IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 13.03.2026 Union of India and others ....Petitioners Versus Tirath Singh and another ....Respondents

117 CWP-7671-2026 Union of India and others ....Petitioners Versus Ex Nk. Prithvi Raj and another ....Respondents

118 CWP-7682-2026 Union of India and others ....Petitioners Versus Ex Nk. Kamaljit Singh and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI ----

Present: Mr. Rohit Verma, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP-7666-2026 & CWP-7682-2026.

Dr. Anju Sharma, Advocate (through V.C.)

for the petitioners in CWP-7671-2026.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)

1. All the petitions, the details of which are mentioned in the heading, involve common point of law and common set of facts, hence, they are being dealt together. For the sake of convenience, the facts are being taken from CWP No.7666 of 2026.

2. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 12.07.2024 (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 held entitle