112 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 19-02-2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ........Petitioner(s)

VERSUS EX SUB/HONY LT. PIARA SINGH 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.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 23.01.2019 (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 allowed the benefit of disability pension by rounding off the disability element @ 50% as against 20% w.e.f 01.04.1996 to 03.07.2011 and then w.e.f. 26.12.2011 for life, on the ground that the same is perverse.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners argues that respondent No.1 is not entitled to the benefit of rounding off the disability pension from 20%

to 50% and the tribunal has wrongly granted the said benefit by placing reliance upon the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No.418 of 2012 titled Union of India and ors Vs. Ram A