Union of India & Ors v. Ex Sgt Niraj Kumar

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 2308/2024 & CM APPL. 9556/2024

UNION OF INDIA

.....Petitioner Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Mr. Rajesh Kumar, SPC, Mr. Yash Narain, Ms. Jyotsna Vyas and Ms. Ruchita Srivastava, Adv. with Major Anish Muralidhar Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, GP, Mr. Anurag Sahay, Mr. Rohit Kumar and Mr. Durgesh Kumar Sharma, Advs.

COL. JIWAN CHANDRA (RETD.) Mr. Durgesh Kumar Sharma and Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocates + W.P.(C) 5051/2024 & CM APPL. 20700/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Varun Mishra, SPC with Mrs. Shreeya Sud, Advocates with Major Anish Muralidhar

EX SUB PATOLE BALU PETRAS Mr. J.P. Sharma and Mr. Sahil Sharma, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 5074/2024 & CM APPL. 20837/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

COL RANJIT KUMAR (RETD)

+ W.P.(C) 5343/2024 & CM APPL. 21909/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Ankit Raj, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Ali Mohammed Khan, Mr. Vikram Kumar and Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advs.

EX SUB MAJ (HONY LT) RANBIR SINGH .....Respondent Mr. J.P. Sharma and Mr. Sahil Sharma, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 6508/2024 & CM APPL. 27143/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Ms. Jyotsna Vyas and Ms. Ruchita Srivastava, Adv.

EX NB SUB HRIDAYA NAND KUSHWAHA .....Respondent Mr. Ajit Kakkar and Mr. Aman Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 6840/2024 & CM APPL. 28517/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Ankit Raj, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Ali Mohammed Khan, Mr. Vikram Kumar and Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advs.

EX NK HARI KISHAN

+ W.P.(C) 7511/2024 & CM APPL. 31311/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Ms. Jyotsna Vyas and Ms. Ruchita Srivastava, Adv.

EX PO EL(R) AMIT GHOSH

Mr. Ved Prakash, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 8332/2024 & CM APPLs. 34108-109/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, CGSC.

EX SUB DILIPA KUMAR MAHARANA .....Respondent

Mr. Randhir Singh Kalkal, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 11561/2024 & CM APPL. 48006/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Sarthak Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Kunal Raj, Advocate with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and sgt. Mritunjay

EX SGT ASHUTOSH BHARATI

Mr. Ajeet Yadav, Mr. Praveen Kumar and Mr. Prabhash Kumar Singh, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 13008/2024 & CM APPL. 54156/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Premtosh K Mishra CGSC with Mr. Sarthak Anand and Mr. Prarabh Tiwari, Advocates

EX SGT ARUN PRASAD 781311-B Ms. Shagun Shahi Chugh, SPC and Mr. Varun Chugh, SPC along with Ms. Nandita Mishra and Mr. Praveen Kumar, Advocates with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay.

+ W.P.(C) 13746/2024 & CM APPL. 57555/2024

UNION OF INDIA ORS

Ms. Archana Sharma, SPC with Ms. Pooja Kumari and Mr. Tej Singh Varun, Advocates with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay

EX JWO DL MATWANKAR 720476-T

+ W.P.(C) 13964/2024 & CM APPL. 58434/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Shashank Dixit, CGSC with Mr. Kunal Raj, Advocate with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay

GP CAPT (TS) PATTURAJAN PARTHASARATHI (17383) RETD.

Mr. Ajai Bhalla and Ms. Aditi Laxman, Advs.

+ W.P.(C) 14598/2024 & CM APPL. 61253/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Dr. B. Ramaswamy, CGSC with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay

GP CAPT K MANOHARAN 17751 S RETD. .....Respondent Mr. Ajai Bhalla and Ms. Aditi Laxman, Advs.

+ W.P.(C) 15077/2024 & CM APPL. 63174/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Sushil Kumar Pandey, SPC with Sgt. Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt. Mritunjay

EX SGT VINAY SONKER, 738482-F

+ W.P.(C) 15112/2024 & CM APPL. 63337/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, Senior Panel Counsel with Ms. Samiksha, Adv.

