New Delhi, Feb 10: In the latest move, the army chief General VK Singh on Friday, Feb 10 told to Supreme Court that government had withdrew the December's order, rejecting his statutory complaint on his age row.
While the Supreme Court had questioned the government that why it had advice second time from General chief. It has also found that court has given government the option to withdraw the order.
VK Singh had filed a plea for changing his date of birth to 1951.
According to the government documents, it has been found that both 1950 and 1951 year of birth were recorded. Now, the army chief wants that his date of birth to be modified as 1951 in all the army records.
The government has asserted that now it cannot change the records that helped establish General Singh's seniority when he is granted major promotions.
If May 10, 1950 is considered as his date of birth, then General Singh will retire this year only but if the court accepts that he was born on May 10, 1951 then he will be given another year in the office.
