IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP. No. 7776 of 2011 Date of Decision: 3.5.2011. Ramesh Chand Dhadwal --Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others --Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr. R.S. Chauhan, Advocate for the petitioner. *** PERMOD KOHLI.J (ORAL) Notice of motion. Ms. Reeta Kohli, Addl. A.G., Punjab has been asked to accept notice on behalf of respondents. Keeping in view the nature of relief claimed and with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner was enrolled in Army on 2.1.1968 during the period of emergency. He continued to serve the Army even during the Second Emergency w.e.f. 3.12.1971 to 25.3.1979. The petitioner thereafter retired from army service on 31.1.1992 on attaining the age of superannuation. After being retired from Army, petitioner joined the Education Department as S.S. Master on 5.3.1997 and retired from civil service on 31.4.2006. The short grievance of the petitioner is that he has not been granted the benefit of the military service both for 1st and 2nd emergency period in terms of Punjab Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen Rules, 1982 and other relevant rules. A similar question has been considered by this Court in CWP No. 20061 of 2008 decided on 25.11.2009 titled as CWP. No. 7776 of 2011 -2- Sukhdev Singh Vs. State of Punjab & others reported as 2010 (1) SCT 631. The petitioner has also served a legal notice (Annexure P-5) in this respect. The same was forwarded by the Govt. to the D.P.I i.e respondent no.2 for taking a decision, however, the respondent no.2 has not taken any decision till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner would be satisfied, if, respondents are directed to take decision on the legal notice served by the petitioner, referred to hereinabove. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.2 to take decision on the legal notice served by the petitioner in the light of the judgement of this Court, referred to above, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Needless to say that in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 3.5.2011. lucky