UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs JWO BRIJESH SINGH PANWAR (RETD)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 30.01.2026 W.P.(C) 1327/2026 CM APPL. 6470/2026 CM APPL. 6471/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ramjee Pandey, SPC versus JWO BRIJESH SINGH PANWAR (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv. Ms. Prachi Payal, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 6471/2026 (for exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 1327/2026 3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 19.07.2023[‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1369/2020 titled as MWO Brijesh Singh Pawar (Retd.) v. Union of India & Ors., wherein the Respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Primary Hypertension 2018. 4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent was retired from the service on 30.09.2018 under the clause ‘on superannuation on fulfilling the condition of enrolmen