Armed Forces Tribunal
Sgt Narender Burdak vs UOI & Others on 22 January 2026
ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL, REGIONAL BENCH, JAIPUR
(CIRCUIT BENCH, JODHPUR)
(Through Video Conferencing)
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OA 363/2024
No 930636K Sgt Narender Burdak, Trade Struc Fit, No 46 Wing Air Force, Air Force, c/o 56 APO
…. Applicant
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UOI, throgh the Secretary to the Govt of India, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi – 110 011
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Chief of the Air Staff, Air HQ, Vayu Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi – 110 011
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Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, HQ Western Air Command, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 10
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Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Record Office, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110 010
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Air Officer Commanding, No 46 Wing, IAF, c/o 56 APO
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Air Officer Commanding, No 27 Wing, IAF, c/o 56 APO
…. Respondents
For Applicant
: Mr. DP Dhaka, Advocate
For Respondents
: Mr. Tribhuwan Singh, Advocate
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HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE GOVERDHAN BARDHAR, MEMBER (J)
HON’BLE MR. SANJIV MITTAL, MEMBER (A)
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O R D E R
22.01.2026
1. Under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007, the Applicant has filed this OA praying for directing the Respondents to quash and set aside the Order dated 31/7/2024 as also set aside the non approval of discharge of the applicant and further the Respondents be directed to grant premature discharge to the applicant from service on compassionate grounds or other valid personal reasons on sympathetic consideration.
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2. We have heard the counsels for the parties and perused the material placed on record.
3. Perusal of record reveals that in compliance of Order dated 05/7/2024 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan Bench at Jodhpur, in SBCWP No 10273/2024 filed by the applicant, the Competent Authority, vide Order dated 31/7/2024, has passed a detailed Speaking Order, in which the application of the applicant for premature discharge from service on compassionate grounds has been considered threadbare and the same was rejected, finding no merit in the prayer of the applicant.
4. In view of the foregoing and since prayer of the applicant has already been dealt with by the competent authority way back in the year 2024 in compliance of the Order passed by the Hon’ble High Court on his Writ Petition filed before them, we are not inclined to interfere with the considered decision arrived at by the competent authority with regard to the premature discharge of the applicant.
5. OA is dismissed accordingly. No order on costs.
6. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed off.
(SANJIV MITTAL)
(GOVERDHAN BARDHAR) MEMBER (A)
MEMBER (J)
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