IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.17983 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 04, 2010. Iqbal Singh .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Divjyot S.Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Anil K.Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.Anil Kumar Sharma, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to issue the Freedom Fighter Certificate in favour of his father, namely, late Sh.Bishan Singh son of Sh.Kesar Singh. It is alleged that father of the petitioner participated in the freedom struggle and his immovable property was confiscated, besides sentencing him for life imprisonment on C.W.P.No .17983 of 2010 2 13.9.1915 in the Lahore Conspiracy Case titled as King Emperor versus Anand Kishore and others. It is further averred that the petitioner's father was sent to Andaman Nickobar Islands (Kala Pani) to undergo the said sentence. The petitioner's grievance is that notwithstanding the above noticed sacrifices made by his father, the Freedom Fighter Certificate has not been issued to him for which the petitioner has been representing to the authorities time and again, including vide representation dated 26.2.2010 (Annexure P-6). Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition and in the light of the averments made, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petitioner with a direction to the respondents to verify the above-mentioned facts, if so required, and thereafter, issue the required Certificate in the honour of the deceased freedom fighter. The needful shall be done within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 04, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE