IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NOS. OF 2022 (@ DIARY NO. 31127/2022)

UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS APPELLANT $\ldots\ldots$

VERSUS

LT. CDR MATHEW JOSEPH (RETD.) AND ..... RESPONDENT OTHERS

ORDER

Application seeking permission to file appeal is allowed.

Delav is condoned.

We do not find any good ground and reason to interfere with the impugned judgments/orders, as they do not pass or issue any affirmative direction, but record that the matter is pending before the anomalies committee.

We request the anomalies committee to decide the issue in question expeditiously and preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

Recording the aforesaid, the civil appeals are dismissed.

Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . (SANJIV KHANNA)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . J . (M.M. SUNDRESH)

NSW DELHI; DECEMBER 12, 2022. $p_{\mathbf{S}}$

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S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

CIVIL APPEAL DIARY NO(S). 31127/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 31-12-2021 in OA No. 77/2018 and 30-05-2022 in RA No. 6/2022 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Kochi)

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

LT. CDR MATHEW JOSEPH (RETD.) AND OTHERS RESPONDENT(S)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.178639/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.178638/2022-STAY APPLICATION and IA No.178636/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING APPEAL and IA No.178635/2022-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN REFILING / CURING THE DEFECTS and IA No.178637/2022-LEAVE TO APPEAL U/S 31(1) OF THE ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL ACT, 2007 )

Date : 12-12-2022 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH

	For Petitioner(s)	Mr. Sanjay Jain, Ld. ASG
		Mr. Pulkit Srivastava, Adv.
		Mr. Arkaj Kumar, Adv.
		Mr. Yuvraj Sharma, Adv.
		Ms. Tanya Aggarwal, Adv.
		Mr. Nishank Tripathi, Adv.
		Ms. Kriti Ranjan, Adv.
		Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R

Application seeking permission to file appeal is allowed.

Delay is condoned.

Civil Appeals are dismissed in terms of the signed order. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

(POOJA SHARMA) COURT MASTER (SH) (R.S. NARAYANAN) COURT MASTER (NSH) (Signed order is placed on the file.)