UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS vs NO 14305087L EX HAV OM PRAKASH AND ANOTHER

CWP-15497-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 120 CWP-15497-2026 Date of Decision : May 18, 2026 Union of India and others .. Petitioners Versus No.14305087L Ex. HAV Om Prakash and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Saksham Parmar, Advocate, for the petitioners. HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI J. (ORAL) 1. In the present writ petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 20.10.2023 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2-Armed Forces Tribunal, Chandigarh, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, respondent No.1 has been allowed the benefit of rounding off of the disability element of disability pension @ 50% as against 20% w.e.f. 01.01.1996 on the same terms as in Civil Appeal No.418 of 2022 (Union of India and others Vs. Ram Avtar), decided on 10.12.2014. 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 “Bronchial Asthma” as assessed @ 20% has been found in respondent No.1, but he has been discharged from service on 01.12.1992 in low medical category on c