RAVI SANGWAN vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~120 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 21.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 5770/2025 RAVI SANGWAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhay Kumar Bhargava, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC, Mr. Akash Mishra and Mr. Arnav Mittal, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed seeking disability pension in favour of the Petitioner from the date of his retirement i.e., from 10.04.2024 with 12% interest. 2. Petitioner joined Border Security Force [‘BSF’] in the year 2007 at the rank of Constable/GD. 3. The case set up by the learned counsel for the Petitioner in the petition is as follows: 3.1. Petitioner while serving in the BSF, on 07.04.2016 was diagnosed with a case of depression with generalized anxiety disorder. He undertook Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P. (C) 5770/2025 Page 1 of 6 By:MAHIMA SHARMA Signing Date:29.01.2026 16:12:49 treatment between 2016 till 2023 leading to his medical category being downgraded. 3.2. The Petitioner appeared before Review Medical Board [‘RMB’] on 22.02.2024, where the Petitioner was diagnosed as suffering from “(i) Generalized anxiety disorder with recurrent depressive disorder, (ii) obesity” and placed under Permanent Medical Category S5 H1 A1 P3 E1 with 45% disability for mental illness as per IDEAS Scale, which is aggravated due to service. 3.3. Acting upon the said RMB dated 22.02.2024, a show cause notice dated 26.03.2024 was served upon the Petitioner by the Commandant of 116 BN BSF proposing to terminate services of the Petitioner on the ground of physical unfitness. Vide order dated 10.04.2024, Petitioner was invalidated from service w