763051-G EX JWO RANJAN KUMAR BEURIA

Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 15229/2024 & CM APPL. 63987/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay (Air Force Legal Cell)

EX NB SUB RAVINDRA SHARMA (RETD) .....Respondent

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 15402/2024 & CM APPL. 64583/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Prajesh Vikram Srivastava, SPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay (Air Force Legal Cell)

69 L 907F EX MWO RAM CHANDRA PAHARWA

Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 15453/2024 & CM APPL. 64867/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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)

736624 N EX JWO SHASHIBIND KUMAR PODDAR

Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 15984/2024 & CM APPL. 67149/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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)

EX HFO INDRA BHUSHAN TIWARI

Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 15992/2024 & CM APPL. 67170/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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)

743146 H EX SGT NK PANDEY

Mr. Raj Kumar and Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 16044/2024 & CM APPL. 67408/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Neeraj Dubey, Advocate with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

648321-K EX MWO BHARAT ROY

+ W.P.(C) 16192/2024 & CM APPL. 68072/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

SUB MAJ RAM BILASH

Mr. Bikrama Sah, and Ms. Mamta Pannikar, Advs.

+ W.P.(C) 16377/2024 & CM APPLs. 69068-70/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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)

Mr. Ajai Bhalla and Ms. Aditi Laxman, Advs.

+ W.P.(C) 16646/2024, CM APPLs. 70412/2024 & 70415/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Nune Balraj, SPC for UOI with Ms. Meghna Rao, Mr. Harshit Goel, Advs.

EX HAV RAM PRAKASH SINGH NO. 15414518Y

Mr. Randhir Singh Kalkal, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 16792/2024 & CM APPL. 71065/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Dr. Vijendra Singh Mahndiyan, Adv.

SUB ANIL KISHORE (RETD.)

Mr. Bikrama Sah, and Ms. Mamta Pannikar, Advs. + W.P.(C) 16863/2024 & CM APPL. 71433/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

Ms. Anubha Bhardwaj, CGSC with Muskan Narang, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

MWO HRIDYA NAND PRASAD

Mr. Vivek Bhai Patel, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 17155/2024 & CM APPL. 72837/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Raghwendra Tiwari, CGSPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

780625-K EX SGT MD AMANULLAH

+ W.P.(C) 17290/2024 & CM APPL. 73608/2024

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS & ORS. 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 Legal Cell

GP CAPT PANKAJ PANT RETD 21499 B .....Respondent

+ W.P.(C) 17599/2024 & CM APPL. 74877/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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

WO KARAMBEER SINGH RETD

Mr. Ramniwas Bansal, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 17633/2024 & CM APPL. 74941/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Premtosh K Mishra

(CGSC), Mr Sarthak Anand, Mr Prarabdh Tiwari, Advocates

JWO UDAY SANKAR HARI RETIRED SERVICE NO. 6777447-G

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 17836/2024 & CM APPL. 75899/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Ms. Ekta Choudhury, PCSC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt

Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

SGT HRIDESH KUMAR GUPTA (RETIRED) (SERVICE NO. 726185-F)

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 17880/2024 & CM APPL. 76116/2024

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Ms. Jyotsna Vyas and Ms. Ruchita Srivastava, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

EX SGT NIRAJ KUMAR

+ W.P.(C) 116/2025 & CM APPL. 439/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Avtaar Singh Deol, Adv.

EX JWO VINOD KUMAR GUPTA NO 628539 B

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 649/2025 & CM APPL. 3093/2025

UNION OF INDIA ORS

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

Legal Cell

SGT M V KISHORE KUMAR REDDY (RETD)

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 728/2025 & CM APPL. 3572/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Niraj Kumar, Sr. Central Govt. Counsel with Mr. Chaitanya Kumar, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

EX SGT VERENDRA PANDEY RETD.

Mr. Kritendra Tiwari, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 730/2025 & CM APPL. 3576/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Niraj Kumar, Sr. Central Govt. Counsel with Mr. Chaitanya Kumar, Adv.

