$~196 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 30.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 4126/2026 CM APPL. 20137-20140/2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Puja S. Kalra, CGSC Major Kanika Sharma, Army versus LT COL AJAY KUMAR 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. 20139-20140/2026 (exemption)

1. Exemption is allowed subject to all just exceptions.

2. The applications are disposed of.

W.P.(C) 4126/2026

3. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order dated 15.10.2024 [‘impugned order’] passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal Principal Bench, New Delhi [‘Tribunal’] in Original Application [‘O.A.’] No. 3998/2023 titled as Lt. Col Ajay Kumar (Retd.) v. Union of India & 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 discharge from the service.

4. The facts giving rise to the present petition are that the Respondent was discharged from the service