Finally, the much discussed event over almost the past one year has been dealt with by the Supreme Court, though partially. The government has withdrawn its order of late Dec '11 against the General's petition who, in turn, withdrew his petition seeking acceptance of 10 may 1951 as his actual date of birth instead of 10 May 1950.
One wonders as to whether the chief had to go through this unfortunate incident at all, especially against the backdrop of the Solicitor General Fali Nariman's initial salvo of the General having accepted 10 May 1950 as his date of birth in the interest of service, sometime earlier. Its acceptance had facilitated in his promotions to the post of Corps Commander(as Major General), Army Commander(as Lieutenant General) and to his ultimate elevation as the COAS(as a four star General). The court has highlighted that the date of 10 May 1950 would be the General's date of birth for service purposes.
From the foregoing, one wonders as to what the General was able to achieve in the end except for the fact that the reputations of his immediate two predecessors have been besmirched. I mean, the sordid story of a succession plan to favour an individual has been brought out. In other words, looking at it positively, much of the goings on regarding senior officers' promotions have come into public domain. That should effectively put a check to such transgressions in future.
It's my fervent hope that restraint coupled with large heartedness on the part of all the players in the drama should put the whole issue away as a bad dream that one's occasionally forced with.
Tailpiece.
Saw the Hindi movie, 'Ek mein or ek tu' last evening. Highly watchable and a light one at that. Reminded me of 'Jab we met'.
One wonders as to whether the chief had to go through this unfortunate incident at all, especially against the backdrop of the Solicitor General Fali Nariman's initial salvo of the General having accepted 10 May 1950 as his date of birth in the interest of service, sometime earlier. Its acceptance had facilitated in his promotions to the post of Corps Commander(as Major General), Army Commander(as Lieutenant General) and to his ultimate elevation as the COAS(as a four star General). The court has highlighted that the date of 10 May 1950 would be the General's date of birth for service purposes.
From the foregoing, one wonders as to what the General was able to achieve in the end except for the fact that the reputations of his immediate two predecessors have been besmirched. I mean, the sordid story of a succession plan to favour an individual has been brought out. In other words, looking at it positively, much of the goings on regarding senior officers' promotions have come into public domain. That should effectively put a check to such transgressions in future.
It's my fervent hope that restraint coupled with large heartedness on the part of all the players in the drama should put the whole issue away as a bad dream that one's occasionally forced with.
Tailpiece.
Saw the Hindi movie, 'Ek mein or ek tu' last evening. Highly watchable and a light one at that. Reminded me of 'Jab we met'.
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