Lady Cadet Shivanjali Sharma vs Union Of India & Ors. on 26 March, 2012
32. Counsel for the petitioner had made reference to decision of this
Court dated 26th March, 2012 in Writ Petition (C) No. 1143/2011, Lady
Cadet Shivanjali Sharma versus Union of India and Others. In the said
case, the Lady Cadet had suffered an injury on account of a fall in the
Academy. In spite of treatment in the Military Hospital, she did not get
relief as the injury was misdiagnosed. The Court held that the cadet had
resigned under compulsion so as to avoid aggravation of the injury and to
pursue treatment privately. The petitioner therein had fractured the last
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vertebra of her backbone, commonly called the tailbone, which was
diagnosed after she had left the Academy. These facts were highlighted in
the statutory complaint to the Chief of Army Staff with the request that the
petitioner therein should be detailed for training in the next course.
However, the request was rejected on the ground that physically and
mentally, the petitioner therein was far below the required standards and
was an unfit cadet since she had repeatedly reported sick on experiencing
the strain of the daily routine at the Academy. The facts of the said case
would reveal that the petitioner therein had resigned on 30 th October, 2010
and the letter deemed as a request for revocation of resignation was dated
16th November, 2010. The petitioner had been allowed to go home on 2 nd
November, 2010. The gap or time difference between the letter of
resignation and reinstatement was less than thirty days. The facts, therefore,
were different and distinct.