IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on :27.04.2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Petitioners Versus CHAMKOR SINGH AND ANOTHER . . . Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR PRESENT: Ms. Bhavana Datta, Senior Panel Counsel for the petitioners.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 30.05.2023 (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 allowed the benefit of invalid pension from the day next to the date of his discharge from service i.e. 18.12.2016 for life.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners places reliance upon the report of medical examination of the respondent No.1 to hold that though the disability of “LIP TIP VITILIGO” for life has been found in respondent No.1, but the same has been treated as ‘neither attributable to nor aggravated by the military service’ despite the disability being ‘neither attributable nor aggravated by military service, the grant of benefit of invalid pension to respondent No.