CMDE SURPROBHO K DE. NM RETD. .....Respondent Mr. Shakti Chand Jaidwal and Ms. Amishi Sodani, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 864/2025, CM APPLs. 4221/2025 & 4326/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

EX MWO CHANDROOP SHARMA 651454 ....Respondent Mr. Jagdish Chandra CGSC with Mr. Shubham Kumar Mishra, Adv. along with Mr. Mrityunjay, IAF.

+ W.P.(C) 883/2025& CM APPL. 4310/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC along with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, 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

SGT ASHOK KUMAR KAUSHIK (RETD) (SERVICE NO. 796725-S)

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 904/2025, CM APPLs. 4445/2025 & 4446/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Shashank Bajpai, CGSC with Mr. Akshit Saxena. Adv. for UOI.

MC EA(R) II RAJESHWAR PRASAD (181837)

(RETD)

Mr. Manoj Gupta, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 925/2025 & CM APPL. 4545/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Vinay Yadav, SPC with

Mr. Siddharth Gautam, Mr. Ansh Kalra and

Ms. Kamna Behrani, Advs.

SGT MAHESH KUMAR (RETD)

Mr. Manoj Gupta and Mr. Raj Kumar, Advs.

+ W.P.(C) 988/2025, CM APPLs. 4931/2025 & 4932/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Ankit Raj, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Ali Mohammed Khan, Mr. Vikram Kumar and Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advs.

EX POEL SATYABIR

Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 1402/2025 & CM APPL. 6812/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

780053 -F EX SGT KUMAR MANOJ LAL .....Respondent 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 + W.P.(C) 2077/2025 & CM APPL. 9737/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Kushal Kumar SPC with

Mr. Suryansh Gaur with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

MWO (HFO) PANCHAM RAM (RETD) Mr. Rohit Pratap and Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 2416/2025, CM APPLs. 11450/2025 & 11451/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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

ANIL KUMAR RDO/FIT RETD

+ W.P.(C) 2526/2025 & CM APPL. 11929/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Vivek Sharma, Sr. Panel Counsel with Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

MWO MAHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH RETD

Mr. Rohit Pratap and Mr. Ravi Kumar, Adv. + W.P.(C) 2719/2025 & CM APPL. 12897/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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

WG CDR SRINIVASAN RAJENDRAN RETD .....Respondent Mr. Shakti Jaidwal and Ms. Amishi Sodani, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 2765/2025 & CM APPL. 13168/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Ravi Kant Srivastava, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Robert Laishram and Mr. Bhupender, Advs.

SUB CLK SD THOMAS K MATHEW RETD .....Respondent

+ W.P.(C) 2781/2025 & CM APPL. 13188/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Ankit Raj, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Ali Mohammed Khan, Mr. Vikram Kumar and Mr. Digvijay Singh, Advs.

EX HAV OM PRAKASH

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 2830/2025 & CM APPL. 13430/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Shouryendu Ray, SPC, Mr. Yashendra Singhwal, Mr Mrityunjay,

Advocates with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

917248-F EX LAC SITARAM SHARMA .....Respondent Mr. Virender Singh Kadian, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 2860/2025 & CM APPL. 13587/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Siddhartha Shankar Ray, CGSC with Ms. Smritika Kesri, Adv. with Sgt. and Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Air Force

EX SGT PRABHAT MANI

Mr. Ajeet Yadav and Mr. Prabhash Kumar Singh, Advocates

+ W.P.(C) 2942/2025 & CM APPL. 13980/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, SPC with Mr. Kautilya Birat, Adv. with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

SGT SURENDRA PAL (RETD)

Mr. US Maurya and Mr. S S Maurya, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 2989/2025 & CM APPL. 14155/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Ms. Suruchi Mittal, SPC with

Mr. Shubham Soni, Advocate

SGT DEEPAK (RETIRED)

Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 3004/2025 & CM APPL. 14179/2025

UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY & ORS.

Mr. Manish Rohilla, SPC with Mr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav and Mr. M D Abdul, Advs.

