Union of India & Ors. v. Ic 65809 Lt Col Sandeep Kumar
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Delhi HC oral order 20.11.2025 disposing W.P.(C) 17445/2024 by consent: Union of India challenge to AFT order dated 11.11.2024 allowing Lt Col Sandeep Kumar's OA 1413/2022 (non-empanelment by September 2020 Selection Board for Colonel; Value Judgment marks held unacceptable; promotion with 2004 AOC batch, first review case). Consent terms: fresh Selection Board assessment of entitlement as in September 2021 for promotion as Colonel; original value judgment marks excluded; assessment at next Selection Board March-April 2026; waiver of age requirement to be considered per para 5(e) MS policy dated 3 December 2010 and paras 109-112 of Col. Sandeep Sharma v Union of India, 2024 SCC OnLine Del 3981; if suitable, approval w.e.f. September 2021; rights reserved. Bench: C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla, JJ.; counsel: Farman Ali CGSC (petitioners), Pushkar Sharma (respondent); related: SLP (C) Diary 52257/2025 disposed by Supreme Court 13.10.2025.