Chandigarh: In India, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed a Rs 2 lakh cost on Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi for delaying disability pension to a retired Major who underwent 24 surgeries and suffered kidney ailment during service.
According to Kashmir24, Major Rajdeep Dinkar Pandere (retd), commissioned in 2012, served with 4 Ladakh Scouts in Leh. He developed cystitis cystica glandularis in 2017 on duty and was placed in “low medical category.”
Released in September 2022 after 10 years, his disability was assessed at 15% for life as “not attributable to service,” and pension was denied. The Armed Forces Tribunal in October 2024 held the disability attributable to service, raised it to 40% under military medical rules, and rounded it to 50% per Supreme Court guidelines, effective July 1, 2022.