Armed Forces Tribunal
Ex Sep (Reservist) Rameshwar Lal vs UOI & Others on 9 December 2025
ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL, REGIONAL BENCH, JAIPUR
CIRCUIT BENCH, JODHPUR
(THROUGH VIRTUAL HEARING)
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OA No 191/2024 with MA No 295/2024
Army No 6869869 Ex Sep (Reservist) Rameshwar Lal, S/o Late Shri Balu Ram, Resident of Plot No 62, Rajiv Nagar, A Sector, BJS Colony, Jodhpur – 342 001
…. Applicant
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UOI, through the Secretary to the Govt of India, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi – 110 011
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Chief of the Army Staff, Army HQ, New Delhi – 11
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The PCDA (P), Draupadi Ghat, Prayagraj, UP – 211 014
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AOC Records, PIN 900 453, c/o 56 APO
…. Respondents
For Applicant
: Mr DS Rathore, Advocate
For Respondents
: Mr. Yuvraj Singh, Proxy for
Mr Tribhuwan Singh, Advocate
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE GOVERDHAN BARDHAR, MEMBER (J)
HON’BLE MR. SANJIV MITTAL, MEMBER (A)
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O R D E R
09.12.2025
1. Under Section 14 of the Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007, the Applicant has filed this OA praying for directing the Respondents to revise the Reservist Pension of the Applicant @ 2/3 of a regular Sepoy wef 01/1/2016 @Rs 11,420/- pm to the applicant under the provisions of Rule 155 of Pension Regulations for the Army 1961, Part I.
2. We have heard the counsels for the parties and perused the material placed on record.
3. While the Respondents have not filed their Reply to the OA, perusal of record reveals that the applicant was enrolled in the Army on 19/6/1959 and was discharged from service on 21/4/1972 and was granted Reservist Pension vide PPO dated 28/1/1975.
4. Since this Tribunal has disposed off a number of similar OAs in the recent past, we deem it appropriate to dispose off this OA too, in the similar manner that had been dealt with in earlier OAs.
5. In this regard, Judgment dated 07/3/2025 passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No 6367/2025 (arising out of the final judgment dated 27/9/2024 in CWP No 17046/2024 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh)in the case of UOI & Ors Vs Darshan Singh Bal & Anr, vide which the execution of impugned Order passed by the Hon’ble High Court has been stayed, as also the judgment dated 15/10/2025 passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan Bench at Jaipur in the DB Civil Writ Petition No 12723/2024 in the case of UOI & Ors Vs No 1033471 Ex Swr (Reservist) Chiranji Lal, S/o Shri Raju Ram, which are reproduced below:-
Extract from the Order of the Hon’ble Apex Court :- “2. Let the notice be issued to the respondents, returnable within four weeks.
3. In the meantime, the operation of the impugned order is stayed”. Extract from the Order of the Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan :- “1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners fairly submits that the controversy can be brought to an end at this juncture by observing that since the controversy is pending before the Hon’ble Apex Court in SLP (Civil) Diary No 6367/2025 titled as ‘Union of India & Ors Vs Darshan Singh Bal’, and an interim order is also operating therein, therefore, outcome of the said SLP may govern the field in the present case.
2. Learned Counsel for the Respondent does not oppose the aforesaid proposition.
3. Accordingly, the instant writ petition is disposed of with a direction that final outcome of the aforementioned SLP pending before the Hon’ble Apex Court shall govern the position of law in the present case. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of ”.
6. Thus, it is clear that the issue of revision of Reservist Pension is pending before the Hon’ble Apex Court and an interim order has since been passed staying the implementation of AFT Chandigarh Bench Order (supra) which has been appealed against in that Court.
7. In view of the foregoing and since the matter is pending before the Hon’ble Apex Court for final adjudication, we deem it appropriate to dispose off this OA with the same directions as given at Para 3 of the ibid Hon’ble High Court Order that the final outcome of the aforementioned SLP pending before the Hon’ble Apex Court shall govern the position of law in the case of the Applicant herein as well.
8. The OA is disposed off accordingly. No order on costs.
9. Pending Application, if any, also stand disposed off.
(SANJIV MITTAL)
(GOVERDHAN BARDHAR) MEMBER (A)
MEMBER (J)
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