$~99 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 15.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 515/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Arti Bansal, CGSC, Ms. Shruti Goel, Adv.

versus SGT MANOJ KUMAR PANDEY (RETD.)

.....Respondent Through: Mr. Praveen Kumar, Mr. Amit Kumar and Mr. Navneet Krisha Mishra, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO, J. (ORAL CM APPL. 2497/2026

1. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 515/2026 CM APPL. 2496/2026

3. This petition lays a challenge to an order dated 01.10.2024 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘Tribunal’) in Original Application (‘OA’ for short) No.3363/2023 wherein the Tribunal has allowed the OA by stating in paragraphs 3 to 6, as under:-

“3. The applicant was enrolled in the Indian Army on 19.06.1998 and discharged on 30.06.2018. The applicant submits that for the purpose of Primary Hypertension, the disability has been assessed @ 30%

for life as is evident from the medical records.

4. Keeping in view the consistent stand taken by this Tribunal based on the law laid down