UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY & ORS. vs EX- MWO SHYAM SINGH KASHYAP S.NO. 401497R

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 4141/2025, CM APPL. 19142/2025, CM APPL. 19143/2025 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Neha Rastogi, CGSPC and Mr. Animesh Rastogi, Advocate with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, For Union of India, Air Force Legal Cell versus EX- MWO SHYAM SINGH KASHYAP S.NO. 401497R .....Respondent Through: Mr. O.S. Punia, Advocate 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 order dated 26 September 2023 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal1 in OA 658/2019 whereby the respondent’s application for grant of disability pension on the ground that he suffers from Hypertension @ 20% and Diabetes Mellitus @ with 20% disability, compositely assessed at 36%, rounded off to 50% for life, have been allowed by the AFT. 2. The issue is covered by a recent decision rendered by us in UOI v Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso2. 1 “the AFT”, hereinafter 2 318 (2025) DLT 711 W.P.(C) 4141/2025 3. Nonetheless, we have heard Ms. Neha Rastogi, CGSPC for the petitioners, and have perused the record. 4. The respondent was released in