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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Date of Decision : 06.01.2026

+ W.P.(C) 88/2026

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners

Through: Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, SPC, Mr.

Ansh Kalra, Ms. Kamna Behrani, Mr. Neeraj Raj, Advs., Sgt Mritunjay

and Sgt Padam Charan.

versus

781466 EX SGT KRISHNA KUMAR DIWEDI .....Respondent

Through: Mr. Tatsat Shukla and Mr. Rajeev

Kumar, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA

MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL

CM APPL. 499/2026 (Exemption)

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

2. The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 88/2026 and CM APPL. 498/2026

3. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India lays a challenge to the order dated 26.09.2024 (‘impugned order’) passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘Tribunal’, for short) in O.A. 3720/2023 titled ‘Ex. SGT Krishna Kumar Dwivedi v. Union of India and Others’, whereby the Tribunal has partially allowed the O.A. filed by the respondent herein and granted disability element of pension to the respondent for Primary Hypertension at 30% to be rounded off to 50%

for life, from the date of retirement i.e., 3