UNION OF INDIA vs SGT. MAHESH KUMAR VERMA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 4073/2025, CM APPL. 18920/2025 & CM APPL. 18921/2025 UNION OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Saroj Bidawat, SPC for UOI. versus SGT. MAHESH KUMAR VERMA .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 07.04.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This writ petition assails the order dated 22 February 2023 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal 1 whereby OA 630/2022, filed by the respondent has been allowed. The AFT has held the respondent to be entitled to disability pension. 2. Aggrieved thereby, the UOI has approached this Court by means of the present writ petition. 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter W.P.(C) 4073/2025 3. We find that the case is fully covered by the judgment rendered by us in UOI v Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso 2. 4. We have, in the said petition, after considering the law that is developed in this regard over the years, held that the primordial consideration which has to be borne in mind in such cases is whether, at the time of entry into military service, the concerned officer was suffering from the ailment which was detected later. If the onset of the ailment was during