EX NK KULDEEP SINGH S. NO. 15395180F .....Respondent

Mr. O.S. Punia, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 3043/2025, CM APPLs. 14447/2025 & 14448/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC along with Ms. Gurleen Kaur Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Ms. Aprajita Verma, Mr. Vivek Sharma, Ms. Khushi and Ms. Aanya Gupta, Advs.

PO COM TAC PRAKASH GUPTA RETD .....Respondent

Mr. Kritendra Tiwari, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 3070/2025 & CM APPL. 14502/2025 UNION OF INDIA THROUGHT ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & ORS Mr. Vivekanand Mishra, SPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

EX. SGT. PARVEEN KUMAR, NO. 738605-B .....Respondent

Mr. Anuj Saini, Adv.

+ W.P.(C) 3091/2025 & CM APPL. 14652/2025

UNION OF INDIA, THROUGH THE SECRETARY & ORS.

Mr. Himanshu Pathak and Mr. Amit Singh, Adv.

EX-PO (GS) ABHISHEK ANAND

Mr. Ved Prakash, Advocate

+ W.P.(C) 3100/2025 & CM APPL. 14671/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, SPC with Mr. Kautilya Birat, Adv.

RAJENDRA SINGH

+ W.P.(C) 3134/2025 & CM APPL. 14812/2025

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Mr. K. C. Dubey Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Mr. R. K. Dagur, Mr. Ramesh Kumar and Ms. Uma Tarafdar, Advs.

EX-HAV GURBAJ SINGH

Mr. Ved Prakash and Mr. Rahul

Verma, Advocates

+ W.P.(C) 3179/2025 & CM APPL. 14896/2025

UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

Mr. Chetanya Puri, SPC with Sgt Manish Kumar Singh and Sgt Mritunjay, Air Force Legal Cell

EX SGT PURAN CHANDRA BHATT

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.

¶1These 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.

¶2These 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.

1 (2013) 7 SCC 316 22025 SCC OnLIne SC 895

¶3Against 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.

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

¶5In 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.

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

¶7We, therefore, proceed to decide these writ petitions on the basis of the decisions taken by this Court.

3 2025 SCC OnLine 2018 4 2023 SCC OnLine SC 1140

¶8A 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 of service Reasoning given by the RMB W.P.(C) 2308/2024 Col. Jiwan Chandra (Retd.) Primary Hypertension NANA as the onset of disability occurred in peace station W.P.(C) 5051/2024 Ex Sub Patole Balu Petras Primary Hypertension The ID is idiopathic in origin and is per se not attributable to service

W.P.(C) 5074/2024 Col Ranjit Kumar (Retd.) Primary Hypertension NANA as the onset of disability occurred in peace station W.P.(C) 5343/2024 Ex Sub Maj (Hony Lt) Ranbir Singh Coronary Artery Disease NANA as the onset of disability occurred in peace station W.P.(C) 6508/2024 Ex NB Sub Hridaya Nand Kushwaha Primary Hypertension NANA as the onset of disability occurred in peace station W.P.(C) 6840/2024 Ex NK Hari Kishan Medullary Carcinoma Thyroid D-00

(Optd) Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service and not connected with service W.P.(C) 7511/2024 Ex PO EL(R) Amit Ghosh Primary Hypertension Onset of the disability was when he was posted in a peace area. Hence, NANA

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB W.P.(C) 8332/2024 Ex Sub Dilipa Kumar Maharana Primary Hypertension

NANA, as it does not fulfil the conditions laid down as per Para 43, Chap V1, GMO 2002 W.P.(C) 11561/2024 Ex Sgt Ashutosh Bharati Primary Hypertension No close time association with stress & strain of field/HAA/CIOPs or Dietary compulsion or delay in diagnosis. Hence, NANA W.P.(C) 13008/2024 Ex Sgt Arun Prasad 781311-B Primary Hypertension with GD-I Hypertensive Retinopathy Onset of disability while serving in a peace area. Hence, NANA W.P.(C) 13746/2024 EX JWO DL Matwankar Stroke-Ischemic Infract Right MCA Territory As per Part-V Para of RMB Proceedings W.P.(C) 13964/2024 GP Capt

(TS) Patturajan Parthasarath i (Retd.)

