$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 11.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 601/2026 & CM APPL. 2974/2026 CM APPL. 2975/2026 UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Dr. B. Ramaswamy, CGSC with Sgt Mritunjay and Sgt Karani Singh Rathore, DAV Legal Cell Airforce versus SGT AMAR LAL RETD. .....Respondent Through: None CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. (ORAL CM APPL. 2975/2026(for exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions.

2. The application is disposed of.

W.P.(C) 601/2026 & CM APPL. 2974/2026(stay)

3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 06.08.2024 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 1473/2022 titled as (656746) Sgt Amar Lal (Retd) vs Union Of India & Ors, wherein the Respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Primary Hypertension (Old) assessed at 30% for life, rounded off to 50% for life, from the date of his discharge from the service.

4. The facts giving rise to the present pet