Union of India and Ors. v. Jaspal Singh and Another
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CWP-17654-2025 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 01.07.2025. Bench: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J. (author, oral) with Meenakshi I. Mehta, J. Petitioners: Union of India and others (Ms. Shalini Atri, Sr. Panel Counsel); Respondents: Jaspal Singh and another. Subject: denial of promotion in armed forces based on un-communicated ACRs ('high average remarks' for 1990-91, 1992-93 and 1993-94); writ petition filed in 2025 against AFT order dated 23.09.2022 dismissed; AFT order upheld and directed to be implemented within three months. Supreme Court precedents relied upon: Gurdial Singh Fijji v. State of Punjab and others, 1979 SCC (2) 368; UP Jal Nigam vs. Prabhat Chandra Jain, 1996 (2) SCC 3630; Daljit Singh Grewal vs. State of Punjab and others, 2016 (2) Apex Court Judgments 170 (SC). Keywords: un-communicated ACR; ACR non-conveyance; promotion denial; Armed Forces Tribunal; belated writ petition.