$~118 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 21.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 860/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Nishant Gautam CGSC, Ms.

Kavya Shukla Adv.

versus

625328 EX WO RAMCHANDRA GAUR .....Respondents Through: Appearance not given.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO, J. (ORAL CM APPL. 4208/2026 (Exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 860/2026 & CM APPL. 4207/2026

3. This petition lays a challenge to the order dated 10.05.2024 passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘Tribunal’) in Original Application No. 2143/2023 (‘OA’), whereby the Tribunal, has allowed the OA by stating as under in paragraph 4:-

“4. Accordingly, we allow this application and direct the respondents to grant disability element of pension to the applicant @ 30% for life which be rounded off to 50% for life from the date of retirement, i.e., 31.01.2018 in terms of the judicial pronouncement of the Hon 'ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India Vs. Ram A vtar (CiVJ1 Appeal No. 418/2012) decided on 10.12.2014. However,