UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs 712071 SGT BIRENDRA KUMAR RETD

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 29.01.2026 W.P.(C) 1224/2026 CM APPL. 5974/2026 CM APPL. 5975/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Bhavya Tyagi, SPC versus 712071 SGT BIRENDRA KUMAR RETD .....Respondent Through: Ms. Deepika Sheoran, Mr. Baljeet Singh, 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. 5975/2026 (exemption) 1. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 1224/2026 & CM APPL. 5974/2026(Stay) 3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 02.01.2024 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1585/2019 titled as Ex SGT Birendra Kumar v. Union of India & Ors., wherein the respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Paranoid Schizophrenia (Old) assessed at 40% for life, rounded off to 50% for life from the date of his discharge from 2018. 4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that th