1 S.B.CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.8334/2008 Sgt.O.P.Yadav v. Union of India & Ors. Date of Order :: 21 st November, 2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. S.K.Nanda, for the petitioner. Mr. Kuldeep Mathur, for the respondents. .... The petitioner, a Sergeant (Air Defence) Safety Operator with the Indian Air Force, was selected for the purpose of appointment as Junior Engineer-I, Electrical with the Rajasthan Rajya Vidhyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. and in pursuant to the order dated 21.8.2008, passed by the Secretary (Administration) of the Nigam referred above, he is required to join duties on or before 22.11.2008. The petitioner made a request to the competent authorities of the Indian Air Force to discharge him from service making him enable to join service with the Rajasthan Rajya Vidhyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd.. The request aforesaid was denied by the respondents looking to the administrative exigencies. Pertinent to note here that the petitioner will complete 18 years of service with Indian Air Force on 20.6.2009 and he shall be having a right to avail an opportunity to improve resettlement 2 prospectus by submitting unwillingness to serve further. It is true that at this stage the petitioner cannot claim for discharge as a matter of right, however, looking to the fact that the petitioner has already been selected on a post suitable to his qualification for improvement of his resettlement prospectus and within few months he will complete 18 years of service, I consider it appropriate to dispose of this petition for writ by directing the competent authorities of the Indian Air Force to consider the petitioner's case for premature discharge afresh. Such consideration is required to be made within a period of one month from today. The respondent Rajasthan Rajya Vidhyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. is also directed to extend offer of appointment given to the petitioner for a period of 45 days from today. The petition for writ stands disposed of accordingly. ( GOVIND MATHUR ),J. kkm/ps.