Armed Forces Tribunal

AFT Lucknow: Matters for Clients in Prayagraj

The Armed Forces Tribunal has its Principal Bench in New Delhi and Regional Benches across the country. There is no bench at Prayagraj; the nearest is the Regional Bench at Lucknow. Shri Law Chambers, at Chamber No. 203, Tribhuvan Upadhyay Block, Allahabad High Court, Prayagraj, represents applicants before the Lucknow Regional Bench and the Principal Bench. Tribunal matters are handled by Shashank Shri Tripathi, Advocate.

• check_circleDisability pension, including attribution and aggravation of a disability by service
• check_circleRounding-off (broad-banding) of disability percentages and arrears
• check_circleService pension, family pension and other pensionary benefits
• check_circlePromotion, seniority and other conditions of service
• check_circleAppeals against court-martial proceedings

How an AFT Case Proceeds

1. First, the departmental remedy. Under Section 21 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, the Tribunal does not ordinarily admit an application unless the remedies under the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957 or the Air Force Act, 1950 have been used — usually a representation or statutory complaint. That remedy counts as exhausted once a final order rejecting it is passed, or once six months pass without a decision.
2. Time limit. Under Section 22, the application should be filed within six months of that final order, or within six months after the first six months have run without a decision. The Tribunal can admit a later application if the applicant shows sufficient cause for the delay.
3. The application. Service matters, including pension and disability pension, are raised by an Original Application under Section 14. A challenge to a court-martial finding or sentence is an appeal under Section 15.
4. Documents that matter. Discharge book, Pension Payment Order, Release or Invaliding Medical Board proceedings, the representation or statutory complaint with its reply, and relevant service records.
5. After the Tribunal. An appeal lies to the Supreme Court under Sections 30 and 31 of the Act, with leave, on a point of law of general public importance.