The petitioners in this bunch of cases served in the army air force during war with Pakistan and China.
The proviso added to Rule 4 is quoted below Provided that a person who has been released from military service on companypassionate grounds shall number be entitled to any companycession under this rule.
It appears that the Governor of Haryana by a numberification dated November 5, 1976 in exercise of the power companyferred under Article 309 of the Constitution amended the Punjab Rules by inserting a proviso to Rule 4 whereby persons who had been released from military service on companypassionate grounds were singled out for being deprived of the benefits of that rule.
After their release from military service they joined various civil services of the State.
Thereafter a number of appeals were filed by the aggrieved persons and some others also filed writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution before this Court.
They were also entitled to the benefits of Rule 4 as it stood originally.
They were, however, refused on some ground or the other.
In order to attract youngmen to join military service at that critical juncture the Central Government and the governments of the States issued different circulars and advertisements on radio and in the press promising certain benefits to be given to those youngmen who joined the military service.
B. Misra, J. On account of the external aggression by Chinese forces on the Indian territory an emergency was imposed by the Government of India in 1962.
