UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. vs EX NK PRAMOD S

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 17.03.2026 W.P.(C) 3377/2026 CM APPL. 16209-16210/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Kanishk Kharbanda, SPC with Major Kanika Sharma, Army versus EX NK PRAMOD S .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tatsat Shukla and Mr Manish Kumar, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL) 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 19.04.2024 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 883/2024 titled as NK Pramod S (Retd) v. Union of India & Ors., wherein the Respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Primary Hypertension assessed at 30%, rounded off to 50% for life, from the date of his discharge from the service. 2. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent 3. The Release Medical Board [‘RMB’] held on 14.03.2022 assessed the disability i.e., Primary Hypertension (ICD-i-10) at 30% for life and opined that sin