Union of India and Ors. vs Cdr Kavikant Mahapatra

WRIT PETITION NO. 2017 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Colonel B. K. George (Retd.) .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2021 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Colonel Brahmarshi Vandey (Retd.) .. Respondent

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WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2020 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Colonel Madhusudan Dave (Retd.) .. Respondent

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WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2022 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Colonel A. K. Nath (Retd.) .. Respondent

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WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2013 OF 2024

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Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Colonel Jagdish Jaisinghrao Gadekar (Retd.) .. Respondent

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Gadekar (Retd.) .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2016 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Colonel Ronny Dvania (Retd.) .. Respondent

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PDP Union of India Versus	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.	115.1994.24 army matter g 2015 OF 2024 .. Petitioner
Colonel (TS) N	aushirwan M. Irani (Ret	d.) .. Respondent
Union of India Versus	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.	2010 OF 2024 .. Petitioner
Colonel Gulab	Yasin Tamboli (Retd.)	.. Respondent
	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.	2011 OF 2024
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Colonel B. S. N	arayan (Retd.)	.. Respondent
Union of India Versus	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.	6895 OF 2025 .. Petitioner
Captain Viren	dra Singh Marya (Retd.)	.. Respondent
	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.	6896 OF 2025
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Sarat Chandra	Das (Retd.)	.. Respondent
	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.	6897 OF 2025
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Capt. Umesh K	umar Singh WITH WRIT PETITION NO.	.. Respondents 6898 OF 2025
Union of India		.. Petitioner
Versus
Prem Kumar (	Retd.)	.. Respondent

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WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 6899 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Shankar Biswas (Retd.) .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 1993 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Col. B. V. Parkhe (Retd.) .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4097 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Mahadev Paul, Ex. CPO Log (Std). .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.4095 OF 2025 Union of India & Ors. .. Petitioners Versus Shamboo Singh Yadav .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3811 OF 2025 Union of India & Ors. .. Petitioners Versus No. 122254 Ex MC Mech R II Shiv Kumar Gupta .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.4094 OF 2025 Union of India & Ors. .. Petitioners Versus Cdr Kavikant Mahapatra .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2012 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Col Mukesh Trehan .. Respondent

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	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2018	OF 2024
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Ex Naib Sub N	itin Rao Mahajan	.. Respondent
Union of India Versus	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2023	OF 2024 .. Petitioner
Nb Risaldar Ke	ngare sayab U Jaysingh	.. Respondent
	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.4096	OF 2025
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Ex MCPO II Sa	nt Lal WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3823	.. Respondent OF 2025
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Hitesh Goel	WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2122	.. Respondent OF 2024
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Ex Sigmn Mali	Rajaram Vasant
M15396638M	WITH
	WRIT PETITION NO.2025	OF 2024
Union of India Versus		.. Petitioner
Shahaji Hari P	atil	.. Respondent
	WITH WRIT PETITION NO.4172	OF 2024
Union of India		.. Petitioner
Versus Ex Sub (CLK)	Khatal Ankush Anandrao	.. Respondent

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PDP 115.1994.24 army matter group.doc
WITH WRIT PETITION NO.17380 OF 2024
Union of India .. Petitioner through Ministry of Defence Versus
Maj. Rajgopalan C (Retd) .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION (ST) NO.5799 OF 2025
Union of India .. Petitioner
through Ministry of Defence Versus
Ex Hav Kenjale Suryakant Jagannath .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION NO.6541 OF 2024
Union of India .. Petitioner Versus
JC 730893A Ex Sub Bhosale Sudhir Anna .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION NO.17382 OF 2024
Union of India .. Petitioner through Ministry of Defence Versus
Ex Sepoy Malkar Girish Ashok .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION NO.10754 OF 2025
Union of India .. Petitioner through Ministry of Defence Versus Ex Sub Gund Sahebrao Yashwant .. Respondent

