Chief General V K Singh who has given his 38 years of service to the nation has lost his battle for age row when Supreme Court told Chief that they could understand his fact of pain but he should accept order of Government who would take the final decision over age battle.
General had filled petition in the SC against the govt. to recognize May 10, 1951 as his date of birth in official service records and not May 10, 1950.
But as per past record of General’s promotion in 2006 when he promoted to Lt. Gen rank, this post had been accepted by General on basis of May 10, 1950 as his DOB. And later on 2008, he had once again promoted as Army Commander.
Defining his act of accepting status position in Army in 2006, SC asked, “We can understand if a person who has been harassed and not achieved anything is before us. You have achieved the highest position you aspire for. Why should a person of your stature come to court?” Read more
