Army Chief may face new case against elevation
31 Oct 2012 7:26 AM IST
The dust has hardly settled after former Army Chief Gen V K Singh's court battle with the govt when another General is planning to move court to seek elevation as an Army Commander. If accepted, the case can create a possible succession row.
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lt Gen Ravi Dastane is planning to file a petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal.
Lt Gen Dastane, who has already filed a statutory complaint with Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh in this regard, is planning to make two main pleas before the Tribunal where he will seek elevation to the rank of Army Commander from 1 June this year retrospectively when two vacancies were existing.
The posts of Western and Eastern Army Commander had fallen vacant on after retirement of Gen V K Singh, who was succeeded by Lt Gen Bikram Singh, and Western Army Commander Lt Gen Shankar Ranjan Ghosh. Lt Gen Bikram Singh had headed the Eastern Command.
The govt had kept the post of Eastern Army Commander vacant for a few days before Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag was appointed whereas Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachhra was appointed as the Western Army Commander on 1 June.
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lt Gen Ravi Dastane is planning to file a petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal.
Lt Gen Dastane, who has already filed a statutory complaint with Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh in this regard, is planning to make two main pleas before the Tribunal where he will seek elevation to the rank of Army Commander from 1 June this year retrospectively when two vacancies were existing.
The posts of Western and Eastern Army Commander had fallen vacant on after retirement of Gen V K Singh, who was succeeded by Lt Gen Bikram Singh, and Western Army Commander Lt Gen Shankar Ranjan Ghosh. Lt Gen Bikram Singh had headed the Eastern Command.
The govt had kept the post of Eastern Army Commander vacant for a few days before Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag was appointed whereas Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachhra was appointed as the Western Army Commander on 1 June.
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