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WITH WRIT PETITION NO.4201 OF 2025 Union of India & Ors. .. Petitioners Versus No.6393739N, Ex-Havilkar Chandrakant Hausa Bapu Pote .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3018 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner through Ministry of Defence Versus Col Keerti Kumar Sharma .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.10965 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner through Ministry of Defence Versus Ex Jwo Uma Shankar Singh .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3019 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner through Ministry of Defence Versus Ex Sub Shedage Sudhir Ramchandra .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION (ST) NO.18223 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Bhise Bapurao Balu .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 10967 OF 2025

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PDP 115.1994.24 army matter grou
Union of India .. Petitioner versus Col. Arun Bhandari .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 10969 OF 2025
Union of India .. Petitioner
versus Ex. GNR. Jaid Vidhur Vishwanathrao .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 10964 OF 2025
Unionof India .. Petitioner
versus
Ex. HFO Eshanti Pratap Kumar Padhi .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 25447 OF 2025
Union of India .. Petitioner
versus
Ex. Sub. Rajendra yashwant Bhosale .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 12968 OF 2025
Union of India .. Petitioner Versus
Commander Birendra Prasad Singh (Retd.) .. Respondent
WITH WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 25583 OF 2025
Union of India .. Petitioner
versus
CDR Rakesh Jaggi (Retd.) .. Respondent WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 10968 OF 2025

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Lt. Col. Rajesh Kumar (Retd.) .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 12969 OF 2025

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Awadhesh Singh (Ex. CPO LOG MAT) .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 27181 OF 2025

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Brijesh Singh Ex. POAF .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 28195 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner versus Vikas Kumar .. Petitioner

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 28336 OF 2025

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Hav. K. Muniraj .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 18057 OF 2024

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Uniion of India .. Petitioner versus Ex. JWO Abhay Prasad Mahapatra .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 29309 OF 2025

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PDP

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Chavan Dinesh Popat (Ex. Subedar) .. Respondent

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WITH WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 28445 OF 2024

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Mahendra Nath Mishra .. Respondent

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WITH WRIT PETITION (ST) NO. 31522 OF 2024

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Upendra Singh .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 19049 OF 2024

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Pardeshi Manoj Pitambar .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 6900 OF 2025 Union of India .. Petitioner versus Pradeep Kumar .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 1990 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner versus Colonel (TS0) Vithal Pitambar Chitte (Retd.).. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 2575 OF 2025

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PDP 115.1994.24 army matter group.doc Union of India .. Petitioner Versus Dayashankar Pasi, Ex MWO (Hony Flying Officer) .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 1992 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner versus Col. (TS) Asim Kumar Ramendra Chandra Dutta IC-3891 0X .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2009 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner versus Lt. Col. Yesh Paul Sharma .. Respondent ORIGINAL SIDE WRIT PETITION NO. 4362 OF 2024 Union OF India & Anr. .. Petitioners versus K. V. Santosh .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2802 OF 2024 Union OF India & Anr. .. Petitioners versus Janardan Singh .. Respondent WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2810 OF 2024 Union of India & Anr. .. Petitioners versus Anan Jaiswal .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 3899 OF 2024

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PDP

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Union of India	..	Petitioners
versus
Anand Baitule Lieutenant Commander	..	Respondent
(Retd)

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 29059 OF 2024

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Union of India	..	Petitioner
versus
Naresh Kumar Balbir Singh	..	Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 30051 OF 2024

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Radha Shyam Gujar .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 30784 OF 2024

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Virendra Kumar .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 2468 OF 2024

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Union of India & Anr. .. Petitioners versus Sabha Jeet Singh .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 39025 OF 2024 Union of India .. Petitioner versus Rajesh Kumar .. Respondent

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 39038 OF 2024

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PDP

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Union of India .. Petitioner versus Rajeev Kumar .. Respondent

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Mr. Amarendra Mishra, Advocate for the Petitioner- UOI in WP Nos. 6895/2025, 6896/2025, 6897/2025, 6898/2025, 6899/2025, 1993/2024,4097/ 2025, 17380/ 2024, 17382/2024, 10754/2025, 10965/2025, 10967/2025, 10969/2025, 12968/2025, 10968/2025, 12969/2025, 2009/2024, 19049/24, 6900/2025, 1994/2024, 1990/2024, 1992/ 2024, WP/10964/2025 and WPST Nos. 5799/2025, 25583/2025, 27181/2025 & 29309/2025.