(i) Type II Diabetes Mellitus

(ii) Cad-Silent IWMI-SVD-S/P FFR TO RCA

(i) It is a metabolic disease and the onset of disability while serving in peace area (New Delhi)

(ii) It is a lifestyle disease and the onset of disability while serving in peace area (Coimbatore)

Hence, NANA W.P.(C) 14414/2024 Sgt Kamal Kumar Congenital bicuspid Disability is a congenital disorder

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB

(Retd) aortic valve with moderate aortic stenosis and mild aortic regurgitation and incidentally detected AME 2015. Hence, NANA W.P.(C) 14598/2024 GP Capt K Manoharan 17751 S Retd

(i) Diabetes Mellitus Type-II

(ii) Primary Hypertension Disabilities were treated as NANA WP C 15077/2024 EX SGT Vinay Sonker DM Type II 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.

WP C 15112/2024 EX JWO Ranjan Kumar Beuria i.DM Type II

ii.Primary Hypertension 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.

WP C 15229/2024 EX NB Sub Ravindra Sharma Primary Hypertension Onset while serving in peace area. lD is conceded as NANA as it is a lifestyle

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB disorder as per Para 43 of Ch Vl of GMO 2008.

WP C 15402/2024 EX MWO Ram Chandra Paharwa i.DM Type II

ii. Primary Hypertension Onset of disability in peace area. It is a metabolic disease . There was no delay in diagnosis/treatment. Individual has not served in field / Cl Ops/HAA at the time of onset. Hence disability is NANA vide para 26 & 43 of chapter VI of GMO 2008 respectively.

WP C 15453/2024 EX JWO Shashibind Kumar Poddar Primary Hypertension Primary Hypertension did not occur in Fd/HAA/Cl Ops or prolonged afloat service. Hence disability is NANA as per Para 43 of GMO. WP C 15984/2024 EX HFO Indra Bhushan Tiwari Diabetes Mellitus Type-II Onset of disability in peace area. Hence Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service WP C 15992/2024 H EX SGTNK Pandey i. Primary Hypertension

ii. DM Type II Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service WP C 16044/2024 K EX MWO Bharat Roy i. Primary Hypertension

ii. DM Type II

Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service WP C Sub Maj Coronary Neither attributable

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB 16192/2024 Ram Bilash Artery Disease-SVD S/P PTCA to RCA to nor aggravated by military service

WP C 16377/2024 Gp Capt

(Ts) IVR Rao( Retd) DM Type II Type II DM is a metabolic disorder of idiopathic origin with a strong genetic preponderance. Onset occurs while serving in a peace area which does not qualify for Fd/CIOps/HAA hence NANA. WP C 16646/2024 Ex HAV Ram Prakash Singh Primary Hypertension Onset of disease while serving in the Peace area. Hence NANA by Military Service ( Ref Para 43, Ch VI of GMO 2008) WP C 16792/2024 Sub Anil Kishore

(Retd) Primary Hypertension

Onset in peace. Ref Para 43 Ch VI of GMO 2008

WP C 16863/2024 MWO Hridya Nand Prasad DM Type II Metabolic disorder. Onset was in peace station & individuals continued to serve in the peace area after the onset till retirement. Hence NANA

WP C 17155/2024 K Ex SGT Md Amanullah Primary Hypertension Onset of disability while posted in the peace area. No close time association with stress/ strain of field/ HAA/Cl Ops

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB of service. NANA (Ref Para 43 of Ch VI of GMO 2008) WP C 17290/2024 Gp Capt Pankaj Pant Retd. Primary Hypertension 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.

WP C 17599/2024 WO Karambeer Singh retd. i.DM Type II

ii. Primary Hypertension Onset of DM Type II occurs while serving in field/ClOps/HAA. Indl. continued to 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 in Field/ClOps/HAA. Hence NANA. WP C 17633/2024 JWO Uday Sankar Hari retd. Primary Hypertension 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

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB disability is conceded as NANA by service in terms of Para 43 Ch VI GMO 2008.

