* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
% Date of Decision : March 09, 2015
+ W.P.(C) 2188/2015
P K S BHATTY .....Petitioner
Represented by: Mr.S.S.Pandey, Advocate
versus
UOI & ORS. .....Respondents
Represented by: Ms.Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC
with Mr.T.P.Singh and Ms.Saahila
Lamba, Advocates for UOI with
Col.N.K.Ohri
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP NANDRAJOG
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE PRATIBHA RANI
PRADEEP NANDRAJOG, J.
1. The petitioner who is due to superannuate on May 31, 2016, has as of today, one year, two months and twenty days service left.
2. It is not disputed by the respondents that during this period the petitioner can avail leave for 160 days and would have a right to be sent to a place of his choice for 189 days where he would be receiving training of a kind he desires to enable him to find an avocation when he retires; for the Armed Forces have a benevolent policy under which its members are given training at resettlement courses so that they can gain employment post-superannuation. The purpose of the policy is keeping in view that enrolled and commissioned officers in the Armed Forces superannuate at a fairly young age and are productive assets for the W.P.(C) No.2188/2015 Page 1 of 5 society. Their skills need to be sharpened, and the purpose of the resettlement courses is to sharpen their skills.
3. 160 + 18