Supreme Court of India
Lt Gen Ravi Dastane, Avsm, Vsm v. Union of India, Ministry of Defence, through the Secretary & Ors.
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For the above reasons, we have come to the conclusion th at the submissions which have been urged on behalf of the appellan t are lacking in merit.
Judgment, page 18
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Armed Forces: Army Commander – Post of – Appointment – Relevant criteria , seniority or selection – Held: An officer has no vested right to claim promotion on the basis of seniority alone, however, that does not mean that the authority entitled to make the appointment must ig nore seniority – Officers of the Army who attain the rank of Lieutenant General progress through the hierarchical structure afte r fulfilling rigorous criteria of assessment – Principle that the a ppointment of an Army Commander is made by selection does not require that t he criterion of seniority should be ignored –
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