IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on : 25.08.2025 GURBHEJ SINGH . .Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS . . . Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI PRESENT: Mr. Ashok Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Vibhor Bansal, Senior Panel Counsel-UOI with Mr. Ishank Bansal, Advocate for respondent No. 1 & 2.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 30.09.2024 (Annexure P-6) passed by respondent No. 3-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as Tribunal), by which, the Original Application No. 3204 of 2017 filed by the petitioner has been dismissed by the Tribunal on the ground of delay, which is causing prejudice to the petitioner.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner argues that though there is a delay of 8072 days in approaching the Tribunal, but the same should be considered with sympathy as the petitioner met with an accident on 30.10.1996, which led to further admission in hospital and as he was wrongly Court Martial and imposed the punishment of imprisonment as well as dismissal from servic