IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 18.03.2026 Major Ramanpreet Kaur (Retd.) …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Ms. Roopan Atwal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Aman Dhir, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab ***

JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral)

1. The petitioner through instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is seeking direction to the respondent to issue Ex-

serviceman Certificate for employment with State of Punjab.

2. The petitioner was commissioned into Military Nursing Services (‘MNS’) on 05.09.2013 as a Short Service Commissioned Officer. She was released in the rank of Major on completion of engagement of 10 years. She is claiming that she should be issued Ex-serviceman Certificate because she falls within definition of ‘Military Service’.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per Punjab Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen Rules, 1982 (for short ‘1982’), Ex- Servicemen are entitled to reservation. The petitioner has retired from MNS, thus, is entitled to benefit of Ex-Serviceman. A Division Bench of this Court in Capt. Gurpreet Kaur. v. Punjab