UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs EX JWO GURCHARAN SINGH THROUGH SMT SANTOSH SAINI LR AND ANOTHER

CWP-14693-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (116) CWP-14693-2026 Date of Decision : May 12, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Ex. JWO Gurcharan Singh through LR/wife Santosh Saini and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Rohit Verma, Advocate, for the petitioners. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 09.10.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No. 2-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’), by which, respondent No.1 has been allowed the benefit of disability pension by rounding off the disability element from 30% to 50% for life w.e.f. 01.02.2021 on the ground that the same is perverse. 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 in respondent No.1, but the said disability has been held to be ‘neither attributable to nor aggravated by the Air-force service’. Further the claim in the OA was