Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Ms. Srivastava, Adv. Muralidhar Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, GP v. COL. JIWAN CHANDRA

.....Petitioners Through: Ms. Archana Sharma, SPC with Ms. Pooja Kumari and Mr. Tej Singh Varun, Advocates with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay versus EX JWO DL MATWANKAR 720476-T .....Respondent Through: 105 + W.P.(C) 13964/2024 & CM APPL. 58434/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shashank Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Kunal Raj, Advocate with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay versus GP CAPT (TS) PATTURAJAN PARTHASARATHI (17383) RETD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajai Bhalla and Ms. Aditi Laxman, Advs. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 4 of 35 107 + W.P.(C) 14598/2024 & CM APPL. 61253/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Dr. B. Ramaswamy, CGSC with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay versus GP CAPT K MANOHARAN 17751 S RETD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajai Bhalla and Ms. Aditi Laxman, Advs. 108 + W.P.(C) 15077/2024 & CM APPL. 63174/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sushil Kumar Pandey, SPC with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay versus EX SGT VINAY SONKER, 738482-F .....Respondent Through: 109 + W.P.(C) 15112/2024 & CM APPL. 63337/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, Through: Mr. Senior Panel Counsel with Ms. Samiksha, Adv. versus 763051-G EX JWO RANJAN KUMAR BEURIA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Adv. 110 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 5 of 35 + W.P.(C) 15229/2024 & CM APPL. 63987/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Through: Sgt Mritunjay (Air Force Legal Cell) .....Petitioners Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and versus EX NB SUB RAVINDRA SHARMA (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 111 + W.P.(C) 15402/2024 & CM APPL. 64583/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Prajesh Vikram Srivastava, SPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay (Air Force Legal Cell) versus 69 L 907F EX MWO RAM CHANDRA PAHARWA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate 112 + W.P.(C) 15453/2024 & CM APPL. 64867/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Rohan Jaitley, CGSC with Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi, Mr. Varun Pratap and Mr. Yogya Bhatia, Advs. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay (Air Force Legal Cell) versus 736624 N EX JWO SHASHIBIND KUMAR PODDAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 6 of 35 113 + W.P.(C) 15984/2024 & CM APPL. 67149/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Rohan Jaitley(CGSC), Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi, Mr. Varun Pratap Singh, Mr. Yogya Bhatia and Dr.Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, Advocates with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay (Air Force Legal Cell) versus EX HFO INDRA BHUSHAN TIWARI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv. 114 + W.P.(C) 15992/2024 & CM APPL. 67170/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Nishant Gautam, CGSC with Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Mr. Shaurya Mani Pandey and Mr. Prithvi Raj Dey, Advs. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay (Air Force Legal Cell) versus 743146 H EX SGT NK PANDEY .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar and Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate 115 + W.P.(C) 16044/2024 & CM APPL. 67408/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Neeraj Dubey, Advocate with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus 648321-K EX MWO BHARAT ROY .....Respondent Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 7 of 35 Through: 116 + W.P.(C) 16192/2024 & CM APPL. 68072/2024 .....Petitioners UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Through: versus SUB MAJ RAM BILASH Through: Mr. Bikrama Ms. Mamta Pannikar, Advs. .....Respondent Sah, 117 + W.P.(C) 16377/2024 & CM APPLs. 69068-70/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, CGSC with Mr. Tribhuvan, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell Versus GP CAPT (TS) IVR RAO (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajai Bhalla and Ms. Aditi Laxman, Advs. 118 + W.P.(C) 16646/2024, CM APPLs. 