UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs IC 34187K COL RAJNEE KANT VERMA

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$~65 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 14516/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. ....Petitioners Through: Mr. Farman Ali, CGSC with Major Anish Muralidhar, Army versus IC 34187K COL RAJNEE KANT VERMA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shakti Chand Jaidwal, Adv. 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 writ petition assails judgment dated 23 November 2023 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1, Principal Bench, New Delhi in OA No. 1905/20202, whereby the Tribunal has directed thus: “9. In view of the above, the OA 1905/2020 is allowed and we direct the respondents to conduct RSMB of the applicant within a period of two months from the date of this order so as to re-assess the disabilities of CAD, Diabetes Mellitus Type-II and Hypothyroidism and the percentage of the same in terms of Para 8 (a) of the Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards to the Armed Forces Personnel, 2008 and the decision of the RSMB be communicated to the applicant accordingly.” 2. The respondent was commissioned in the Indian Army on 15 December 1976. He superannuated on 31 December 2009, in SHAPE- 1 “the Tribunal” hereinafter 2 Col Rajnee Kant Verma (Retd.) v UOI Signature Not Verified Signed By:PREETI W.P.(C) 14516/2024 Signing Date:26.11.2025 Page 1 of 13 10:41:12 1 medical category. On the very next day i.e. 1 January 2010, he was re-employed in the Army. His period of re-employment ended and he was released from re-employment 22 December 2013. The release was, however, in the low medical category P3 as, during his period of re-employment, he was found to have contracted Coronary Artery Disease (Double Vessel Disease), which was cited in the medical records as CAD (DVD) OPTD ICD No.1.24.9. A