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Union of India and Others v. Armed Forces Trubunal and Anr.

Punjab & Haryana HC2 Jul 2025CWP/17750/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

disability pension; rounding off disability element 20% to 50%; Armed Forces Tribunal Regional Bench Chandigarh at Chandimandir; order dated 06.01.2023; Union of India v. Ram Avtar 2014 SCC Online SC 1761; Bijender Singh v. Union of India 2025 SCC OnLine SC 895; rounding-off formula 50%/75%/100%; writ petition dismissed; implementation within two months; Punjab and Haryana High Court; CWP-17750-2025 (O&M)

What did the court decide?

None to the petitioner (Union of India); the impugned AFT order is directed to be implemented within two months from today, and all pending miscellaneous application(s) stand disposed of. ¶19

Union of India and Others Vs Armed Forces Trubunal and Anr. — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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111 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-17750-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision 2^nd July, 2025

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UNION OF I N DIA AND OTHERS ..…...Petitioner(s)

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V/s.

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ARMED FO R CES TRIBUNAL, REGIONA L BENCH CHANDIGARH AT CHANDIMA N DIR AND ANOTHER

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.....Respondent(s)

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA

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Present D r. Anandeshwar Gautam, Seni o r Panel Counsel, f or the petitioners-UOI.

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SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA, J. (Oral)

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1. T he challenge is to the order p assed by the learned Armed

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Forces Tribu n al dated 06.01.2023.

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2. L earned counsel for the petitio n ers submits that there was no occasion to r o und off the disability from 20% to 50%.

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3. T he issue is no more res - inte g ra in view of the judgment passed by th e Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Bijender Singh v. Union of India and others, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 895 , which affirms the earlier judgment pa s sed by the Hon’ble Supreme C ourt in the case of Union of India and others vs. Ram Avtar 2014 SCC Online SC 1761 , wherein the Hon’ble Ape x Court has approved the round i ng off clause relating to grant of disability p ension to 50% where the dis a bility is less than 50%, 75%, where the di s ability is from 50% to 75% an d 100% where the disability is more than 75 % .