IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: 23.04.2026 UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS … Petitioners VERSUS EX-SPR RAGHUVIR KUMAR AND ANOTHER ... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Senior Panel counsel for petitioners-UOI.

Mr. G.S. Ghuman, Advocate for respondent No.1.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (ORAL)

In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated

29.08.2023 (Annexure P-1) passed by respondent-Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Chandigarh (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Tribunal’), by which the benefit of disability pension and benefit of rounding off of disability element of disability pension from 30% to 50% w.e.f 01.01.2012 has been granted to the respondent along with benefit of arrears.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the benefit of arrears granted to respondent No.1, in pursuance to granting the benefit of rounding off disability pension from 30% to 50%, which has been granted to respondent No.1 for whole of the intervening period, is incorrect in view of the judgment in Shiv Dass vs. Union of India and or