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Mr. Amarendra Mishra a/w Adv Anusha Amin, Advocates for the Petitioner in WP/2017/2024, WP/2021/2024, WP/2020/2024, WP/2022/2024, WP/2013/2024, WP/2016/2024, WP/2015/2024, WP/2010/2024 & WP/2011/2024.

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Mr. Sagar Batavia, Advocate for the Respondent in WP/10964/2025.

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Mr. Niranjan Shimpi, Advocate for the Petitioner in WP/4201/2025.

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Mr. Satendra Kumar a/w Mr.Akshay Patil, Advocats for the Respondent in WP Nos.2020/2024, 3823/2025, 3019/2025, 10967/2025, Writ Petition (ST.) Nos. 27181/2025, 10968/2025, ST.28445/2025 1994/2024, 1992/2024, 4362/202, 2810/2024 & 2122/2024.

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Mr. Angsuman Ojha, Advocate for the Respondent in WP Nos. 2016/2024, 1993/2024, 2012/2024 & 6899/2025.

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Mr. Mahadevan Anand, Advocate for the Respondent in WP Nos.2022/2024, 1990/2024, 3018/2025, & WPSt/28336/2025.

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Mr. Dinesh Kumar Bishnoi. Advocate for the Respondent in WP Nos.2010/2024 & 2011/2024.

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Ms. Anamika Malhotra, Advocate for the Petitioner in WP Nos.4095/2025, 3811/2025, 4094/2025, 2012/2024,2018/2024, 2023/2024,4096/2025, 3823/2025, 2025/2024, 4172/2024, 6541/2024, 3018/2025, 3019/2025,18057/2024, 2575/2025, 2122/2024 AND WP (St) Nos.18223/2025, 25447/2025, 28195/2025, 28336/2025 & 31522/2024.

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Mr. Sagar.S. Ambedkar a/w Ms.Disha Nidre, Advocates for the Petitioner in WP (St)/28445/2024.

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Mr. Yogendra Pratap Singh, Advocate for the Respondent in WP Nos.2015/24, 4097/2025, 3811/2025, 2018/2024, 4096/2025, 6541/2024, 4201/2025, 10969/2025, 4094/2025, 6897/2025, 19457/2024& WPST Nos. 28195/2025, 29309/25, 31522/2024 & 25447/2025.

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Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Advocate for the Respondent in WP/6898/205, WP/12969/2025 & WP/4095/2025.

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Mr. H.S.Verma, Advocate for the Respondent in WP Nos.4172/2024, 10965/2025 & WPSt No.5799/2025.

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Mr. Dayashankar Pasi, Advocate Respondent party in person in WP/2575/2025.

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Mr. Kedar Dighe, Advocate for the Petitioner in OS Writ Petition Nos.4362/2024, 2810/2024, 2802/2024, 2468/2024 and WP(L) No.3899/2024.

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ORIGINAL SIDE MATTERS

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Mr. Amarendra Mishra, Senior Panel Counsel for the Petitioner in Writ Petition (L) Nos.29059/2024, 30051/2024, 30784/2024, 39025/2024 and 39038/2024.

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Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Advocate for the Respondent in Writ Petition (L) Nos.39038/2024 and 39025/2024.

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Mr. Yogendra Pratap Singh a/w Ms. Vaishnavi Kushwah for the Respondent In Writ Petition No.2802/2024 and Writ Petition (L) Nos.3899/2024, 29059/2024, 30051/2024 and 30784/2024.

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CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ & GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

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DATE : 2^nd DECEMBER 2025

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P.C. :

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Mr. Akshay Patil, the learned counsel for the respondents, tenders a copy of compilation including comparative chart and the judgment in “Rajumon T.M. v. Union of India & Ors.” AIR 2025 Supreme Court 2804 . The learned counsel for the respondents has contended that a mere

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statement by the Medical Board that the disease was not an outcome of the rigorous service conditions or not attributed to the service conditions, is not a ground to deny the disability pension on the other hand, the onus is on the employer to prove otherwise.

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Post these matters on 5^th December 2025, high on board.

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[GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.] [CHIEF JUSTICE]

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