AMARJIT SINGH vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

255 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-3605-2026 Date of Decision : 04.05.2026 AMARJIT SINGH ........Petitioner VERSUS UNIONOF INDIA AND OTHERS ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Ujwal Anand, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ishank Bansal, Advocate for Mr. Vibhor Bansal, Advocate for respondent Nos.1 to 4. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 07.02.2022 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.5 – Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal), by which, the arrears admissible to the petitioner after holding him entitled for the grant of disability pension have been restricted to a period of three years from the date of filing of O.A. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the restrictions of the arrears by the Tribunal from said date is contrary to the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No.3086 of 2012 titled “Balbir Singh vs. Union of India and others”, decided on 08.04.2016 and Civil Appeal No. 6820-2824 of 2018 titled