Section 2(i) in Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994
(i)(i)"War hero" means a defence services personnel, or a para-military forces personnel, who is bona fide resident of Punjab State and has been killed or discharged from service on account of disability suffered by him on or after Ist January, 1999, while fighting in a war declared so by Government of India, in operations in Kargil or any other sector in J and K in the on going conflict with Pakistan or in any other operations which may be notified by the State Government to have been undertaken for preserving the unity and integrity of the Country; or(ii)a defence service personnel or a para-military forces personnel who was a bona fide resident of Punjab State and was posthumously decorated with Parmvir Chakra, Mahavir Chakra or Vir Chakra;
