UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs 1481129 P EX HAV RAM KUMAR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision :07.01.2026 W.P.(C) 130/2026, CM APPL. 647/2026 & CM APPL. 648/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Major Anish Muralidhar (Army) versus 1481129 P EX HAV RAM KUMAR .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 648/2026 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 130/2026 and CM APPL. 647/2026 3. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India lays a challenge to the order dated 12.07.2023 (‘impugned order’) passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘Tribunal’, for short) in O.A. 1040/2019 titled Ex. HAV Ram Kumar v. Union of India and Others, wherein the respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension at 30% for Primary Hypertension, rounded off to 50% for life. 4. The facts to be noted are the respondent was enrolled into the Indian 5. The respondent’s claim for disability pension was rejected by the petitioner on the basis of the said report and therefore, the respondent approached the Tribun