UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs EX JWO MANABODHA PANDA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 17563/2025, CM APPL. 72544/2025 & CM APPL. 72545/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Shagun Shahi Chugh, SPC, with Mr. Atul Dong, Adv. Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, DAV Legal Cell, Air Force Legal Cell versus EX JWO MANABODHA PANDA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Deepika Sheoran, Mr. Baljeet Singh, Mr. Abhishek Gahlyan, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 19.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This petition assails order dated 10 January 2024 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 311/2022 whereby the respondent’s application for grant of disability pension on the ground that he suffers from Diabetes Mellitus Type-II2 with 20% disability, rounded off to 50%, has been allowed by the AFT relying on the judgment of the Supreme Court in Dharamvir Singh v UOI3. 2. The issue is covered by a recent decision rendered by us in 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter 2 “DM-II”, hereinafter 3 (2013) 7 SCC 316 3. Nonetheless, we have heard Ms. Shagun Shahi Chugh, learned SPC for the petitioners, and have perused the record. 4. The respondent was released in Low Med