UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs NO 15661097W EX HAV OM PAL AND ANR

CWP-14113-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 111 CWP-14113-2026 Date of Decision: 07.05.2026 Union of India and others ...Petitioners Versus No.15661097W Ex. Hav. Om Pal and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Addl. Solicitor General of India with Ms. Neha Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel for petitioners-UOI. *** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, challenge is to the impugned order dated 29.08.2024 (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 element of disability pension alongwith benefit of rounding off of the disability element from 10% to 50% from the day of following the date of his discharge. 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 ‘Persistent Delusional Disorder’ has been found to be existing in respondent No.1, but the said disability has been held to be ‘n