HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP (C) No. 1877/2025 1. Union of India th. Its Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi-110011. 2. Additional Director General Personnel Services, Adjutant General’s Branch, Integrated HQ of Ministry of Defence (army), DHQ PO, New Delhi-110001. 3. Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-211014. 4. OIC Records JAK Rif, c/o 56 APO Date of pronouncement:10.02.2026 Date of uploading: 11.02.2026 .....Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through :- Mr. Vikas Sharma, Sr. Panel Counsel v/s No. 910809M Ex LNK Kuldeep Kumar , S/o Sh. Sita Ram, R/o Village Morchapur Camp, P/o Pandorian, Tehsil Bishnah, District Jammu. .....Respondent(s) Through :- None CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR, JUDGE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PARIHAR, JUDGE ORDER 10.02.2026 Sanjeev Kumar ‘J’ 1. The issue raised in this petition is squarely covered by our judgment dated 03.11.2025, passed in “Union of India and others Vs. Nirman Singh Jamwal” in WP(C) No. 3173/2023 along with clubbed matters, wherein the disabilities like the present one i.e. “RECURRENT DEPRESSIVE DISORDER (F-33)” has been held aggravated by the Military services and, therefore, the personnel suffering from such disability cannot be denied the disability Sr. No. 19 2 WP (C) No. 1877/2025 pension on the ground that the disability is neither attributable to nor aggravated by the military services. That apart we have gone through the judgment passed by the Tribunal and concur with the view taken by the Tribunal with the opinion of the Release Medical Board, based on its finding that the disability has occurred in the peace area and, therefore, not attributable to or aggravated by the army service, is flawed. 2. For these reasons, we find no merit in this petition and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. (Sanjay Parihar) (Sanjeev Kumar) Judge Judge JAMMU 10.02.2026 Vishal Sharma Whether the order is reportable? Yes/No Whether the order is speaking? Yes/No