IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Date of Decision: 12.01.2026

Union of India and others ....Petitioners

Versus

Ex Nk Sant Ram and another

....Respondents

127 CWP-192-2026

Union of India and others ....Petitioners

Versus

Ex L. Nk Balbir Singh and another

....Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI

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Present: Mr. Dharam Chand Mittal, Senior Panel Counsel

for the petitioners in both the petitions.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)

1. Both the petitions, the details of which are mentioned in the heading, involve common point of law and common set of facts, hence, they are being dealt together. For the sake of convenience, the facts are being taken

from CWP No.124-2026.

2. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 16.05.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2 – Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal), by which, respondent No.1 has been held entitled to benefit of disability pension along with the benefit of rounding off of disability pension

from 30% to 50% on the ground that the same is perverse.

3. The only argument raised by learned counsel f