UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs EX MWO BHAGWAT PRASAD GUPTA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 16688/2024 & CM APPL. 70606/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, CGSC with Mr. Ajay Jain, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Krishna Sharma, Mr. Manoj Gautam, Mr. Kunaal Sharma, Ms. Bijay Lakshmi, Mr. R.C. Bansal, Mr. Akul Singh Chalia and Mr. M.N. Mishra, Advs. versus EX MWO BHAGWAT PRASAD GUPTA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Pallavi Awasthi, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 22.04.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition assails order dated 25 April 2023, passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 175/2022. 2. By the OA, the respondent, who was discharged from service on 30 November 2006 on the ground of disability, sought disability pension. The AFT has, keeping in mind the judgment of the Supreme Court in Dharamvir Singh v UOI2, granted the claim of the respondent. 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter W.P.(C) 16688/2024 3. The ailment from which the respondent suffered was primary hypertension. 4. We have dealt with a similar matter in our decision in UOI v Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso3, in which we have attempted to go through and scan th