Army chief refuses comment on sub-judice age row

New Delhi: With his petition on the age row expected to come up before the Supreme Court soon, army chief General VK Singh today refused to make any comment on it. “That particular issue is sub-judice, so I can not say anything about it,” General Singh told reporters in reply to a question on the settlement of his age row with the government. [caption id=“attachment_191464” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“No truce. Image courtesy PIB”]  [/caption] General Singh in an unprecedented step by any serving army chief has filed a petition before the apex court seeking a direction to the government that his date of birth be treated as 10 May 1951 and not 10 May 1950. He says his date of birth is 10 May 1951 as per his matriculation certificate, but the defence ministry recently rejected his contention, arguing that his date of birth entered in some army records was 10 May 1950. As per the government decision, he will retire on 31 May this year but if his contention is upheld, he will get 10 more months till March 2013. In his petition, the army chief has contended that he was treated by the government in a manner which reflects total lack of procedure and principles of natural justice in deciding his age. PTI New Delhi: With his petition on the age row expected to come up before the Supreme Court soon, army chief General VK Singh today refused to make any comment on it. “That particular issue is sub-judice, so I can not say anything about it,” General Singh told reporters in reply to a question on the settlement of his age row with the government. General Singh in an unprecedented step by any serving army chief has filed a petition before the apex court seeking a direction to the government that his date of birth be treated as 10 May 1951 and not 10 May 1950. He says his date of birth is 10 May 1951 as per his matriculation certificate, but the defence ministry recently rejected his contention, arguing that his date of birth entered in some army records was 10 May 1950. As per the government decision, he will retire on 31 May this year but if his contention is upheld, he will get 10 more months till March 2013. In his petition, the army chief has contended that he was treated by the government in a manner which reflects total lack of procedure and principles of natural justice in deciding his age.