Ex-serviceman gets disability pension after over 50 years

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Updated At : 12:13 PM Jul 24, 2021 IST

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Chandigarh, July 23

It has taken over 50 years of legal wrangling and crossing administrative hurdles for a visually impaired ex-serviceman residing in Mohali to finally get his disability pension. Mohinder Singh, who is now 100 per cent visually impaired, had been discharged from the Sikh regiment in June 1970 on medical grounds. During a night training exercise, he fell on his head and lost his eyesight.

He was initially sanctioned 40 per cent disability pension by the Army, which was rejected by the Medical Adviser on Pension (MAP) in the office of the Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension). The post of MAP was abolished in 2005.

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