W.P.(C) 17836/2024 SGT Hridesh Kumar Gupta Diabetes Mellitus 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

W.P.(C) 17880/2024 EX SGT Niraj Kumar Primary Hypertension 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.

W.P.(C) 116/2025 EX JWO Vinod Kumar Gupta Primary Hypertension 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

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB military service

W.P.(C) 649/2025 SGT M V Kishore Kumar Reddy Primary Hypertension 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

W.P.(C) 728/2025 EX SGT Verendra Pandey Diabetes mellitus Type - II 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

W.P.(C) 730/2025 CMDE Suprobho K DE Primary Hypertension The officer has not served in Fd/HAA/CIOPS. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service W.P.(C) 864/2025 EX MWO Chandroop Sharma Primary Hypertension Constitutional Disorder W.P.(C) 883/2025 SGT Ashok Kumar Kaushik Diabetes mellitus Type II Disability was detected in Peace area. There is no close time association with stress and strain of service in field/ CI Ops. Neither attributable

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB to nor aggravated by military service W.P.(C) 904/2025 MC EA Rajeshwar Prasad Primary Hypertension No connection to service as the onset was while posted at peace. W.P.(C) 925/2025 SGT Mahesh Kumar Primary Hypertension Onset of disability while serving at peace area. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service. W.P.(C) 988/2025 EX Poel Satyabir Seizure Disorder ICD G40 Onset in Peace area refer para 33 of chapter VI of GMO 2008 W.P.(C) 1402/2025 EX SGT Kumar Manoj Lal Primary Hypertension 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

W.P.(C) 2077/2025 MWO (HFO ) Pancham Ram Primary Hypertension Onset of disability is in peace area, There is no close time association with F/HAA/CIOPs, not connected with military service W.P.(C) 2416/2025 Anil Kumar Primary Hypertension Disability was detected when he was investigated during AME. Neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service

2526/2025 MWO Maheswar Prasad Rhegmatogen ous Retinal Detachment Onset in peace area, NANA as, no trauma in service.

Item No WP(C) No. Name of Respondent Disability Years of service Reasoning given by the RMB Singh Rt eye (Opt) with Pseudophakia

(rt) eye and barrage laser No close time association. 2719/2025 WC CDR Srinivasan Rajendran Diabetes Mellitus No close time association with stress and strain of service, hence NANA 2765/2025 Sub Thomas K Mathew Primary Hypertension Onset in peace area, hence NANA 2781/2025 Ex Hav Om Prakash Primary Hypertension Onset in peace area,no service related etiological factors,hence NANA 2830/2025 Sitaram Sharma Diabetes Mellitus Onset of disability in peace area, no close time association with stress or strain,hence NANA 2860/2025 Ex Sgt Prabhat Mani Primary Hypertension No close time association with stress and strain of service, hence NANA 2942/2025 Sgt Surendra Pal Primary hypertension No close time association with stress and strain of service, hence NANA 2989/2025 Sgt Deepak Primary hypertension Onset in a peace area, no close time association nor any evidence of stress or strain, hence NANA 3004/2025 Ex NK Kuldeep Singh Primary Hypertension 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 of service Reasoning given by the RMB No service related causative factor, hence not attributable to service. 3043/2025 PO COM(TAC) Prakash Gupta Primary Hypertension NANA due to onset in peace area. 3070/2025 Ex Sgt Parveen Kumar Diabetes Mellitus type II No Close time association with service stress & stain due to posting to field area/CI Ops/HAA, hence NANA, para 26,GMO 2008 3091/2025 Ex PO(GS) Abhishek Anand Primary Hypertension Onset at peace station, hence NANA vide para 43, GMO 2008 3100/2025 GP Capt Rajendra Singh Primary Hypertension & Diabetes Mellitus Type II 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 3134/2025 Ex Hav Gurbaj Singh Primary Hypertension NANA 3179/2025 Ex Sgt Puran Chandra Bhatt Primary Hypertension Disease is constitutional in nature not connected with service

¶9These appeals stand covered, in identical circumstances, by several decisions rendered by this Court, in which disability pension

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

(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

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

¶10The 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.

¶11Following 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