IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :28.01.2026 Ex. Recruit Rawat Singh ...Petitioner Versus Union of India & others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI Present: Mr. Ashok Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rohit Verma, Sr. Panel Counsel for respondent-UOI.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, challenge is to the impugned order dated 30.05.2024 (Annexure P-3) passed by respondent No.4-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’) by which, the claim raised by the petitioner for the grant of benefit of disability pension has been declined by the Tribunal only on the ground of delay.

2. Learned counsel for the parties agree that the issue raised in the present petition is covered by the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No.5605 of 2010 decided on 25.06.2014 titled Sukhvinder Singh vs. Union of India and others, wherein, it has been held that even if, the disability suffered by any army personnel is assessed at less than 20% but the same leads to such circumstances where personnel c