70412/2024 & 70415/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Nune Balraj, SPC for UOI with Ms. Meghna Rao, Mr. Harshit Goel, Advs. versus EX HAV RAM PRAKASH SINGH NO. 15414518Y .....Respondent Through: Mr. Randhir Singh Kalkal, Adv. 119 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 8 of 35 + W.P.(C) 16792/2024 & CM APPL. 71065/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Dr. Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, Adv. versus SUB ANIL KISHORE (RETD.) Through: Mr. Bikrama Ms. Mamta Pannikar, Advs. .....Respondent Sah, 120 + W.P.(C) 16863/2024 & CM APPL. 71433/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Anubha Bhardwaj, CGSC with Muskan Narang, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus MWO HRIDYA NAND PRASAD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vivek Bhai Patel, Adv. 121 + W.P.(C) 17155/2024 & CM APPL. 72837/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Tiwari, CGSPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell Raghwendra versus 780625-K EX SGT MD AMANULLAH .....Respondent Through: 122 + W.P.(C) 17290/2024 & CM APPL. 73608/2024 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr Piyush Gupta, CGSC, Mr. Atishay Jain, Mr Prateek Kapoor, Mr. Manoj Kumar Jain, Mr. Chirag Gupta, Mr. Poras Raj Nagar, Ms. Seema Soni, Ms. Subha Soni, Mr. Subham Soni with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 9 of 35 Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus GP CAPT PANKAJ PANT RETD 21499 B .....Respondent Through: 123 + W.P.(C) 17599/2024 & CM APPL. 74877/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Brijesh Yadav, SPC along with Ms. Nikita, Mr. Nikhil Yadav, Mr. Anuj Kumar Kashyap, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Gaur, Mr. Rahul Bhargava and Mr. Ankit Kumar, Advs. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus WO KARAMBEER SINGH RETD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ramniwas Bansal, Adv. 124 + W.P.(C) 17633/2024 & CM APPL. 74941/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Premtosh K Mishra Through: Mr. (CGSC), Mr Sarthak Anand, Mr Prarabdh Tiwari, Advocates versus JWO UDAY SANKAR HARI RETIRED SERVICE NO. 6777447-G .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 125 + W.P.(C) 17836/2024 & CM APPL. 75899/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Ekta Choudhury, PCSC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 10 of 35 Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus SGT HRIDESH KUMAR GUPTA (RETIRED) (SERVICE NO. 726185-F) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 126 + W.P.(C) 17880/2024 & CM APPL. 76116/2024 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Piyush Through: Mr. Ms. Jyotsna Vyas and Ms. Ruchita Srivastava, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell Beriwal, versus EX SGT NIRAJ KUMAR .....Respondent Through: 127 + W.P.(C) 116/2025 & CM APPL. 439/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Avtaar Singh Deol, Adv. versus EX JWO VINOD KUMAR GUPTA NO 628539 B .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 128 + W.P.(C) 649/2025 & CM APPL. 3093/2025 UNION OF INDIA ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr Piyush Gupta, CGSC, Mr. Atishay Jain, Mr Prateek Kapoor, Mr. Manoj Kumar Jain, Mr. Chirag Gupta, Mr. Poras Raj Nagar, Ms. Seema Soni, Ms. Subha Soni, Mr. Subham Soni with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 11 of 35 Legal Cell versus SGT M V KISHORE KUMAR REDDY (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 129 + W.P.(C) 728/2025 & CM APPL. 3572/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Niraj Kumar, Sr. Central Govt. Counsel with Mr. Chaitanya Kumar, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus EX SGT VERENDRA PANDEY RETD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Kritendra Tiwari, Advocate 130 + W.P.(C) 730/2025 & CM APPL. 3576/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Niraj Kumar, Sr. Central Govt. Counsel with Mr. Chaitanya Kumar, Adv. versus CMDE SURPROBHO K DE. NM RETD. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shakti Chand Jaidwal and Ms. Amishi Sodani, Adv. 131 + W.P.(C) 864/2025, CM APPLs. 4221/2025 & 4326/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Through: Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell .....Petitioners Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and versus Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 12 of 35 EX MWO CHANDROOP SHARMA 651454 ....Respondent Through: Mr. Jagdish Chandra CGSC with Mr. Shubham Kumar Mishra, Adv. along with Mr. Mrityunjay, IAF. 132 + W.P.(C) 883/2025& CM APPL. 4310/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Upadhyay, .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC along with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Kritarth Waraich, Mr. Ms. Aprajita Verma, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Ms. Khushi and Ms. Aanya Gupta, Advs. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell Mr. Jagdish Chandra CGSC UOI Mr Shubham Kumar Mishra Adv with Mr Mrityunjay IAF versus SGT ASHOK KUMAR KAUSHIK (RETD) (SERVICE NO. 796725-S) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 133 + W.P.(C) 904/2025, CM APPLs. 4445/2025 & 4446/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shashank Bajpai, CGSC with Mr. Akshit Saxena. Adv. for UOI. versus MC EA(R) II RAJESHWAR PRASAD (181837) (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Gupta, Advocate 134 + W.P.(C) 925/2025 & CM APPL. 4545/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vinay Yadav, SPC with Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 13 of 35 Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Mr. Ansh Kalra and Ms. Kamna Behrani, Advs. versus SGT MAHESH KUMAR (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Gupta and Mr. Raj Kumar, Advs. 135 + W.P.(C) 988/2025, CM APPLs. 4931/2025 & 4932/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ankit Raj, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Ali Mohammed Khan, Mr. Vikram Kumar and Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advs. versus EX POEL SATYABIR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate 136 + W.P.(C) 1402/2025 & CM APPL. 6812/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Through: .....Petitioners versus 780053 -F EX SGT KUMAR MANOJ LAL .....Respondent Through: Ms. Sunanda Shukla, SPC with Mr. Shubham Kumar Mishra, Adv. along with Mr. Mrityunjay, IAF with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell 137 + W.P.(C) 2077/2025 & CM APPL. 9737/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Kushal Kumar SPC with Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 14 of 35 Mr. Suryansh Gaur with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus MWO (HFO) PANCHAM RAM (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rohit Pratap and Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. 138 + W.P.(C) 2416/2025, CM APPLs. 11450/2025 & 11451/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ankit Raj, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Ali Mohammed Khan, Mr. Vikram Kumar and Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advs with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus ANIL KUMAR RDO/FIT RETD .....Respondent Through: 139 + W.P.(C) 2526/2025 & CM APPL. 11929/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vivek Sharma, Sr. Panel Counsel with Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus MWO MAHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH RETD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rohit Pratap and Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. 140 + W.P.(C) 2719/2025 & CM APPL. 12897/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 15 of 35 Through: Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Senior Panel Counsel for UOI along with Mr. Yash Narain, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus WG CDR SRINIVASAN RAJENDRAN RETD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shakti Jaidwal and Ms. Amishi Sodani, Adv. 141 + W.P.(C) 2765/2025 & CM APPL. 13168/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ravi Kant Srivastava, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Robert Laishram and Mr. Bhupender, Advs. versus SUB CLK SD THOMAS K MATHEW RETD .....Respondent Through: 142 + W.P.(C) 2781/2025 & CM APPL. 13188/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Ankit Raj, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Ali Mohammed Khan, Mr. Vikram Kumar and Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advs. versus EX HAV OM PRAKASH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 143 + W.P.(C) 2830/2025 & CM APPL. 13430/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shouryendu Ray, SPC, Mr. Yashendra Singhwal, Mr Mrityunjay, Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 16 of 35 Advocates with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus 917248-F EX LAC SITARAM SHARMA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate 144 + W.P.(C) 2860/2025 & CM APPL. 13587/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, CGSC with Ms. Smritika Kesri, Adv. with Sgt. and Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Air Force versus EX SGT PRABHAT MANI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajeet Yadav and Mr. Prabhash Kumar Singh, Advocates 145 + W.P.