UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. vs EX SGT AJAY KHURANA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 03.02.2026 W.P.(C) 587/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Gauri Goburdhun, SPC. versus EX SGT AJAY KHURANA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Deepika Sheoran, Mr. Baljeet Singh and Mr. Abhishek Gahlyan, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 2887/2026 (Exemption) 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 587/2026, CM APPL. 2888/2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 20.09.2023 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1267/2019 titled as Ex Sgt Ajay Khurana v. Union of India & Ors., wherein the Respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Diabetes Mellitus Type-II (Old) at 20% rounded off to 50% for life, from the date of his retirement from the service i.e., 30.06.2017. 2. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent was retired fro