IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on : 21.01.2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS . .Petitioners Versus Ex. HAV RAJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER . . . Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI PRESENT: Mr. N. K. Vashist, Senior Panel Counsel for the petitioners.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, challenge is to the impugned order dated 01.05.2023 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench Chandigarh (in short, ‘the Tribunal’) by which, respondent No.1 has been allowed the benefit of disability element of disability pension alongwith benefit of rounding off of the disability element of disability pension from 30 % to 50% for life, from the day next to the date of his discharge from service i.e. 01.01.2001.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners places reliance upon the report of medical examination of the respondent No. 1 to hold that though the disability of Seronegative Spondylo Arthropathy has been found to be existing in respondent No.1, but initially, the said disability was assessed by the Medical Board @ 30% for two years and the same was held to be ag