NEW DELHI, Feb 2 � The Supreme Court is to hear tomorrow Army Chief General V K Singh�s plea for a direction to the government to declare May 10, 1951, as his date of birth in place of May 10, 1950, reports PTI.
A bench headed by Justice R M Lodha would hear Gen Singh�s plea which has accused the governemnt of treating him in a manner, reflecting total lack of adherence to procedure and principles of natural justice in deciding his age.
Gen Singh took the unprecedented step of dragging the government to the apex court after the Defence Ministry had insisted upon treating May 10, 1950, as his official date of birth, necessitating his retirement on May 31 this year.
Challenging the government�s decision to determine May 10, 1950, as his date of birth and not May 10, 1951, Gen Singh, in a 68-page petition, has maintained that his acceptance of 1950 as the year of his birth was given in good faith.
