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Union of India Thru. Its Secy. Ministry of Defence South Block New Delhi - 110011 and 3 Others v. No 14670821 a Ex Nk Abhinay Singh

Allahabad HC26 May 2025WRIA/5607/2025

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What is this about?

Disability pension; interim parity with similar matters; Union of India, Ministry of Defence; ex-serviceman (Ex Nk) Abhinay Singh; writ petition (Writ - A No. 5607 of 2025); Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; order dated 26.5.2025; listing as fresh on 08.07.2025; bar on adjournment; defence officers (Lt Col A.K. Chaubey, Major Bharat Keshav) to assist the Court; counsel to file list of comparable disability-pension cases.

What did the court decide?

Interim parity: the benefit of the interim order passed in similar matters was extended to the petitioners until the next date of listing, with the matter to be listed among the top five cases on 08.07.2025 as fresh and no adjournment to be granted on that date. ¶8

Union of India Thru. Its Secy. Ministry of Defence South Block New Delhi - 110011 and 3 Others vs No 14670821 a Ex Nk Abhinay Singh — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Question of disability pension arising in the writ petition; the Court noted that similar issues on disability pension arise across matters and directed counsel to compile a list of such cases.

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Court's answer

The benefit of the interim order passed in similar matters is made available to the petitioners in the present case until the next date of listing.

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Ratio / Principle

Counsel for the Union of India is to submit, within three days, a list of cases raising similar issues on the question of disability pension.

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Key takeaways

All the matters are to be listed within the top five cases on 08.07.2025 as fresh.ratio¶6
Lieutenant Colonel A.K. Chaubey and Major Bharat Keshav, who were present in Court, are to be present again on the date fixed to assist the Court.ratio¶7
The case shall not be adjourned on the next date of listing.ratio

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Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 1 — Writ - A No. 5607 of 2025, Union of India thr. its Secretary, Ministry of Defence and 3 others v. No 14670821 A Ex Nk Abhinay Singh (order dated 26.5.2025; Coram: Attau Rahman Masoodi and Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I, JJ.). Interlocutory order in a cluster of matters concerning disability pension: (i) counsel for the Union of India to submit within three days a list of cases raising similar issues on disability pension; (ii) all matters to be listed within the top five cases on 08.07.2025 as fresh; (iii) Lieutenant Colonel A.K. Chaubey and Major Bharat Keshav, present in Court, to attend again on the date fixed to assist the Court; (iv) the benefit of interim orders passed in similar matters extended to the petitioners until the next date of listing; and (v) an express direction that the case shall not be adjourned on the next date. No statute or precedent was cited and no final issue was decided; the order is interim in nature.

Union of India Thru. Its Secy. Ministry of Defence South Block New Delhi - 110011 and 3 Others v. No 14670821 a Ex Nk Abhinay Singh

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