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Bombay High Court, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction; order dated 2 December 2025 by Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ & Gautam A. Ankhad, J in Writ Petition No. 1994 of 2024 (Union of India v. Lt. Col. Sk. Rathodre (deceased) through widow Collen. Rathore) and 68 connected writ petitions (WP, WP (ST), WP (L)/Original Side matters) filed by Union of India/Ministry of Defence against retired armed-forces personnel and ex-servicemen in disability-pension matters. Respondents' counsel Mr. Akshay Patil tendered a compilation with comparative chart and Rajumon T.M. v. Union of India & Ors., AIR 2025 Supreme Court 2804, contending that a Medical Board's non-attribution statement is not a ground to deny disability pension and that the onus lies on the employer to prove otherwise. No merits decision; matters adjourned/posted to 5 December 2025, high on board. Petitioner-side counsel: Amarendra Mishra (Senior Panel Counsel), Anusha Amin, Anamika Malhotra, Niranjan Shimpi, Sagar S. Ambedkar, Disha Nidre, Kedar Dighe. Respondent-side counsel: Satendra Kumar, Akshay Patil, Yogendra Pratap Singh, Vaishnavi Kushwah, Ranjeet Kumar Singh, H.S. Verma, Angsuman Ojha, Mahadevan Anand, Dinesh Kumar Bishnoi, Sagar Batavia; Dayashankar Pasi in person.