UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs EX MWO ANOOP SINGH MANDERNA 639870

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 16692/2024 & CM APPL. 70613/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shankar Kumar Jha, SPC versus EX MWO ANOOP SINGH MANDERNA 639870 .....Respondent Through: Mr. Bijendra Kumar Pathak, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 19.08.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This petition assails order dated 20 April 2023 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 967/2022 whereby the respondent’s application for grant of disability pension on the ground that he suffers from Primary Hypertension with 30% disability, rounded off to 50% for life have been allowed by the AFT. 2. The issue is covered by a recent decision rendered by us in UOI v Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso2. 3. Nonetheless, we have heard Mr. Shankar Kumar Jha, learned 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter W.P.(C) 16692/2024 4. The respondent was released in Low Medical Category on his being found to be suffering from Primary Hypertension. From the record, including the proceedings of the Release Medical Board3, the following facts emerged: (i) The respondent had served in the Indian Air Force for 38 years before he was diagnos