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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
Harsimran Singh Sethi, Vikas Suri, JJ
Union of India and others – Appellant
Versus
Armed Forces Tribunal, Chandigarh and another – Respondent
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| 1. pension benefits can be rounded based on military service. (Para 1 , 2 , 4) |
| 2. arguments for pension entitlement were presented. (Para 3) |
| 3. legal principles affirming pension rounding-off were discussed. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. court identifies judicial precedents that support the ruling. (Para 8) |
| 5. the final ruling dismisses the petition. (Para 9) |
Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)
1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 07.08.2024 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.1-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh, (in short, ‘the Tribunal’) by which, the husband of respondent No.2 has been allowed the benefit of rounding off the disability element of disability pension @ 50% as against 30% w.e.f.
01.09.2002 to 31.12.2015 on the ground that the same is perverse.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners places reliance upon the report of medical examination of husband of respondent No.2 to contend that though the disability of ‘Primary Hypertension” has been found in husband of respondent No.2, which was attributed to the military service and he was granted disability pension keeping in view the disability of 30% as assessed by the medic
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