IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 23.02.2026 CWP-5480-2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ...Petitioners Versus MADAN LAL ...Respondent

128 CWP-5620-2026 UNION OF INDIA AND ORS ...Petitioners Versus EX NAIK BISHAN DASS AND ANR ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI Present:- Mr. N.K. Verma, Senior Standing Counsel, for the petitioners in CWP-5480-2026.

Mr. Rohit Verma, Senior Standing Counsel, for the petitioners in CWP-5620-2026.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (ORAL)

1. By this order, we propose to dispose of CWP-5480-2026 and CWP-5620-2026 by a common order as the issue involved in these writ petition is the same. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties and for the sake of convenience, facts are being taken from CWP-5620-2026.

2. In the present petition, the challenge is to the order dated 02.05.2023 (Annexure P-1), passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal), by which, directions were given to the Union of India (petitioners herein) to grant benefit of service pension to the respondent by considering his service as 15 comple