Service & Pension Matters Before the AFT & Delhi High Court

Support for cases involving denial or rejection of disability pension, medical board disputes, attributability and aggravation issues, broad banding, and arrears.

Assistance for widows and families of service personnel in cases where family pension or related benefits were denied or not processed correctly.

If you have submitted representations and are not getting a response, or your case needs a structured follow-up, help is available to put it on a proper track.

For serving and retired personnel drawing less pay or pension than coursemates or juniors because of incorrect pay fixation under the 6th or 7th CPC, or on promotion or MACP.

Can I Get a Pension If I Was Discharged Before Completing 15 Years of Service?

Possibly, yes. An Air Force airman who served beyond his initial engagement, and could not be transferred to the Reserve because the Reserve had been disbanded, can be entitled to Special Pension under Regulation 144 of the Pension Regulations for the Air Force, 1961 (Part I), even without the 15 years normally needed for service pension. The Armed Forces Tribunal granted Special Pension on this basis in July 2026 to a veteran of the 1965 and 1971 wars discharged in 1973.

Can a Disability Pension Claim Succeed After I Have Left Service?

Yes. When a Post Discharge Medical Board holds that a disability was aggravated by service and assesses it at 20% or more for life, the authorities cannot reject the claim simply by disagreeing with the medical board. In May 2026 the Armed Forces Tribunal held that a medical opinion can only be displaced by a more competent medical opinion, and granted disability pension broad-banded from 30% to 50%.

My Basic Pay Is Lower Than My Junior's Under the 7th CPC. What Can I Do?

The Armed Forces Tribunal has repeatedly held that the pay authorities must fix a soldier's pay in the most beneficial manner. A soldier should not draw less pay than a coursemate or junior only because he submitted his pay option form late, or did not submit it at all. In November 2025 the Tribunal directed re-fixation, with arrears, for an Air Force Corporal paid Rs 1,000 a month less than a similarly placed airman.