(C) 2942/2025 & CM APPL. 13980/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, SPC with Mr. Kautilya Birat, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus SGT SURENDRA PAL (RETD) .....Respondent Through: Mr. US Maurya and Mr. S S Maurya, Adv. 146 + W.P.(C) 2989/2025 & CM APPL. 14155/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Suruchi Mittal, SPC with Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 17 of 35 Mr. Shubham Soni, Advocate versus SGT DEEPAK (RETIRED) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv. 147 + W.P.(C) 3004/2025 & CM APPL. 14179/2025 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Manish Rohilla, SPC with Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav and Mr. M D Abdul, Advs. versus EX NK KULDEEP SINGH S. NO. 15395180F .....Respondent Through: Mr. O.S. Punia, Advocate 148 + W.P.(C) 3043/2025, CM APPLs. 14447/2025 & 14448/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC along with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Ms. Aprajita Verma, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Ms. Khushi and Ms. Aanya Gupta, Advs. Upadhyay, versus PO COM TAC PRAKASH GUPTA RETD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Kritendra Tiwari, Advocate 149 + W.P.(C) 3070/2025 & CM APPL. 14502/2025 UNION OF MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS INDIA THROUGHT ITS SECRETARY, .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Vivekanand Mishra, SPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 18 of 35 versus EX. SGT. PARVEEN KUMAR, NO. 738605-B .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anuj Saini, Adv. 150 + W.P.(C) 3091/2025 & CM APPL. 14652/2025 UNION OF INDIA, THROUGH THE SECRETARY & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Himanshu Pathak and Mr. Amit Singh, Adv. versus EX-PO (GS) ABHISHEK ANAND .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ved Prakash, Advocate 151 + W.P.(C) 3100/2025 & CM APPL. 14671/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, SPC with Mr. Kautilya Birat, Adv. versus RAJENDRA SINGH .....Respondent Through: 152 + W.P.(C) 3134/2025 & CM APPL. 14812/2025 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. K. C. Dubey Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Mr. R. K. Dagur, Mr. Ramesh Kumar and Ms. Uma Tarafdar, Advs. versus EX- HAV GURBAJ SINGH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ved Prakash and Mr. Rahul Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 19 of 35 Verma, Advocates 153 + W.P.(C) 3179/2025 & CM APPL. 14896/2025 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Chetanya Puri, SPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell versus EX SGT PURAN CHANDRA BHATT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL % JUDGMENT(ORAL) 17.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. These writ petitions deal with the entitlement of the respondents to disability pension. The Union of India assails decisions of the Armed Forces Tribunal, whereby disability pension stands granted to the respondents.

2. These cases stand covered by as on date more than eighty judgments passed by this Bench as well as by a Coordinate Benche of this Court. They also stand covered by the judgment of the Supreme Court in Dharamvir Singh v UOI1 as well as the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Vijender Singh v UOI2. Signature Not Verified 1 (2013) 7 SCC 316 22025 SCC OnLIne SC 895 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 20 of 35

3. Against one of these decisions, which was rendered by us in UOI v Ex Sub Gawas Anil Madso3, an SLP has been preferred before the Supreme Court in which notice alone has been issued and no interim orders have been passed.

4. We are not informed that any SLP has been preferred against any of the other matters passed by this Bench or the Coordinate Bench.

5. In its recent decision in Union Territory of Ladakh v Jammu & Kashmir National Conference4, the Supreme Court has deprecated the practice of hierarchically lower Courts including the High Courts keeping matters pending merely because some issue is pending before the Supreme Court. Even where the correctness of a judgment has been doubted by the Supreme Court, the decision in Jammu & Kashmir National Conference directs High Courts to implement the law as it stands and not to adjourn matters awaiting the outcome of the appeals in the Supreme Court.

