IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11960 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 09, 2010. Ex.Havldar Ajit Singh .....Petitioner versus Union of India and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.S.Malhotra, 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 who was serving as Havldar in the Indian Army, was dismissed from service w.e.f. 22.11.1971. The memo dated 19.10.2009 (Annexure P-4) reveals that the petitioner remained absent from duty w.e.f. 29.8.1971 and was later on apprehended by the Superintendent of Police, Amritsar on 15.9.1971. Thereafter, summary Court Martial held the petitioner guilty and he was dismissed from service. The petitioner now seeks a direction for the grant of pension which has been declined by the respondents on the strength of Rule 113 (a) of the Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961 Part-1, according to which an official who has been dismissed from service under the Army Act, is ineligible for pension or gratuity. C.W.P.No . 11960 of 2010 2 No case to interfere with the impugned order is made out. Dismissed. July 09, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE