COURT NO. 1, ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI 1. OA 2460/2023 Nk / DSC Uma Ram Kalita (Retd) ... Applicant Versus Union of India & Ors. ... Respondents For Applicant : Shri Ravi Kumar, Advocate For Respondents : Maj Sridhar, OIC, Legal Cell CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA MENON, CHAIRPERSON HONVBLE LT GEN C.P. MOHANTY, MEMBER (A) ORDER 06.09.2023 In this OA, the applicant is seeking a direction to the respondents to grant him second service pension for the service rendered in Defence Security CorPs (DSC) by condoning the deficiency in qualifying service. 2. It is the conceded position that the applicant was__ enrolled into DSC service on 27t August, 2008 and discharged on 31 March, 2023 and there is a shortfall of less than one year of service against the mandatory 15 years of qualifying service, which made him ineligible for the second service pension for the service rendered with DSC. 3. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents available on record. 4. | The question involved in this case is no longer res integra, as the same had already been settled by this Tribunal in the case of Bhani Devi Vs. Union of India and