$~22 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 23.01.2026 + W.P.(C) 967/2026 CM APPL. 4672/2026 CM APPL. 4673/2026 CM APPL. 4674/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vijay Joshi, Advocate, CGSC and Mr. Shubham Chaturvedi, Advocate versus

671657-EX MWO TRIBHUWAN SINGH .....Respondent Through:

CORAM:

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

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India lays the challenge to the order dated 23.08.2023 (‘impugned order’) passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (‘Tribunal’, for short) in Original Application (‘O.A.’) 1252/2020 titled Ex. MWO Tri Bhuwan Singh v. Union of India and Others, wherein the respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Diabetes Mellitus Type II (Old) at 20% for life and Primary Hypertension (old) at 30% for life, compositely assessed at 44% for life, rounded off to 50% for life from the date of discharge i.e., 31.07.2019.

2. The facts in the present case are that the respondent was enrolled into the Indian Air Force on 27.06.1980 and was di