World war II veteran wins pension battle: Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

Dear Veterans,
Regards.Read the following news and ponder over it.
Chandigarh, Dec. 17 -- This Second World War veteran
has won a battle and will get his pension benefits after
a gap of 60 years. Naurang Singh ( 85), now partially blind,
had seen action in the Second World War in Assam, Shillong
and Lahore, as a soldier with the Royal Indian Army that
he joined during the British Raj in 1941. This villager from
Chhat in Patiala district was invalidated out of the British
Army on February 6, 1946 with 20 per cent disability after
he contacted pneumonia in 1945.
Following this, he used to get a pension of Rs 15 per month
from the Controller of Military Accounts (Pension),
Lahore, disbursed through the Postmaster, Ludhiana. But
the pension was stopped by Controller of Defence Accounts
(Pension), Allahabad, on April 13, 1949, as a re-survey
medical board reduced his disability to that of below 20 per
cent.
He approached various soldiers' welfare organisations, but
in vain. He raised his nine children ( six daughters and
three sons) by working as a driver in the private sector.
His sons too have retired from active service and are getting
regular pension.
Few of his grandchildren are married too. "Naurang Singh
being an illiterate did not know that he was eligible for
service pension, which is for his whole life.He filed a writ
petition in 2008, which was allowed by Justice Parmod Kohli
in the first week of December, 2008.
He has been granted the service pension, which would be
around Rs 4600 including dearness allowance, and an arrear
of Rs 2 lakh.
Hindustan Times
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Mob.098554-09128, Tele-fax.0175-5000896.