MOHINDER KAUR vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP No.4156 of 2026 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 251 CWP No.4156 of 2026 (O&M) Date of Decision: 13.05.2026 MOHINDER KAUR .....Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ........Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Tarun Kumar Advocate and Mr. Simranjeet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Advocate, Senior Panel Counsel, for the respondents-UOI. **** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 01.02.2023 (Annexure P-4) passed by respondent No.5-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, only the disability element of disability pension has been granted to the husband of petitioner and service element of disability pension has not been granted to the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per rules governing the service, disability pension consists of two elements i.e. service and disability element; irrespective of the length of service rendered by a personnel; benefit of service element is to be grant