UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs 681225B EX MWO ASIS PRAMANIK

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 23.01.2026 W.P.(C) 1029/2026 CM APPL. 5002/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Kangan Roda, SPC and Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Adv. versus 681225B EX MWO ASIS PRAMANIK .....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) 1. The present petition has been filed seeking quashing of the order dated 17.08.2023[‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 730/2020 titled Ex MWO Asis Pramanik (681225-B) v. Union of India & Ors, wherein the Respondent has been granted benefit of the disability element of pension for Diabetes Mellitus Type -II [Old] ICD- E11, Z-09 at 20% for life, rounded off to 50% for life with effect from the date of discharge i.e. 31.01.2020. 2. The facts in the present case are that the Respondent was enrolled in the Indian Air Force on 23.08.1982 and was discharged from services on 31.01.2020 under the clause ‘on attaining the age of superannuation after rendering total 37 years and 162 days of regular serv