$~36 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 27.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 3979/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Arti Bansal, CGSC versus COL. SUBRAMANIAN RAMESH (RETD.) .....Respondent Through: Mr. O. S. Punia, 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. 19488/2026

1. Exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 3979/2026 & CM APPL. 19487/2026

3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 29.11.2023 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 2652/2022 titled as Col Subramanium Ramesh (Retd) v. Union of India & Ors., whereby the Respondent has been granted the benefit of the disability element of pension for Primary Hypertension assessed at 30%, rounded off to 50% for life, from the date of his retirement from the service, i.e.17.07.2011.

4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent, who was enrolled in the Army Medical Corps [‘