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2. The petitioners except petitioner No. 1 joined the military service prior to the date of proclamation of national emergency on 26.10.1962, while petitioner No. 1 joined military service on 20.1.1966 and served there till 3.10.1973. The relevant dates with regard to service of the petitioners during emergency period and joining education Department as appeared from the record are as under:-

"Jang Singh, D.P.E. Service during emergency : 20.1.1966 to 10.1.1968 Date of joining Education Department: (Ad hoc) 16.4.1979 Salwan Singh, D.P.E. Service during emergency : 1.11.1962 to 12.3.67 Date of joining Education Department. (Ad hoc) 21.7.1967 Darshan Singh, P.T.I. Service during emergency: 1.11.1962 to 9.12.66 Date of joining Education Department 6.2.1967 ..........

3. As already noted, the petitioners have raised various grounds in their writ petition to support their claim before the Court and amongst others, they rely upon the judgment of a bench of this Court in Civil Petition No. 2602 of 1989 Harcharan Singh v. State of Punjab and Anr., decided on 5.6.1990 and the judgment delivered by Division Bench of this Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 10633 of 1988 Narinder Nath Sharma v. State of Punjab, decided on 27.8.l992.The respondents filed reply to the writ petition in which there was hardly any dispute to the facts of the case and the only plea taken was that all other petitioners except Jang Singh were not entitled to concessions as they were not eligible according to the interpretation of the relevant Rules by the State Government. It was further stated that Shri Jang Singh joined military service during emergency, while other petitioners joined prior thereto. The case of Jang Singh is stated to be under active consideration of the Government, however, no final decision has been taken as yet.