ORDER :

The tone for this judgment can be set by adverting to the following observations made in the Thirty Third Report on ‘Resettlement of Ex-Servicemen’ by the Standing Committee on Defence, Ministry of Defence, (August 2017) Ministry of Defence, Standing Committee on Defence, ‘Resettlement of Ex-Servicemen’, Thirty Third Report, Sixteenth Lok Sabha 2016-2017, Part I, (2017):

“…welfare of Ex-Servicemen (ESM) is of utmost importance and has a direct impact on the serving personnel in view of their dedicated services to the nation under most difficult and inhospitable environment and conditions. In war and peace, on hostile frontiers and family stations from Siachen to Indira Point and from Tawang to Bombay High, their arduous duties for national security require comparable service benefits, if not more. As regards the Ex-Servicemen, considering their problems and genuine grievances, the issue of their welfare also assumes greater significance and concern of the entire country. Most of the service personnel retire at such a stage of life when their financial and domestic responsibilities are maximum...Thus, the issue of...welfare is of utmost importance and necessitates a great deal