RAM LAL BERWA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has filed this writ petition being aggrieved of denial of grant of disability pension after he was invalidated out of military service.

(2.) The petitioner earlier filed writ petition No. 2254/2002 before this Court that was decided on 11.07.2002, after noticing the contention of the petitioner that the appeal preferred by him against refusal of disability pension was pending since 15.03.1997, with the following observations:

(3.) The petitioner has preferred this writ petition with the submissions that after passing of the order dated 11.07.2002, no decision of his appeal was conveyed, he served a notice and thereafter, filed contempt petition before this court being S.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 60/2003; and that after service of notice of the contempt petition, the appellate authority proceeded to reject his appeal under the impugned communication dated 02.07.2003 (Annex.10) stating that the disease in question was not attributable to or aggravated by military service, and therefore, he was not entitled for disability pension. The petitioner seeks to challenge the orders so passed by the authorities denying him disability element of pension.