118 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 04-02-2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ........Petitioner(s)

VERSUS EX SUB PREM BAHADUR GURUNG AND ANOTHER ........Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI Present: Mr. Ramesh Chand Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners.

HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 17.10.2023 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No. 2-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’), by which, respondent No.1 has been allowed the benefit of rounding off of the disability element of disability pension @ 50% as against 30% w.e.f. 01.11.1998 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 respondent No.1 to contend that though the disability has been found in respondent No.1, but he has been discharged from service on 31.10.1998 in low medical category on completion of his terms of engagement under Army Rules. Hence, the grant of benefit of rounding off of the disability element