Union of India and Ors. Vs Hav/Dsc Bahabut Gari Shaik Mastanvali (Retd) (No 1344637Y) — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Union of India and Ors. Vs Hav/Dsc Bahabut Gari Shaik Mastanvali (Retd) (No 1344637Y) — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Outcome

No monetary relief recorded. The batch of 46 Writ Petitions was disposed of in terms of the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India & Ors. v. Balakrishnan Mullikote (EX HAV 256812 M), 2026 INSC 280; the pending applications shall stand closed; and the next date of hearing, i.e., 15.07.2026, stands cancelled.

Issue for consideration

Whether the separate Impugned Orders passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal condoning the deficiency of period of less than one year for grant of Second Service Pension to Defence Security Corps personnel were correct (as challenged by the Union of India).

Court's answer

With consensus between the learned counsel representing the parties, the Court proceeded on the basis that the matter in issue is squarely covered by the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India & Ors. v. Balakrishnan Mullikote (EX HAV 256812 M); 2026 INSC 280.

Ratio / Principle

The present batch of 46 Writ Petitions is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid Supreme Court judgment in Union of India & Ors. v. Balakrishnan Mullikote (EX HAV 256812 M); 2026 INSC 280.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court, by order dated 18.05.2026 (Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan), disposed of a batch of 46 writ petitions (court Items 84 to 129, first-listed being W.P.(C) 8850/2024) filed by the Union of India challenging separate Armed Forces Tribunal orders condoning the deficiency of period of less than one year for grant of Second Service Pension to personnel who served in the Defence Security Corps (DSC). On the consensus of learned counsel for both sides that the matter in issue was squarely covered by the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India & Ors. v. Balakrishnan Mullikote (EX HAV 256812 M), 2026 INSC 280, the Court disposed of the entire batch in terms of that judgment; the pending applications were ordered to stand closed and the hearing fixed for 15.07.2026 was cancelled. No independent reasoning by this Court on the condonation question appears in the order; the substantive position rests entirely on the cited Supreme Court judgment.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

W.P.(C) 8850/2024, CM APPL. 35927/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

NK MARTANDAPPA .....Respondent

Through:

(85)

W.P.(C) 16269/2024, CM APPL. 68484/2024, CM APPL. 68485/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners

Through:

versus

HAV DSC VEERAPALLI MUTHU GOUNDER KRISHNAN RETD .....Respondent

Through:

(86)

W.P.(C) 16759/2024, CM APPL. 70935/2024, CM APPL. 70936/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners

Through:

versus

HAV/DSC BAHABUT GARI SHAIK MASTANVALI (RETD) (NO 1344637Y) .....Respondent Through:

(87)

W.P.(C) 16840/2024, CM APPL. 71291/2024, CM APPL. 71292/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners

Through:

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versus

EX SUB MAJ (DSC) BALWANT SINGH .....Respondent Through:

(88)

W.P.(C) 10449/2025, CM APPL. 43383/2025, CM APPL. 43384/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK DSC RAMVIR SINGH RETD .....Respondent Through:

(89)

- W.P.(C) 9392/2025, CM APPL. 39664/2025, CM APPL. 39665/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

NK DSC RAMESH KUMAR .....Respondent

Through:

(90)

- W.P.(C) 16715/2024, CM APPL. 70709/2024, CM APPL. 70710/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners

Through:

versus

EX NK DSC RAJENDRA SINGH .....Respondent

Through:

(91)

- W.P.(C) 16783/2024, CM APPL. 71025/2024, CM APPL. 71026/2024

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UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: versus

EX HAV (DSC GD) SATYAWAN S/O NIHALA

.....Respondent

Through:

(92) + W.P.(C) 16903/2024, CM APPL. 71608/2024, CM APPL. 71609/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus NK DSC MADAN LAL RETD .....Respondent Through: (93) + W.P.(C) 1971/2025, CM APPL. 9260/2025, CM APPL. 9261/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK MOHAN SINGH .....Respondent Through: (94) + W.P.(C) 2155/2025, CM APPL. 10143/2025, CM APPL. 10144/2025 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK (DSC GD) KARLIN R .....Respondent Through:

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(95)

W.P.(C) 2391/2025, CM APPL. 11283/2025, CM APPL. 11284/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK DSC PARGAT SINGH .....Respondent Through:

(96)

- W.P.(C) 3599/2025, CM APPL. 16846/2025, CM APPL. 16847/2025, CM APPL. 16848/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners

Through:

versus

NK/ DSC ANAND PRAKASH KUSHWAHA (RETD)

.....Respondent

Through:

(97)

- W.P.(C) 4301/2025, CM APPL. 19959/2025, CM APPL.

19960/2025

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK SUBHASH CHAND TIWARI .....Respondent

Through:

(98)

- W.P.(C) 4344/2025, CM APPL. 20074/2025, CM APPL.

