VIDYAWATI vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

CWP-26338-2017 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 219 CWP-26338-2017 DATE OF DECISION: 04.05.2026 VIDYAWATI …Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Japsehaj Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sudhir Nar, Senior Panel Counsel for respondent No.1-UOI. Mr. Aman Mittal, DAG, Haryana. **** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI, J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the only endeavour sought to be achieved in the present petition, is to recognize the services rendered by late Sh. Om Parkash @ Chattar Singh, as a freedom fighter, so that for the services he had rendered he could be granted the admissible benefits, whereas as per the policy issued, such recognition can only be given in case a freedom fighter is alive. Learned counsel further submits that the efforts in the present petition which were being taken by the wife of Om Parkash @ Chattar Singh was to get recognition for her husband for the service he rendered as a freedom fighter and though, she has also left the world, the same is being pursued by the legal heirs. 2. It may be noti