IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 13.03.2026 Balkar Singh ....Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI ----

Present: Mr. Ujwal Anand, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. H.S.Sandhu, Advocate for Mr. B.S.Khaira, Senior Panel Counsel for respondents – UOI.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 03.12.2021 (Annexure P-2) passed by respondent No.5 – Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal), by which, the arrears admissible to the petitioner have been restricted.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the restrictions of the arrears by the Tribunal is contrary to the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No.3086 of 2012 titled “Balbir Singh vs. Union of India and others”, decided on 08.04.2016 and Civil Appeal No. 6820-2824 of 2018 titled as “Union of India through its Secretary and others vs. SGT Girish Kumar and others etc.”, decided on 12.02.2026 and, therefore the restriction put upon the grant o