UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs HFO SHASHI KANT SINGH (RETD)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 7268/2025, CM APPL. 32788/2025 & CM APPL. 32789/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, SPC with Mr. Ankush Kapoor, Adv. versus HFO SHASHI KANT SINGH (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 27.05.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This petition assails order dated 18 April 2023 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 1845/2021 whereby the respondent’s application for grant of disability pension on the ground that he suffers from Primary Hypertension with 30% disability have been allowed by the AFT. 2. Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, learned Senior Panel Counsel for the petitioners sought to submit that the Hypertension in the present case was possibly attributable to the fact that the respondent had a family history of Hypertension. 3. We have already observed in other matters that, if that was the case, either the Specialist who conducted the medical examination of the respondent ought to have stated in his certificate that the Hypertension was attributable to genetic or hereditary factors. 4. It is q