UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs JC NO 94755 N EX NB SUBEDAR KULDIP SINGH VIRK AND ANOTHER

CWP-13340-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (108) CWP-13340-2026 Date of Decision : May 01, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Ex. NB Subedar Kuldip Singh Virk .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Senior Panel Counsel, for the petitioners-UOI. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present writ petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 07.03.2019 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, the benefit of disability element of disability pension has been allowed in favour of respondent No.1 and rounding off the disability @ 50% w.e.f. 25.06.2014 and thereafter, he shall be entitled to the disability element of pension at the same rate for life, which was assessed at less than 20% (15%-19%) on the ground that the same is perverse. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the respondent No.1 joined the Army Service on 11.11.1971 and was discharged from service on 22.09.1992 and since his disability i.e. ‘Hepto-Intestina