IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. C.W.P. No. 8190 of 2010. Decided on 29th July, 2011. _____________________________________________________ Ranjeet Singh. …Petitioner. -Versus- State of Himachal Pradesh and others. …Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. __________________________________________________________ For the petitioner. : Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Advocate. For respondents No. 1 to 3. : Mr. R.P. Singh, Assistant Advocate General. For respondent No. 4. : Mr. Ashok Thakur, Advocate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): Petitioner is an Ex-serviceman. He has served the Indian Army for 24 years. Thereafter, he was appointed as a Constable in the Police Department. He has served for 9 years, 7 months and 7 days. The minimum qualifying service required for pension is 10 years. 2. Mr. Ramakant Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn the attention of the Court to Rule-88 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. 3. Consequently, the petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 1 to consider the case of petitioner in a very sympathetic manner under Rule-88 of the CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972, within a period of ten weeks from the date of 1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?. - 2 - production of a certified copy of this judgment by the petitioner. The pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma) Judge July 29, 2011. (bhupender) - 3 - `