UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs EX LEM P SANJIV KUMAR SINGH

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 17168/2025 & CM APPL. 70602/2025, CM APPL. 70603/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, CGSC versus EX LEM P SANJIV KUMAR SINGH .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 12.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This petition assails order dated 6 May 2024 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 572/2019 whereby the respondent’s application for grant of disability pension on the ground that he suffers from Seizure Disorder with 20% disability, lifelong, rounded off to 50%, has been allowed by the AFT. 2. The issue is covered by a recent decision rendered by one of us (C. Hari Shankar, J.) in UOI v Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso2. 3. Nonetheless, we have heard Mr. Raj Kumar, learned CGSC for the petitioners, and have perused the record. 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter 2 318 (2025) DLT 711 4. The respondent was released in Low Medical Category on his being found to be suffering from Seizure Disorder. From the record, including the proceedings of the Release Medical Board3, the following facts emerge: (i) The respondent had served in the Indian Na