UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs EX SUB BRAHAM PRAKASH AND ANR

CWP-14660-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (114) CWP-14660-2026 Date of Decision : May 12, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Ex. Sub Braham Prakash and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Gurmanpreet Singh, Advocate, for Mr. B.S. Khaira, Senior Panel Counsel, for the petitioners. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 13.03.2023 (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 30% to 50% w.e.f. from the day next to date of his discharge from service i.e. 01.04.2018 for life. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners places reliance upon the report of medical examination of respondent No. 1 to contend that though the disability of ‘Primary Hypertension’ has been found to be existing in respondent No.1, but the said disability has been assessed to be ‘neither attributable to