UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs SUB R PONNMBALAM

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 16972/2025, CM APPLs. 69783/2025 & 69784/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Jagdish Chandra, CGSC with Mr. M.R. Mishra and Mr. Mukesh Kr. Tiwari, Advs. for UOI with Major Anish Muralidhar (Army) Mr. Jagdish Solanki, CGSC and Mr. Ruchir Mishra, CGSC with Mr. Siddharth Bajaj, Adv. versus SUB R PONNMBALAM .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Kr. Gupta, Ms. Esha Mehrotra and Mr. Devangana Sharma, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 10.11.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This petition assails orders dated 14 July 2023 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 1467/2019 whereby the respondent’s application for grant of disability pension on the ground that he suffers from Primary Hypertension with 30%, rounded off to 50%, lifelong, 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. Jagdish Chandra, learned 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter 2 318 (2025) DLT 711 4. The respondent was released in Low Medical Category on his being found