UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs JASPAL KAUR GREWAL AND ANOTHER

CWP-4033-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (203) CWP-4033-2026 Date of Decision : May 13, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Jaspal Kaur Grewal and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Ms. Neha Jaggi, Sr. Panel Counsel, for the petitioners-UOI. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, challenge is to the impugned order dated 11.04.2023 (Annexure P-1) passed by the respondent No.2- Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’), by which, respondent No. 1- widow of Jasbir Inder Pal Singh Grewal has been held entitled for the grant of family pension after condoning the shortfall of service equivalent to 13 months and 12 days. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the issue raised in the present petition with regard to the grant of benefit of condonation of service so as to consider the service of the officer concerned to the minimum of 15 years, which is the qualifying service required for the grant of service pension, disability pension including the family pension as the case may be,