6. We have taken stock of this judgment in para 60 of the judgment in Gawas Anil Madso.

7. We, therefore, proceed to decide these writ petitions on the basis of the decisions taken by this Court. Signature Not Verified 3 2025 SCC OnLine 2018 4 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1140 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 21 of 35

8. A tabular statement of the position as it emerges in all these writ petitions, including the decisions by which the individual writ petitions, may be provided thus: Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W.P.(C) Col. Jiwan Chandra (Retd.) Primary Hypertension W.P.(C) Ex Sub Patole Balu Petras Primary Hypertension 30 W.P.(C) Col Ranjit Kumar (Retd.) Primary Hypertension W.P.(C) W.P.(C) Ex Sub Maj (Hony Lt) Ranbir Singh Ex NB Sub Hridaya Nand Kushwaha W.P.(C) Ex NK Hari Kishan Coronary Artery Disease Primary Hypertension Medullary Carcinoma Thyroid D-00 (Optd) 32 32 26 20 W.P.(C) Ex PO EL(R) Amit Ghosh Primary Hypertension 15 Reasoning given by the RMB NANA as the onset disability occurred in peace station The ID is idiopathic in origin and is per se not attributable to service NANA as the onset disability occurred in peace station NANA as the onset disability occurred in peace station NANA as the onset disability in peace occurred station Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service and not connected with service Onset disability was when he was posted in a peace area. Hence, NANA Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 22 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability W.P.(C) Ex Sub Dilipa Kumar Maharana Primary Hypertension Years service 28 W.P.(C) Ex Sgt Ashutosh Bharati Primary Hypertension 19 8 9 10 W.P.(C) Ex Sgt Arun Prasad 781311-B 11 W.P.(C) EX JWO DL Matwankar 12 W.P.(C) GP Capt (TS) Patturajan Parthasarath i (Retd.) 20 32 34 Primary Hypertension with GD-I Hypertensive Retinopathy Stroke- Ischemic Infract Right MCA Territory (i) Type II Diabetes Mellitus (ii) Cad- Silent IWMI- SVD-S/P FFR TO RCA Reasoning given by the RMB NANA, as it does fulfil conditions down as per Para 43, Chap V1, GMO 2002 No association stress & strain of field/HAA/CIOPs or Dietary compulsion diagnosis. Hence, NANA Onset of disability while serving in a peace area. Hence, NANA As per Part- V Para RMB 2 Proceedings serving (i) It is a metabolic disease onset of disability peace area (New Delhi) (ii) It is a lifestyle disease onset of disability (Coimbatore) serving 13 W.P.(C) Sgt Kamal Kumar Congenital bicuspid 19 Disability a congenital disorder Hence, NANA Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 23 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability (Retd) 14 W.P.(C) 15 WP C GP Capt K Manoharan 17751 S Retd EX SGT Vinay Sonker aortic valve moderate aortic stenosis and mild aortic regurgitation (i) Diabetes Mellitus Type-II (ii) Primary Hypertension DM Type II Years service Reasoning given by the RMB incidentally detected AME 2015. Hence, NANA 34 Disabilities treated as NANA 26 Metabolic disorder with onset in peace Station. There is no close. time association with stress or dietary compulsion of Field/Cl Ops/ HAA.. Hence the disability is considered NANA. 16 WP C EX JWO Ranjan Kumar Beuria i.DM Type II 20 ii.Primary Hypertension 17 WP C EX NB Sub Ravindra Sharma Primary Hypertension 26 Onset of ID in peace area. There is no close time association with stress/strain of Field/HAA/Cl Ops. Hence NANA vide para 26 & 43 o Ch VI GMO2008 respectively. Onset while serving peace area. lD is conceded as NANA as it is a lifestyle Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 24 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service Reasoning given by the RMB 18 WP C EX MWO Ram Chandra Paharwa i.DM Type II 37 ii. Primary Hypertension 19 WP C EX JWO Shashibind Kumar Poddar Primary Hypertension 25 disorder as per Para 43 of Ch Vl of GMO 2008. Onset of disability in peace area. It is a