IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11944 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 09, 2010. Jagjot Singh .....Petitioner versus Union of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.N.S.Sodhi, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner is an Ex-Naik of the Indian Army who was dismissed from service on September 27, 1985 soon after the Operation Blue Star. The petitioner was also subjected to the Court Martial and was convicted and sentenced to undergo RI for 8 years. It is averred that the Central Government later on remitted the sentence of the convicts like the petitioner and his RI was reduced from 8 years to four years. The petitioner further claims that vide a subsequent decision, the Central Government has further decided to grant `pensionary benefits' to the Army personnel like him who had deserted the Army due to the alleged emotional outburst. C.W.P.No .11944 of 2010 2 In this regard, the petitioner is said to have served the respondents with a legal notice dated 21.3.2009 (Annexure P-4) but without any response thereto. Though there is nothing on record to substantiate the afore- mentioned plea taken by the petitioner, however, keeping in view the categoric averments made in this regard, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to consider the afore-stated claim of the petitioner, if so permissible under the Rules/in accordance with law, and communicate the decision to him preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 09, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE