CHANDIGARH, MAY 14 (CI Bureau): The Punjab Government today issued directions to all the departments not to terminate the services of an employee, who has become mentally ill during the service. According to an official spokesman, keeping in view the judicial pronouncements on the issue, in such cases no step would be taken without due consideration of suitability of employees to any other post and without properly counseling the employee about his rights. The Departments have been told that whatever compassionate assistance scheme was available in the department that contained the provision for giving employment to the dependant of such employees, the Department would take appropriate steps by providing dependant suitable employment.