.04.2024 passed by respondent No.3 viz. Director General, National Security Guard, JAG Branch, whereby the appeal filed by the petitioner for quashing of the charge-sheet dated 26.11.2015 vide which a punishment of “Severe Reprimand” has been imposed upon the petitioner, has been dismissed alongwith challenge to the above order dated 26.11.2015 which had rendered petitioner ineligible for the next promotion.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner vehemently argues that the petitioner had got enrolled in the Army on 17.12.1987 in 4^th Battalion of the Rajput Regiment and retired therefrom as a Subedar on 31.12.2017 after putting in a service of 30 years and 14 days. He contends that the petitioner has an outstanding service record and he participated in numerous operations of