123 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 06.04.2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ........Petitioners VERSUS VINOD KUMAR AND ANOTHER ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Ravi Sodhi, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Arshad Ali, Central Government Counsel for the petitioners-Union of India.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 05.04.2024 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent No.2 – Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal), by which, benefit of War Injury pension @ 20% to be rounded off to 50% w.e.f. 01.01.2023 has been granted in favour of respondent No.1.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that, keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the present case, the grant of benefit of war injury pension to respondent No.1 is not covered as though, the officer received the injury “MEDIAL MINISCUS TEAR WITH GD-IV OSTEOCHONDRAL DFFECT MEDIAL FEMORAL CONDYLE (LT) KNEE (OPTD)” in Operation Rakshak, but it was received due to an ambus