Dont drag armymen to the apex court, show respect: SC to governmentSource: Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: Ahead of Independence Day, patriotic fervour flowed in theSupreme Court, which told the nion !overnment and the defence mini"trytore"pect the"acrifice"made#yarmedforce"per"onnel andde"i"t fromdra!!in! them till the hi!he"t court for re"olvin! di"pute"$A #ench of Chief %u"tice H L Dattu and %u"tice" & C 'ho"e and A ( Sapredi"mi""ed an appeal filed #y the nion !overnment a!ain"t an order of theDelhi hi!h court !rantin! #enefit to civilian employee" in the Army under theA""ured Career &ro!re""ion )AC&* "cheme and told advocate +,ala"u#ramaniam to advi"e hi" client" not to dra! -military per"onnel to thehi!he"t court-$.he C%I/headed #ench refu"ed to entertain the Centre0" appeal and "aid, -.henion !overnment mu"t "top at the level of the tri#unal or the hi!h court"$(atter" relatin! to military per"onnel mu"t #e !iven a 1uietu" at that level$Why hara"" them #y dra!!in! them till the Supreme Court2-.he #enchtold ,ala"u#ramaniamthat the !overnment mu"t re"pect the"acrifice" made #y military men for the country and mu"t "top at the tri#unalor HClevel$ -3nce the"e two forum" !ive a concurrent findin!, the!overnment mu"t accept the"ameand"houldnot dra!thearmedforce"per"onnel till the Supreme Court,- it "aid$.he Centre had pleaded that #oth the Central Admini"trative .ri#unal and theHCerred#ynotappreciatin!thefactthatfinancialup!radationundertheAC& "cheme would #e purely per"onal to the employee and would not haveany relevance to hi" "eniority$It "aid the office memorandum dated Au!u"t 4, 5444 had clearly "tipulatedthat there would #e no additional financial up/!radation for "enior employee"on the !round that the 6unior employee in the !rade had !ot hi!her pay "caleunder the AC& "cheme$