20075/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners

Through:

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versus

EX HAV HARPAL SINGH DSC .....Respondent Through:

(99)

W.P.(C) 4652/2025, CM APPL. 21523/2025, CM APPL. 21524/2025

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX LNK BIJALI MAHARAJ .....Respondent Through:

(100)

W.P.(C) 4584/2025, CM APPL. 21232/2025, CM APPL. 21233/2025

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY & ORS.

.....Petitioners

Through:

versus

SMT LACHHMI DEVI .....Respondent

Through:

(101)

- W.P.(C) 13712/2025, CM APPL. 56317/2025, CM APPL. 56318/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

LINK DSC SAKHA RAM RETD .....Respondent Through:

(102)

- W.P.(C) 13963/2025, CM APPL. 57160/2025, CM APPL.

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57161/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: versus

EX HAV SAHADEV SAHU .....Respondent Through:

(103) + W.P.(C) 10072/2025, CM APPL. 41830/2025, CM APPL. 41831/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus EX NK SUSHIL KUMAR .....Respondent Through: (104) + W.P.(C) 10812/2025, CM APPL. 44727/2025, CM APPL. 44728/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus NK TALAB SINGH RETD .....Respondent Through:

(105) + W.P.(C) 11451/2025, CM APPL. 47028/2025, CM APPL. 47029/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: versus EX SEP VINOD SINGH .....Respondent Through:

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(106) + W.P.(C) 11404/2025, CM APPL. 46701/2025, CM APPL. 46702/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK DSC AJEET KUMAR .....Respondent Through:

(107) + W.P.(C) 13662/2025, CM APPL. 56051/2025, CM APPL. 56052/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK SIRLA MOHAN RAO .....Respondent

Through:

(108)

W.P.(C) 11546/2025, CM APPL. 47200/2025, CM APPL. 47201/2025 UOI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK DEEPAK KUMAR .....Respondent Through:

(109) + W.P.(C) 12146/2025, CM APPL. 49551/2025, CM APPL. 49552/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EN NK (DSC) GABAR SINGH NEGI .....Respondent Through:

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(110)

W.P.(C) 12442/2025, CM APPL. 50678/2025, CM APPL. 50679/2025 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK DILIP FAKIRA SURYAVANSHI .....Respondent Through:

(111)

W.P.(C) 12728/2025, CM APPL. 51984/2025, CM APPL. 51985/2025

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS. .....Petitioners

Through:

versus

NK/ DSC KHAMLIAN MANG (RETD.) .....Respondent Through:

(112)

W.P.(C) 13218/2025, CM APPL. 54153/2025, CM APPL.

54154/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners

Through:

versus

EX NK DSC HARBANSH SINGH .....Respondent

Through:

(113)

- W.P.(C) 12527/2025, CM APPL. 51112/2025, CM APPL.

51113/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners

Through:

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versus

RAJAMMAL W D/O EX L/NK GOVINDAN .....Respondent Through:

(114)

W.P.(C) 12870/2025, CM APPL. 52571/2025, CM APPL. 52572/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX SUB DSC TEK BAHADUR GURUNG .....Respondent Through:

(115)

- W.P.(C) 14136/2025, CM APPL. 58033/2025, CM APPL. 58034/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX HAV RANJITH M (15370671-M) .....Respondent

Through:

(116)

W.P.(C) 14246/2025, CM APPL. 58419/2025, CM APPL. 58420/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

SRIMATI PRADHAN W D O NK PRADEEP PRADHAN

.....Respondent

Through:

(117)

- W.P.(C) 14163/2025, CM APPL. 58102/2025, CM APPL. 58103/2025

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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK LAL SINGH .....Respondent

Through:

(118) + W.P.(C) 14851/2025, CM APPL. 61115/2025, CM APPL. 61116/2025 UNION OFINDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

NK/DSC NEMI CHAND (RETD) .....Respondent

Through:

(119) + W.P.(C) 15154/2025, CM APPL. 62195/2025, CM APPL. 62196/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK C GANESAN (NO. 1384878 F) .....Respondent Through:

(120)

W.P.(C) 15160/2025, CM APPL. 62215/2025, CM APPL. 62216/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK KASHMIR SINGH (NO 4466950-F) .....Respondent Through:

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(121) + W.P.(C) 15751/2025, CM APPL. 64470/2025, CM APPL. 64471/2025, CM APPL. 64472/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX HAV DSC RAM PRAKASH .....Respondent Through: (122) + W.P.(C) 16752/2025, CM APPL. 68756/2025, CM APPL. 68757/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EK NK DSC RAJMAL .....Respondent Through: (123) + W.P.(C) 17024/2025, CM APPL. 70017/2025, CM APPL. 70018/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK (DSC) VIR SINGH .....Respondent Through:

