NO 14812193P EX NK SUKHWINDER KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-39018-2025 1 222 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-39018-2025 Date of Decision : 27.05.2026 No.14812193P Ex.Nk Sukhwinder Kumar .. Petitioner Versus Union of India and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Divyansh Shukla, Advocate for Mr. Jashanjot Singh Uppal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Vibhor Bansal, Sr.Panel Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 4. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 25.11.2025 (Annexure P-10) passed by respondent No.5-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’ by which, the claim of the petitioner for grant of disability pension alongwith rounding off has been declined by the Tribunal. 2. Petitioner was enrolled in Indian Army on 18.02.1995 and after rendering 22 years and 11 days he was discharged from service on 28.02.2017 under Army Rule 13 (3) item III(i) with disability MODERATE DEPRESSIVE EPISODE (ICD10-F 32.1) and even as per assessment made by the release medical board, the disability suffered by the petitioner has been asses