$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9522/2026 LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PRAHLAD KUMAR VARSHNEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Maan, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Mohit Bansal, Advocate for R- UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA O R D E R % 16.07.2026 1. Heard. 2. Post-Court-Martial, while serving in Indian Navy, the petitioner suffered a punishment which was the subject matter of challenge in Writ Petition (Civil) No.1069/1997. 3. After the establishment of the Armed Forces Tribunal, the aforesaid writ petition came to be transferred to the Armed Forces Tribunal vide T.A. No.439 of 2009. 4. Alleging that the final hearing in the present T.A. has been in progress since the year 2023, but has not attended finality, learned counsel for the petitioner has urged that the Tribunal be requested to decide the T.A. as expeditiously as possible and, in any case, within a period of four weeks from today. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 18/07/2026 at 11:49:29 5. As against above, learned counsel for the respondent states that he be granted time to take instructions in the matter, as the proceedings are pending since long. 6. However, in the facts and circumstances of the case, we deem it appropriate to dispose of the present petition in the following manner 7. We could notice from the record that on 7th September, 2022, the Tribunal has passed an order that the matter was listed before it on 3rd November, 2022. Subsequent thereto, we are informed by learned counsel for the petitioner today that matter has been ‘part heard’ since the year 2023. If that be so, we deem it appropriate to direct the Tribunal to expeditiously decide the pending proceedings of the petitioner, particularly, T.A. No.39 of 2009, as claimed by learned counsel for the petitioner, as expeditiously as possible and, in any case, within a period of three months from today. 8. We have not granted time to the respondents having regard to the fact that the order passed is innocuous. 9. The petition stands disposed of in above terms. NITIN WASUDEO SAMBRE, J AMIT SHARMA, J JULY 16, 2026/ay/st This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 18/07/2026 at 11:49:29