UNION OF INDIA AND ORS vs SMT KAMLESH AND ORS

CWP-17094-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (108) CWP-17094-2026 Date of Decision : May 27, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Smt. Kamlesh and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. S.K. Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel, for the petitioners. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present writ petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 04.02.2019 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No. 2-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh, by which, the respondent No. 1 (widow of Dfr Vijay Kumar) has been held entitled for the life time arrears of disability pension of her late husband for the period starting from 01.02.2008 to 19.03.2013 by holding the disability suffered by husband of respondent No.1 as attributable to military service and further she has also been held entitled for the benefit of Special Family Pension from the next date of the death of her husband i.e. 20.03.2013 . 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners argues that the grant of the aforesaid benefits by the Tribunal is incorrect as, though the disability i.e. ‘Cerebro Vascular