$~120 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 21.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 5770/2025 RAVI SANGWAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhay Kumar Bhargava, Adv.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

.....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC, Mr. Akash Mishra and Mr. Arnav Mittal, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL

1. The present petition has been filed seeking disability pension in favour of the Petitioner from the date of his retirement i.e., from 10.04.2024 with 12% interest.

2. Petitioner joined Border Security Force [‘BSF’] in the year 2007 at the rank of Constable/GD.

3. The case set up by the learned counsel for the Petitioner in the petition is as follows:

3.1. Petitioner while serving in the BSF, on 07.04.2016 was diagnosed with a case of depression with generalized anxiety disorder. He undertook treatment between 2016 till 2023 leading to his medical category being downgraded.

3.2. The Petitioner appeared before Review Medical Board [‘RMB’] on 22.02.2024, where the Petitioner was diagnosed as suffering from “(i) Generalized anxiety disorder with recurrent depressive disorder, (ii