metabolic disease . There was no delay diagnosis/treatment. Individual has not served in field / Cl Ops/HAA time of onset. Hence disability is NANA vide para 26 & 43 of chapter VI of GMO 2008 respectively. Primary Hypertension did not occur in Fd/HAA/Cl Ops or prolonged afloat service. Hence disability is NANA as per Para 43 of GMO. Onset of disability in peace area. Hence Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service 37 20 38 WP C EX HFO Indra Bhushan Tiwari Diabetes Mellitus Type-II WP C H EX SGTNK Pandey WP C K EX MWO Bharat Roy WP C Sub Maj i. Primary Hypertension ii. DM Type II i. Primary Hypertension ii. DM Type II Coronary 20 21 22 23 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 30 Neither attributable WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 25 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service Reasoning given by the RMB 16192/2024 Ram Bilash Artery Disease-SVD S/P PTCA to RCA DM Type II 32 24 WP C Gp Capt (Ts) IVR Rao( Retd) 25 WP C Ex HAV Ram Prakash Singh Primary Hypertension 17 26 WP C Sub Anil Kishore (Retd) Primary Hypertension 30 to nor aggravated by military service Type II DM is a metabolic disorder of idiopathic origin strong a genetic preponderance. Onset occurs while serving in a peace area which does not qualify Fd/CIOps/HAA hence NANA. Onset of disease while serving in the Peace area. Hence NANA by Military Service ( Ref Para 43, Ch VI of GMO 2008) Onset in peace. Ref Para 43 Ch VI of GMO 2008 27 WP C MWO Hridya Nand Prasad DM Type II 40 Metabolic disorder. Onset was in peace station & individuals continued to serve in the peace area after the onset till retirement. Hence NANA 28 WP C K Ex SGT Md Amanullah Primary Hypertension 20 Onset of disability while posted in the peace area. No close time association with stress/ strain of field/ HAA/Cl Ops Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 26 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service Reasoning given by the RMB 29 WP C Gp Capt Pankaj Pant Retd. Primary Hypertension 30 30 WP C WO Karambeer Singh retd. i.DM Type II 35 ii. Primary Hypertension 31 WP C JWO Uday Sankar Hari retd. Primary Hypertension 38 of service. NANA (Ref Para 43 of Ch VI of GMO 2008) Onset of the disability while the officer was serving in a peace area There is a family history of PH and diabetes. The ibid disability PH, be considered NANA, as per Para 43 of Chapter VI GMO 2008. Onset of DM Type occurs while II serving field/ClOps/HAA. Indl. continued serve in peace till retirement. NANA Primary hypertension has no direct cause but is linked to risk factors like age, smoking, obesity, stress, and inactivity. Didn’t occur while serving Field/ClOps/HAA. Hence NANA. Onset of disability occurs while serving in Fd/CI Ops/HA.Al afloat service. It is held as NANA due to onset in the peace area. Hence Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 27 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service Reasoning given by the RMB 32 W.P.(C) SGT Hridesh Kumar Gupta Diabetes Mellitus 32 33 W.P.(C) EX SGT Niraj Kumar Primary Hypertension 19 34 W.P.(C) EX JWO Vinod Kumar Gupta Primary Hypertension 37 disability is conceded as NANA by service in terms of Para 43 Ch VI GMO 2008. A lifestyle / Idiopathic disease. Serving in a peace area, there is no close time association with stress & strain of Field/HAA/CI Ops of service. Neither attributable nor aggravated by Military service There is no delay in diagnosis, Disability is lifestyle disorder, not due to stress and strain of service. There is no close time association with HAA/Fd/ Cl Ops Area . It is held as NANA due to onset in peace. A lifestyle/Metabolic disorder. There is no close time association with stress & strain of Field/HAA/CI Ops of service. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 28 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service Reasoning given by the RMB 35 W.P.(C) SGT M V Kishore Kumar Reddy Primary Hypertension 21 36 W.P.