AFT holds brigadiers promotion

In the alleged case of manipulations in promotions of senior officials in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) department,the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT),Chandigarh Bench on Wednesday,stayed the promotion of Brigadier T Parshad.

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In the alleged case of manipulations in promotions of senior officials in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) department,the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT),Chandigarh Bench on Wednesday,stayed the promotion of Brigadier T Parshad. The case will be heard on August 12.

In a petition filed with the AFT,Brigadier Dinkar Adeeb,a senior official from JAG,alleged there were manipulations in the way the selection board promoted junior most officer Brig. T Parshad to higher rank of Major General.

There were two vacancies for the rank of Major General and there were four applicants. Selection was held among Brig PK Sharma,Brig Dinkar Adeeb (petitioner),Brig N Khanna and Brig T Parshad. Selection Board was scheduled for October 18,2012 and the four officers were to be considered in the said board,and the top two in merit would make it to the rank of Major General.

Counsel for the petitioner argued in the court saying,Out of four officers,junior most officer,Brig T Parshad was granted out-of-turn relief with undue haste on the eve of the Selection Board proceedings and that too by unusually postponing the Selection Board repeatedly.

The counsel stressed that in accordance with policy of the Military Secretarys Branch,ACR and other data in all Selection Boards is frozen 5 days prior to the envisaged date of the board.

However in the case,not only was relief granted on the eve of the selection board,but the changed profile and data was included in the Selection Board at the last moment,he added.

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