Armed Forces Tribunal
Ex Nk (TS) Ghanshyam Pawriya (Army) vs UOI & Others on 15 July 2026
**ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL, REGIONAL BENCH, JAIPUR**
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**OA 24/2017 with MA 34/2017 & MA 35/2017**
**No 14266199M Ex Nk (TS) Ghanshyam Pawriya, S/o Shri Hira Ram Pawariya, Resident of Village and Post Lalasari, Tehsil Didwana, District Nagaur, Rajasthan – 431 303**
** .... Applicant**
**Versus**
**1. UOI, through the Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India, New Delhi – 110 011**
**2. The PCDA (P), Prayagraj, UP – 211 014**
**3. The OIC Records, Records The Signals, PIN 908 770, c/o 56 APO**
** .... Respondents**
**For Applicant**
**: Ms Anjali Minocha, Proxy for**
**Mr. Mansukh Rai, Advocate**
**For Respondents**
**: Mr. Sudesh Chand Sharma, Advocate**
**CORAM:**
**HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GOVERDHAN BARDHAR, MEMBER (J)**
**HON'BLE MR. SANJIV MITTAL, MEMBER (A)**
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1. Under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007, the applicant has filed this OA praying for directing the Respondent to grant benefit of rounding off of his disability element from the existing 20% to 50% wef 01/8/2002 for the purpose of computing disability element as per Para 7.2 read with Para 10.2 of Govt of India, Ministry of Defence letter dated 31/1/2001 with interest @12%.
2. Vide Reply Statement, the Respondents have submitted that the applicant was enrolled in the Army (Corps of Signals) on 03/7/1985 and was discharged from service on 31/7/2002 after having rendered 17 years and 29 days of service under Rule 13 (3) item III (i) read in conjunction with Sub Rule 13 (2 A) on completion of tenure of service in low medical category due to the disability, "Traumatic Synovitis Knee (Lt)". He was granted service pension for the qualifying 
service rendered. The duly constituted RMB assessed the disability of the applicant @20% for two years and considered it as attributable to military service. Based on the RMB and subsequent RSMB, the applicant was granted disability element for life. Prayer of the applicant for grant of broadbanding of his disability element of disability pension was rejected on the ground of his being discharged from service on completion of his service tenure.
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3. We have heard the counsels for the parties and perused the material on record.
4. The issue involved in this matter with regard to grant of benefit of rounding off of disability element to the applicant is no longer res integra with the Judgment dated 12/2/2026 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India through its Secretary & Ors Vs Sgt Girish Kumar & Ors etc, in Civil Appeal Nos 6820-6824 of 2018 alongwith other Civil Appeals. Counsel for the Respondents has not raised any objection in disposing off the OA in terms of the judgment passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court.
5. In view of the foregoing, we deem it appropriate to remit the case back to the Respondents to consider the prayer of the applicant herein in terms of ibid judgment within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order, failing which, the applicant shall be entitled to receive interest @6% per annum on the amount of arrears till the date of its actual payment. The payment already released to the Applicant will be suitably adjusted in the arrears.
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6. The OA is disposed off accordingly. No order on costs.
7. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed off.
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