(C) EX SGT Verendra Pandey Diabetes mellitus Type - II 25 37 W.P.(C) CMDE Suprobho K DE Primary Hypertension 35 38 39 W.P.(C) W.P.(C) EX MWO Chandroop Sharma SGT Ashok Kumar Kaushik Primary Hypertension Diabetes mellitus Type II 31 20 military service Life style disorder, Onset of the disability at peace station , no close time association with stress and strain, Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service It is a metabolic disorder. There is no close time association with stress and strain of service in field/ CI Ops are/ High altitude prior to onset. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service The officer has not served in Fd/HAA/CIOPS. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service Constitutional Disorder Disability was detected in Peace area. There is no close time association with stress and strain of service in field/ CI Ops. Neither attributable Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 29 of 35 Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service Reasoning given by the RMB 40 41 42 43 W.P.(C) W.P.(C) MC EA Rajeshwar Prasad SGT Mahesh Kumar Primary Hypertension Primary Hypertension W.P.(C) EX Poel Satyabir W.P.(C) EX SGT Kumar Manoj Lal Seizure Disorder ICD G40 Primary Hypertension 16 21 14 23 44 W.P.(C) MWO (HFO ) Pancham Ram Primary Hypertension 38 45 W.P.(C) Anil Kumar Primary 35 Hypertension to nor aggravated by military service No connection to service as the onset was while posted at peace. Onset of disability while serving at peace area. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service. Onset in Peace area refer para 33 of chapter VI of GMO 2008 Onset in Peace area. There is no close time association with stress and strain of service in field/ CI Ops. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service Onset of disability is in peace area, There is no close time association with F/HAA/CIOPs, not connected with military service Disability was detected when he was investigated during AME. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service 46 2526/2025 MWO Maheswar Prasad Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 Rhegmatogen ous Retinal Detachment 39 Onset in peace area, NANA as, no trauma in service. WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 30 of 35 Years service Reasoning given by the RMB No close time association. Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Singh 47 2719/2025 WC CDR Srinivasan Rajendran Rt eye (Opt) Pseudophakia (rt) eye and barrage laser Diabetes Mellitus 48 49 Sub Thomas K Mathew Ex Hav Om Prakash Primary Hypertension Primary Hypertension 50 Sitaram Sharma Diabetes Mellitus 24 28 26 15 51 52 Ex Sgt Prabhat Mani Sgt Surendra Pal Primary Hypertension 20 Primary hypertension 19 53 Sgt Deepak Primary 17 hypertension 54 Ex NK Kuldeep Singh Primary Hypertension 16 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 31 of 35 No close time association with stress and strain of service, hence NANA Onset in peace area, hence NANA Onset in peace area,no service related etiological factors,hence NANA Onset of disability in peace area, no close time association with stress or strain,hence NANA No close time association with stress and strain of service, hence NANA No close time association with stress and strain of service, hence NANA Onset in a peace area, no close time association nor any evidence of stress or strain, hence NANA Onset in peace, no close time association with service in HAA/CI ops, hence NANA Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years service Reasoning given by the RMB 55 56 PO COM(TAC) Prakash Gupta Ex Sgt Parveen Kumar Primary Hypertension Diabetes Mellitus type II 57 Ex PO(GS) Abhishek Anand Primary Hypertension 58 3100/2025 GP Capt Rajendra Singh Primary Hypertension & Diabetes Mellitus Type II 15 23 15 37 59 60 Ex Hav Gurbaj Singh Ex Sgt Puran Chandra Bhatt Primary Hypertension Primary Hypertension 18 20 No service related causative factor, hence not attributable to service. NANA due to onset in peace area. No Close time association with service stress & stain due to posting to field area/CI Ops/HAA, hence NANA, para 26,GMO 2008 Onset at peace station, hence NANA vide para 43, GMO 2008 Disease contracted while serving at CASB which does not qualify for field area, HAA, CI-Ops areas or prolonged afloat service, hence disability are NANA vide para 43 and 26,GMO 2008 NANA Disease is constitutional in nature not connected with service

