UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs EX HAV ACP I KAKA RAM AND ANR

CWP-16646-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (119) CWP-16646-2026 Date of Decision : May 25, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Ex. HAC ACP-I Kaka Ram and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Shubham Thakur, Central Govt. Counsel, for the petitioners. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 31.01.2024 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, respondent No.1 has been allowed the benefit of disability pension along with benefit of rounding off the disability element 20% to 50% for life w.e.f. from the day next to date of his discharge from service i.e. 01.05.2019. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners places reliance upon the report of medical examination of respondent No. 1 to contend that though the disabilities of ‘Primary Hyperthyroidism @ 20% and Simple Obesity @ 1-5% for life (composite 20% for life)’ have been found to be existing in respondent No.1, but the said disabilities have be