ALOK ARADHE, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. These appeals, filed both by the Union of India and by Ex-
servicemen, under Section 30 of the Armed Forces Tribunal
Act, 2007 (‘Act’), arise out of conflicting decisions of the Armed
Forces Tribunal (‘Tribunal’) concerning the period for which
arrears of disability pension are payable. The Tribunal in
certain cases directed payment of arrears of disability pension
from specified cut-off dates, whereas, in others, restricted such
benefits to 3 years prior to filing of the applications before the
Tribunal. The present batch of appeals require this Court to
determine whether entitlement to disability pension, once
judicially affirmed, can be curtailed beyond a prescribed period
by invoking limitation, delay or laches.