9. These appeals stand covered, in identical circumstances, by Signature Not Verified several decisions rendered by this Court, in which disability pension Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 32 of 35 was denied on identical grounds. Some of the representative decisions may be cited thus: (i) Primary Hypertension (a) UOI v Rajveender Singh Mallhi5 (b) UOI v Ravish Babu6 (c) UOI v SGT Harvinder Singh Negi7 (d) UOI v Koutharapu Srinivasa8 (e) UOI v Jyoti Kumar Singh9 (f) UOI v Lt Col V Raveendran Kutty10 (ii) Diabetes Mellitus Type II (a) UOI v Vijay Kumar11 (b) UOI v Ashok Kumar Pandey12 (c) UOI v Sayan Panja13 (d) UOI v Rajesh Kumar14 (e) UOI v GP Capt. Santosh Kumar15 (f) UOI v EX SGT Kunal Palit16 5 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3956 6 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3957 7 2025 SCC OnLine Del 4806 8 2025 SCC OnLine Del 4292 9 2025 SCC OnLine Del 4222 10 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3004 11 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3969 12 2025 SCC OnLine Del 2908 13 2025 SCC OnLine Del 2910 14 WP C 9470/2025 dt. 10 July 2025 15 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3218 16 WP C 10025/2025 dated 16 July 2025 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 33 of 35 (iii) Seizure Disorder (a) UOI v Ex LEM(R) Rajeev Ranjan17 (b) UOI v Ex POA (AH) Amit Kumar Yadav18 (c) UOI v Shakti Singh19 (d) UOI v EX PO LOG (MAT) Sneh Kumar20 (e) UOI V EX SGT Upendra Kumar Bharti21 (f) UOI v EX HA-III Shakti Singh22 (iv) Coronary Artery Disease (a) UOI v EX JWO Dharmendra Prasad23 (b) UOI v MWO Jahangeer Alam24 (c) UOI v EX JWO Vinay Rathee25 (d) UOI V EX JWO SK Srivastava26 (v) Primary Hypertension with Retinopathy UOI v EX WO Hira Lal Prasad27 (vi) Stroke/Ischemic Infarction 17 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3000 18 W.P.(C) 8234/2025 dated 7 July 2025 19 2025 SCC OnLine Del 4804 20 WP C 9470/2025 dated 10 July 2025 21 WP C 9717/2025 dated 14 July 2025 22 2025 SCC OnLine Del 4804 23 2025 SCC OnLine Del 2549 24 2025 SCC OnLine Del 2434 25 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3583 26 WP C 9690/2025 dated 11 July 2025 27 2025 SCC OnLine Del 2689 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 34 of 35 UOI v Bijender Singh28 (vii) Diabetes Mellitus Type II and Primary Hypertension (a) UOI v Mani Lal Prasad29 (b) UOI v HFO MWO Raj Bhanu Singh30 (c) UOI v CDR Sudesh Kumar Sharma31 (d) UOI v GP Capt Girish Kumar Johri (Retd)32

10. The reasons for our disinclination to interfere with the decision of the Tribunal are forthcoming in the individual judgements passed by us, and we do not deem it necessary to burden this order by a reiteration thereof. Suffice it to state that learned Counsel for the UOI, in these petitions, too, was unable to urge that these cases are not covered by our earlier decisions.

11. Following the aforesaid, all these writ petitions are dismissed. The petitioners are directed to implement the orders passed by the Tribunal within a period of eight weeks from today. C. HARI SHANKAR, J. AJAY DIGPAUL, J. JULY 17, 2025/yg. 28 2025 SCC OnLine Del 4225 29 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3958 30 2025 SCC OnLine Del 3223 31 WP C 6452/2025 dated 8 July 2025 32 WP C 10009/2025 dated 16 July 2025 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:23.07.2025 18:03:20 WP C 2308/2024 & connected matters Page 35 of 35