IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on : 20.02.2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS . .Petitioners Versus EX SUB MAJ SANTOSH KUMAR AND ANOTHER . . . Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI PRESENT: Mr. Narender Kumar 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 13.12.2023 (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, w.e.f. 01.08.2021.

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 “CAD IWMI-Post PTCA to RCA Normal LV Function” has been found to be existing in respondent No.1, but the said disability was assessed by the Medical Board @ 30% for life and the same was assessed as to be ‘neither attributable to Military Servi