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HIGH COURT OF DELHI
W.P.(C) 19263/2025, CM APPLs. 80346/2025 & 80347/2025
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners
Through: Mr. Jagdish Chandra, CGSC
Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay (Legal Cell Air Force)
Through: Mr. Baljeet Singh, Ms. Deepika Sheoran and Mr. Abhishek Gahlyan, Advs.
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA
ORDER (ORAL)
19.12.2025 C.HARI SHANKAR, J.
JUDGMENT
1. Mr. Jagdish Chandra, learned CGSC appears for the petitioners and submits that this case is covered by the earlier decisions of this Court including UOI v. Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso[1].
2. The relief of broad-banding may be provided prospectively from the date of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Union of India v. Ram Avtar[2]. 318 (2025) DLT 711 2014 SCC OnLine SC 1761 W.P.(C) 19263/2025
3. Subject to the aforesaid modification, the decision of the AFT is upheld.
4. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly.
C.HARI SHANKAR, J. OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. DECEMBER 19, 2025