UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs SGT AMAR LAL RETD.

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 11.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 601/2026 & CM APPL. 2974/2026 CM APPL. 2975/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Dr. B. Ramaswamy, CGSC with Sgt Mritunjay and Sgt Karani Singh Rathore, DAV Legal Cell Airforce versus SGT AMAR LAL RETD. .....Respondent Through: None CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 2975/2026(for exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 601/2026 & CM APPL. 2974/2026(stay) 3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 06.08.2024 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1473/2022 titled as (656746) Sgt Amar Lal Signature Not Verified Signed By:HEMANT W.P.(C) 601/2026 Page 1 of 8 PRATAP SINGH Signing Date:16.02.2026 18:18 (Retd) vs Union Of India & Ors, wherein the Respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Primary Hypertension (Old) assessed at 30% for life, rounded off to 50% for life, from the date of his discharge from the service. 4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent was discharged from the service on 31.03.2016 under the clause ‘on fulfilling the conditions of enrolment’ after rendering a total of 26 years and 20 days of regular service. 5. The Release Medical Board [‘RMB’], held on 06.05.2015, assessed his disabilities, i.e., Primary Hypertension (Old) 10.0 & Z 09.0 at 30% for life. The RMB opined that since the onset of the disease was at the time when the Respondent was serving at the peace station, i.e. 5