UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs KANWALJIT SINGH AND ANOTHER

CWP-32822-2024 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (241) CWP-32822-2024 Date of Decision : May 07, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Kanwaljit Singh and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Ramesh Chand Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Mohit Garg, Advocate, for respondent No.1. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 21.03.2022 (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 service element has been directed to be granted to respondent No.1, on the ground that the same is perverse. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners argues that in the present case, respondent No.1 only served in the armed forces approximately for a period of 09 years and hence, he was not entitled for the grant of service element of disability pension as the minimum service required for grant of service element is 15 years, which period of service has not been rendered by respondent No.1. Hence, grant of