THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU and THE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR Dated: 30-08-2010 WRIT APPEAL No. 631 OF 2010 Between: A. Venkateshwara Rao ... APPELLANT AND The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Head Quarters, New Delhi …RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU and THE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL No. 631 OF 2010 JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Nisar Ahmad Kakru) Appellant having been discharged from Indian Air Force on 23-08-1973 staked a claim for pension in the year 1994 by medium of Writ Petition No. 3469 of 1994 which was dismissed on 18-12-1995 on the ground of laches as also lack of requisite minimum qualifying service. Judgment was assailed through Writ Appeal No. 274 of 1996 which was dismissed on 08-04-1996, thus the judgment attained finality. Notwithstanding the admitted position aforementioned, yet another effort by reagitating the issue before the writ Court which has been dismissed, rightly so. We concur with the view taken. Dismissed. VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J NISAR AHMAD KAKRU, CJ 30-08-2010 K. Shyleshi