Gurminder Singh vs Union of India on 16 October 2026

ORDER

The applicant was invalided from service on 31.05.2025. He was discharged because he was in a permanent low medical category and was unwilling to continue to serve in a sheltered appointment. His medical category has been downgraded on account of ‘Right Parietal Meningioma Focal Sensory Seizure’, the extent of which was assessed to be 05% for life but neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service. Guide to Medical Officers (Military Pensions), 2023 was applied for assessing the disability.

Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the onset of the disability was at Jhansi in October 2021, thus, GMO 2023 could not have been applied to assess the disability.

Notice.

Mr. Jagjot Singh Lalli, Deputy Solicitor General of India, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and waives service and submits that identical matters are pending consideration before the Principal Bench in OA

-2- No. 2787 of 2025 with MA No. 3915 of 2025; Havildar Birendra Singh (Retd) and Others Vs. Union of India and Others and other connected cases. In fact, such matters pending before other Benches have been withdrawn and transferred to the Principal Bench. Thus, the case be adjourned sine die to await the decision of the said matter by the Principal Bench.

Adjourned sine die.

To be listed after the decision of Principal Bench in the aforesaid Original Application.

(Lt Gen Ravendra Pal Singh (Retd)

(Justice Sudhir Mittal) Member (A)

Member (J)

16thOct, 2026 ‘dp’