IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 12529 of 2011 Date of decision:-19.7.2011 Kuljit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Ms. Preetwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) In pursuant to the letter dated 07.9.2009 the Ministry of Home Affairs have sent the case of the petitioner to the State Government of Punjab for consideration of employment on compassionate ground stating that the petitioner could not be employed with the Force as he is over-age. Counsel for the petitioner has referred to instructions dated 19.8.1999 (Annexure P-5) which relates to the appointments of dependent members of the families of War Heroes. A representation in this regard has been made by the petitioner dated19.8.2010 (Annexure P-6) to the Government of Punjab. This writ petition is being disposed of by giving direction to the Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs and Justice, Civil Secretariat, Punjab, Chandigarh to treat this CWP as representation and consider the case of the petitioner as per the policy and pass a speaking order within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. July 19, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE