C.W.P. No. 11250 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 11250 of 2011 Date of decision:-04.07.2011 Surjit Singh Thind ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. S.K. Sharma Budhladawale, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) The petitioner had joined the Indian Navy w.e.f. 22.09.1969. He served during the period of 2nd National Emergency w.e.f. 03.12.1971 to 27.03.1977. He was demobilized on 31.1.1981. Subsequently, he was appointed on the civil post of PTI w.e.f. 18.12.1982. His services were regularized w.e.f. 01.4.1985 and confirmed on 06.12.1997. The petitioner seeks the benefit of military service rendered during the 2nd National Emergency from 03.12.1971 to 27.3.1977 for increments and pension. He is due to retire on 30.6.2011. He has referred to a decision of Government of Punjab (Annexure P-4) dated 12.08.1988 whereby Bakhshish Singh has been granted the benefit. He has been granted the benefit of seniority and pay fixation after serving the Forces of Union w.e.f. 24.8.1971 and was discharged on 12.09.1973. Vide notification dated 15.10.2009 Rule 8-B has been inserted in the Punjab Recruitment of Ex-servicemen Rules, 1982 during the 2nd National Emergency from 03.12.1971 to 25.3.1977 is to be counted for increments and pension. C.W.P. No. 11250 of 2011 -2- The writ petition is disposed of by giving a direction to the District Education Officer-respondent No.3 to decide the representation (Annexure P-11) in view of decision of the Department (Annexure P-4) and notification (Annexure P-10) within a period of four months. July 04, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE