No. 8431355X Nk/Po (Ts) Sandeep Kumar Pondey v. Union of India, Thru. Secy. Ministry of Defense(Army) New Delhi and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Writ-A No.2141 of 2026, decided 24.02.2026 (Rajan Roy & Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, JJ.) – army personnel writ petition by Naik Sandeep Kumar Pondey against Union of India dismissed at admission/hearing stage because interim order dated 09.01.2024 in Writ-A No.132 of 2024 (Union of India vs. petitioner) and interim order in Writ-A No.9365 of 2023 (Union of India & Ors. vs. Col. Brijendra Singh Bhadauria) remained operative and unvacated; petitioner granted liberty to contest Writ-A No.132 of 2024 and seek vacation of the interim order. Keywords: maintainability/entertainability, operative interim order, vacation of interim order, Ministry of Defence (Army), alternative remedy.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioner; petition dismissed subject to liberty to contest Writ-A No.132 of 2024, including seeking vacation of the interim order.