IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on : 12.03.2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ...PETITIONERS Versus EX SEPOY KEWAL SINGH AND ANR . . . RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI PRESENT: Ms. Neha Jain, 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 03.10.2019 (Annexure P-4) 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 20 % to 50% for life, w.e.f. 16.06.2003.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners places reliance upon the report of medical examination of the respondent No. 1 to contend that though the disability of “Generalised Tonic Colonic Seizure-67” has been found to be existing in respondent No.1, and the said disability was assessed by the Release Medical Board @ 20% for life and the same was assessed as ‘neither attributable to Military Service nor aggravated by the