C P TRIVEDI vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 5280/2022 C P TRIVEDI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Mr. Nikunj Arora, Mr. Anshuman Mehrotra, Mr. Amrit Koul and Ms. Muskaan Dutta, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vijay Joshi, CGSC with Mr. Kuldeep Singh, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 26.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner challenges order dated 8 March 2022, whereby the petitioner’s representation for grant of medical invalidation and disability pension was rejected by the respondents. 2. The petitioner was appointed as Assistant Commandant with the Border Security Force1 in 1987. He was promoted as Deputy Commandant in 1993 and 2IC2 in 2002. 3. On 30 August 2003, when carrying out an operation to flush out a militant from a house in Srinagar, he sustained multiple splinter injuries in his lower and upper limbs. He underwent surgery for the 1 “BSF” hereinafter 2 Second In Command 4. The disability that the petitioner suffered as a consequence of the aforesaid injury was initially assessed at 18% and the petitioner was place