Supreme Court of India
Maj. Amod Kumar v. Union of India & Anr.
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In view of the above discussion, the Petitioners have failed to make out any case for interference by this Court.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Service Law: Posting – Of personnel belonging to Army Service Co rps (ASC) in operational areas – Challenged on the ground t hat since ASC was mentioned as ‘non-operational’ corps in Lt. Col. P.K. Choudhary case, personnel of that corps cannot be posted in ‘operational areas’ – Held: All the streams of Army work and co-operate in order to form a cohesive organisation – Postin gs and transfers are a necessary incident of service – As per the oath administered to the personnel, they are duty bound to serve where ver they are ordered to – Matters of transfer should be left to the discretion of
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