COURT NO. 1, ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI 28. OA 188/2023 with MA 258/2023 In the matter of: Ex Nk (DSC) Ram Ishwar Thakur ... Applicant Versus Union of India & Ors. ... Respondents For Applicant : Shri Ajeet Yadav, Advocate For Respondents : Shri Vijendra Singh, Advocate CORAM: HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE RAJENDRA MENON,CHAIRPERSON HON’BLE LT. GEN. C.P MOHANTY, MEMBER (A) ORDER 20.01.2023 MA 258/2023 Keeping in view the averments made in this application seeking condonation of delay of 780 days in filing the OA and finding the same to be bonafide, in the light of the decision in Union of India and others Vs. Tarsem Singh [2008 (8) SCC 648], the same is allowed condoning the delay in filing the OA. OA 188/2023 By means of the present OA, the applicant has approached this Tribunal under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, praying for grant of second service pension for the service rendered by him in Defence Security Corps(DSC), which was denied by the respondents on the ground of not having completed the mandatory qualifying service of 15 years to make him eligible for the said pension. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the applicant was