RANDHIR vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-11229-2026 1 217 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-11229-2026 Date of decision : 25.05.2026 Randhir ...Petitioner Vs. Union of India and others ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. B.S.Rathee, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Sr.Panel Counsel for respondents No.1 to 3-UOI. *** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J.(Oral) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 25.09.2023 (Annexure P-5) passed by respondent No.4- 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 as "Union