$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 03.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 560/2026 UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF DEFECNE .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Gauri Goburdhun, SPC, Major Anish Muralidhar and Major Kanika Sharma.

versus NAIK DILWAR SINGH (RETIRED)

.....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawneet Krishna Mishra, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL CM APPL. 2759/2026 (Exemption)

1. Exemption is allowed, subject to just exceptions.

2. The application is disposed of.

W.P.(C) 560/2026, CM APPL. 2760/2026

3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 28.03.2024 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1094/2023 titled as Naik Dilwar Singh (Retd.) v. Union of India and Ors., wherein the Respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Primary Hypertension assessed at 30% for life, rounded off to 50% for life, from the date of his retirement from the service.

4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are