Vij brings commanders in complaints panel

Army Chief General Nirmal Chander Vij has decided to bring his six Army Commanders including the Vice Chief on board while dealing with stat...

Army Chief General Nirmal Chander Vij has decided to bring his six Army Commanders including the Vice Chief on board while dealing with statutory and non-statutory complaints of officers of the rank of Brigadier and above.

While the Army HQs is silent on the move, it is understood that from now on officers’ complaints will be discussed during the bi-annual Army Commander’s conference in order to bring transparency into the process.

So far, the non-statutory complaints filed by officers were disposed by the Army Chief in consultation with the Military Secretariat branch. In case of statutory complaints, it was the Army Chief’s office that forwarded the complaints to the Defence Ministry after recording the Chief’s recommendations. The statutory complaints that are filed under the Army Act are disposed off by the Defence Ministry.

The Army Chief reportedly decided to bring top commanders on board to dispel any notion of biases towards the complaining officer.

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