Armed Forces Tribunal
Anil Kumar vs Union of India on 29 October 2026
ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL, REGIONAL BENCH CHANDIGARH
AT CHANDIMANDIR
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OA 981 of 2026
Thursday, the 29th day of Oct, 2026
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR JUSTICE SUDHIR MITTAL, MEMBER (J)
HON'BLE LT GEN (DR) RANBIR SINGH, MEMBER (A)
Anil Kumar
…… Applicant
(By Akash Kundu, Advocate, through VC)
Versus
Union of India and others
…… Respondents
(By JS Lalli, DSGI, through VC)
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ORDER
The applicant was discharged on 31.03.2024 because he was in a Permanent Low Medical Category and no sheltered appointment was available for him. Medical Category had been downgraded permanently on account of disabilities of (a) Primary Hypertension, the extent of which was assessed to be 05% for life but neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service and (b) Dyslipidaemia, the extent of which was assessed to be 05% for life but neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service. Claim for grant of disability element was rejected because both the disabilities were assessed to be neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that he claims disability element only for the disability of ‘Primary Hypertension’. The onset of the said disability was in January, 2019. Thus, Guide to Medical Officers (Military Pensions)-2023 could not have been applied to evaluate the said disability. Notice.
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Mr. JS Lalli, DSGI, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and waives service and submits that identical matters are pending consideration before the Principal Bench in OA No.2787 of 2025 with MA No.3915 of 2025, Havildar Birendra Singh (Retd) & Others Vs. Union of India & others and connected cases, and that similar matters pending before other Benches have also been withdrawn to the Principal Bench. Thus, the case be adjourned sine die to await the decision of the said case.
Adjourned sine die.
To be listed after the decision of the Principal Bench in the aforesaid case.
(Lt Gen (Dr) Ranbir Singh)
(Justice Sudhir Mittal) Member (A)
Member (J)
29th Oct, 2026 AKB