To provide maximum facilities to the Serving Soldiers, Ex-Servicemen and their families, who visit the District Headquarters for redressal of their personal problems and to provide residential facilities to the Serving Soldiers, while in transit, the Rajya Sainik Board has one Sainik Rest House in each District.

The Rajya Sainik Board proposed to construct multi purpose complexes i.e. Sainik Sadan in each of the District Headquarter to provide maximum facilities like District Sainik Welfare Office, DPDO, CSD Canteen, Polyclinic, Vocational Training Center, Community Center for personnel below Officers rank and extension counter of bank under one roof.

During the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12), it is proposed to construct Sainik Rest House in newly created districts Fatehgarh Sahib, Nawanshahar, Mohali, Mansa, Moga and Tarn Taran.

Pathankot being a big Military Cantonment and tri-junction of three states namely Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and J&K. 167 Military Hospital at Pathankot is attending to 2500 ex-servicemen every month on an average. At present Sainik Rest House is situated at Gurdaspur which is far away from Pathankot. Ex-servicemen, their families and serving soldiers come to Pathankot from far flung and remote areas. Some of them need to stay a night or two before final diagnosis and face considerable difficulties for their stay at Pathankot. Besides this a large number of ex-servicemen, widows and their dependent pensioners visit Defence Pension Disbursing Office (DPDO) and CSD Canteen located at Pathankot. As such there is a need to construct Sainik Rest House at this place for providing maximum residential facilities. Keeping in view the long outstanding demand of ex-servicemen and difficulties faced by the ex-servicemen it is proposed to construct Sainik Rest House at Pathankot also during the 11th Five Year Annual Plan (2007-12).

The details of 14 Sainik Rest Houses fully functioning in the state of Punjab is given below:-

Ser No	District	Address	Telephone No.
a)	Maharaja Ranjit Singh Saink Rest House, Amritsar	52 Court road near new Rialto Cinema, Amritsar	0183-2563102
b)	Guru Nanak Sainik Rest House, Bathinda	Near DC Office, Civil Lines Bathinda	0164-2212612
c)	Punjab Sainik Rest House, Chandigarh	Sector 21-D, Chandigarh	0172-2707122
d)	Saragarhi Sainik Rest House, Ferozepur	Near Saragarhi Gurudwara, Ferozepur	01632-246211
e)	Subedar Joginder Singh Sainik Rest House, Faridkot	Near Ghanta Ghar, Talwandi Bhai Ki Road Faridkot	01639-250788
f)	Gurbachan Singh Salaria Sainik Rest House, Gurdaspur	Near District Court, Gurdaspur	01874-231127
g)	Ishar Singh Sainik Rest House, Hoshiarpur	Green View Park Court road Hoshiarpur	01882-222013
h)	War Hero Sainik Rest House, Jalandhar	Shashtri Market Laddowali Road, Jalandhar	0181-2455423
i)	Karamjit Singh Judge Sainik Rest House, Kapurthala	Opp. District Court, Kapurthala	01822-232872
j)	Nirmaljit Singh Shekhon Sainik Rest House, Ludhiana	Nar Clock Tower Chaura Bazar, Ludhiana	0161-2741066
k)	Sainik Rest House, Muktsar	Bathinda Bye-pass, Muktsar	01633-240701
l)	Yadvindra Sainik Rest House, Patiala	Near Railway Station, Patiala	0175-2361188
m)	Gen Atam Singh Sainik Rest House, Ropar	Near Old Bus Stand, Ropar	01881-220324
n)	Sainik Rest House, Sangur	Opp. Ranbir Club, Sangrur	01672-234021