The government on Wednesday said its decision on General V K Singh's age was "final'', making it clear that the Army chief would have retire in May 2012.
"The defence ministry (which held Gen Singh's date of birth would stand at May 10, 1950) will stick to its decision, which was taken last month after due diligence. There will be no rethink,'' said a senior official.
This comes after the Army's adjutant general branch sought an explanation from the ministry of defence on why its move to change Gen Singh's date of birth to `May 10, 1951' had been declared "null and void and non est (non-existent)''.
Defence minister A K Antony himself had rejected Gen Singh's move to officially become a year younger after examining all records as well as the opinion of the law ministry and attorney general, as was reported last month.
The appointment of Gen Singh, when he took over as the Army chief in March 2010, was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on the basis of 1950 being the year of his birth. This, in turn, meant he would retire in May 2012.
But if Gen Singh's claim of his actual date of birth being "May 10, 1951'' had been accepted, which he said was not done earlier because of "vested interests'', his tenure would have continued till March 2013.
As of now, present Eastern Army commander Lt-Gen Bikram Singh is slated to become the next Army chief. But if Gen Singh's year of birth had been settled at 1951, then Northern Army commander Lt-Gen K T Parnaik would have been his likely successor. As per rules, a Service chief can serve for three years or up to the age of 62, whichever is earlier.
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"The defence ministry (which held Gen Singh's date of birth would stand at May 10, 1950) will stick to its decision, which was taken last month after due diligence. There will be no rethink,'' said a senior official.
This comes after the Army's adjutant general branch sought an explanation from the ministry of defence on why its move to change Gen Singh's date of birth to `May 10, 1951' had been declared "null and void and non est (non-existent)''.
Defence minister A K Antony himself had rejected Gen Singh's move to officially become a year younger after examining all records as well as the opinion of the law ministry and attorney general, as was reported last month.
The appointment of Gen Singh, when he took over as the Army chief in March 2010, was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on the basis of 1950 being the year of his birth. This, in turn, meant he would retire in May 2012.
But if Gen Singh's claim of his actual date of birth being "May 10, 1951'' had been accepted, which he said was not done earlier because of "vested interests'', his tenure would have continued till March 2013.
As of now, present Eastern Army commander Lt-Gen Bikram Singh is slated to become the next Army chief. But if Gen Singh's year of birth had been settled at 1951, then Northern Army commander Lt-Gen K T Parnaik would have been his likely successor. As per rules, a Service chief can serve for three years or up to the age of 62, whichever is earlier.
source : htt p://www.bharat-rakshak. com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=15076
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