MOHD. JAMEEL ABASSI vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~61 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 19024/2025 MOHD. JAMEEL ABASSI .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Saahila Lamba and Ms. Nidhi Sharma, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Dhananjai Rana, CGSC CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 22.12.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The prayer of the petitioner in this case is for disability pension in terms of Rule 4(1) and (2)1 of the Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 20232. 2. The petitioner was enrolled as a Constable in the Border Security Force3 on 31 July 1994. Almost three decades after he was enrolled, he was diagnosed by the Medical Superintendent, Government Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, Srinagar on 3 March 2022 1 4. Conditions for grant of disability pension or family pension.- (1) A disability pension or family pension shall be granted under these rules, if there is a causal connection between,- (a) disablement of a Government servant and Government service; or (b) death of a Government servant and Government service. (2) The disablement shall be reckoned as due to the Government service, if it is certified that the same is due to wound, injury or disease, which,- (a) is attributable to Government service; or (b) existed before or arose during the Government service and has aggravated thereby. 2 “the CCS (EOP) Rules” hereinafter 3 “BSF” hereinafter Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 19024/2025 Digitally Signed By:AJIT Page 1 of 4 KUMAR Signing Date:23.12.2025 18:29:10 as suffering from Major Depressive Disorder with Comorbid Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 3. A Medical Board was convened on 20 March 2023 to assess the fitness of the petitioner to continue in service. The Medical Board opined that the pet