(124) + W.P.(C) 17202/2025, CM APPL. 70758/2025, CM APPL. 70759/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners

Through:

versus

EX NK (DSC) KHUSHAL SINGH .....Respondent

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Through:

(125)

W.P.(C) 17356/2025, CM APPL. 71410/2025, CM APPL. 71411/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK RISHIPAL SINGH DSC .....Respondent Through:

(126)

W.P.(C) 17390/2025, CM APPL. 71790/2025, CM APPL. 71791/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

NK/DSC G SUNDARA RAJ (RETD) .....Respondent Through:

(127)

W.P.(C) 17398/2025, CM APPL. 71812/2025, CM APPL. 71813/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

NK MANGE LAL (RETD) .....Respondent Through:

(128)

W.P.(C) 18194/2025, CM APPL. 75268/2025, CM APPL. 75269/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

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EX NK DSC VILAS RAO .....Respondent

Through:

(129)

- W.P.(C) 18248/2025, CM APPL. 75494/2025, CM APPL. 75495/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through:

versus

EX NK BHASKAR SINGH .....Respondent Through:

Present:

For Petitioners:

Major Anish Muralidhar, Army in Item Nos.84 to 129. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, Senior Panel Counsel in Item Nos.86, 87. Mr. Virender Pratap Singh Charak, Ms. Shubhra Parashar, Advs. in Item No.90.

Mr. Abhishek Khanna, Senior Panel Counsel with Major Anish Muralidhar, Army in Item No.91.

Ms. Pratima N Lakra, CGSC with Ms. Upanita Soumyadarshini, Adv. in Item Nos.92, 125.

Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, CGSC with Mr. Kautilya Birat, Adv. in Item No.102, 115, 119, 120.

Mr. P.S Singh, CGSC, with Mr. Rajneesh Kumar Sharma, Ms. Shivangi Sharma, Mr. Aditya Tomar, Ms. Annu Singh, Advs. in Item Nos.105, 106, 113, 118.

Ms. Uma Prasuna Bachu, SPC in Item No.108.

Mr. Chetanya Puri, SPC with Ms. Vidhi Gupta, Mr. Rishab Jain, Mr. Abhay Verma, Advs. in Item Nos.109, 112, 114.

Mr. Bhagvan Sawrup Shukla, CGSC with Mr. Mukesh Kumar Pandey, Mr. Sarvan Kumar, Mr. Dashmesh Tripathi, Mr. Praveen Gupta, Advs. in Item No.110.

Mr. Vivek Sharma, SPC in Item No.116.

Mr. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, CGSC with Ms. Sonali Modi, Mr. Mukul Dev, Advs. in Item Nos.117 & 118.

Mr. Ashish K Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Umar Hashmi, Ms. Iqra Sheikh, Advs. in Item Nos.122, 128 & 129.

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Mr. Varun Vats, SPC with Major Anish Murlidhar Army in Item Nos.123, 124, 126, 127.

For Respondents:

Mr. US Maurya, Mr. SS Maurya, Advs in Item Nos. 85, 86, 87,88, 89, 95, 118, 126.

Mr. Tushar Choudhary, Mr. Manoj Kumar Gupta, Advs. in Item Nos.92, 101.

Mr. Jagdish Chandra, Ms. Maanya Saxena, Advs. in Item No.95.

Mr. Ramniwas Bansal, Adv. in Item Nos.98, 125.

Mr. Devendra Kumar, Mr. Raj Kumar, Mr. Brajesh Kumar, Advs. in Item Nos.100, 107, 113, 114, 115, 119, 124. Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. in Item Nos.104, 127.

Mr. Ajit Kakkar, Mr. Tejas Bhonge Ms. Shruti Singh, Ms, Jasmine Kinra, Ms. Manju, Advs. in Item No.105.

Mr. Jatint Bhardwaj, Mr. Ramkishan Saraswat, Mr. Aditya Ragav Bundela, Advs. in Item No.112.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

O R D E R % 18.05.2026

The present batch of 46 Writ Petitions filed by the Union of India challenging the correctness of separate Impugned Orders passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal [„AFT‟] condoning the deficiency of period of less than one year for grant of Second Service Pension to personnel who served in the Defence Security Corps („DSC‟).

There is a consensus between the learned counsel representing the parties that the matter in issue is squarely covered by the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in Union of India & Ors. v. Balakrishnan Mullikote (EX HAV 256812 M) ; 2026 INSC 280.

Keeping in view the aforesaid, the present batch of Writ Petitions is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid judgment passed by

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the Supreme Court. The pending applications shall also stand closed.

The next date of hearing i.e. 15.07.2026 stands cancelled.

A photocopy of the order passed today be kept in the connected

matters.

ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.

AMIT MAHAJAN, J.

MAY 18, 2026 jai/ad

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