Satya Prakash Gupta vs Union of India on 16 October 2026

ORDER

Vide order dated 09.01.2018 passed by the Commanding Officer of the appellant, he was punished with 10 days pay fine for disobedience of the order of his superior, namely, Naib Subedar R.K.Pathak.

Aggrieved, an appeal dated 26.04.2018 (Annexure A-2) was filed before the Division Commander of 29 Infantry Division. The same has not been decided till date.

Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that he would be satisfied if a direction is issued to the concerned authority to decide the pending statutory appeal by passing a speaking order within a prescribed time frame. Under Reg. 442 of the Regulations for the Army (Revised Edition, 1987), review is provided by the next superior authority.

Learned counsel for the respondents has no objection to such a direction being passed.

The Original Application is, accordingly, disposed with a direction to the respondents to decide the representation (styled as appeal) dated

OA 4181 of 2018

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26.04.2018 by passing a speaking order within 8 weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order by the learned counsel for the respondents, OIC Legal Cell.

(Lt Gen Ravendra Pal Singh (Retd)

(Justice Sudhir Mittal) Member (A)

Member (J)

16th Oct, 2026 RR