by the appellant on the ground that the appellant was not entitled to get service pension. Aggrieved by the said judgment passed by the learned Single Judge, the appellant preferred letters patent appeal before the Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The Division Bench also observed that the appellant was granted disability element of pension and there is no provision made in the statutory rules or regulations for grant of service element of pension in the case of discharge, on completion of the initial tenure of fixed period of 10 years in service, and the letters patent appeal filed by the appellant was dismissed. In view of the clear regulations of the Navy, the appellant is not entitled to service element of pension because he has admittedly not put in 15 years of service. We do not find any infirmity in the impugned judgments passed by the learned Single Judge which is affirmed by the Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. No interference is called for. This appeal being devoid of any merit, is accordingly dismissed leaving the parties to bear their own costs.
.....................J (DALVEER BHANDARI) .....................J (Dr. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA)
New Delhi; August 10, 2010.