MWO HFL SURENDRA NATH SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 15.01.2026 Judgment delivered on: 23.02.2026 Judgment uploaded on: As per Digital Signature~ + W.P.(C) 5634/2025 MWO HFL SURENDRA NATH SINGH .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Petitioner : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Adv. For the Respondent : Mr. Ashish K. Dixit, CGSC, Ms. Iqra Sheikh, GP with Mr. Chetan Jadon, GP, Mr. Umar Hashmi, Mr. Harshit Chitransh, Ms. Namita, Advs., Captain V. Shridhar, Officer Padam Charan CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA JUDGMENT MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. W.P. (C) 5634/2025 1. This writ petition has been filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, assailing the order dated 05.12.2024 passed by the Armed Force Tribunal (‘AFT’) in the Original Application 912/2022 Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 5634/2025 Page 1 of 12 Signed By:MOHIT Signing Date:23.02.2026 16:22 (‘O.A.’), whereby the petitioner’s application seeking the grant of disability element of the pension was denied. Factual Matrix 2. The petitioner joined the Indian Air Force (‘IAF’) on 20 June 1980, without any disease and was placed in category ‘AYE’ shape 1. 3. During his service, the petitioner was posted in several Modified Field Areas. The petitioner was diagnosed with Primary Hypertension due to stress on 17.07.1999, and was later placed in LMC A4G2(P) for Primary Hypertension with lifelong medication. 4. On 21.04.2016, during one such posting, the petitioner, on account of severe chest pain, was admitted to Base Hospital Lucknow. The investigation revealed that his three-artery vessel was blocked, thus he was placed on the D1 list, which was followed by open hear