UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs KANWAR PAL SINGH (RETD) AND ANOTHER

CWP-14707-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (122) CWP-14707-2026 Date of Decision : May 12, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus Col Kanwar Pal Singh (Retd.) and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Rohit Verma, Senior Panel Counsel, for the petitioners. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 23.01.2026 (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. 01.02.2019 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 to be existing in respondent No.1, but the said disability has been assessed to be ‘neither attributable to nor aggravated by the Military service’. Hence, the grant of benefi