IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.15070 of 2011 Date of Decision : August 24, 2011. Darshan Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Akasdeep Singh Bal, 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 after serving the Indian Army for 16 years, i.e., w.e.f. 17.12.1963 to 13.12.1979 joined the respondent-department as PR Chowkidar w.e.f. 4.6.1980. With the intervention of this Court whereby directions were issued for improvement in the service conditions of PR Chowkidars, the pensionary benefits have been released to the petitioner. The pensionary benefits have been granted only on the basis of the service rendered by him as PR Chowkidar. In other words, the petitioner has not been granted the benefits of military service rendered during the first National Emergency i.e. 17.12.1963 to 9.1.1968. The petitioner claims the benefits of aforesaid CWP No.15070 of 2011 [2] service in terms of Rule 4 of the Punjab National Emergency (Concession) Rules, 1965 read with Section 8-A of the Punjab Government Ex- servicemen Recruitment Rules, 1982 as amended in the year 2004. The petitioner has already lodged this claim with the respondents vide a legal notice dated 20.1.2011 (Annexure P-3) but without any response thereto. There appears to be prima-facie no reason to deny the petitioner the benefits of military service rendered during the first National Emergency and in any case, his claim requires serious consideration by the Competent Authority. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the petitioner's claim as contained in the aforementioned legal notice dated 20.1.2011 and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 24, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE