ARMY RULES:
r.16-A – Extension of service in ‘exigency of service’ – Senior most Major General in DRDO recommended by Selection Board for promotion as Lieutenant General – Extension of service granted by Presidential orders –
Held: President of India was conscious of the fact while granting extension in service to appellant that his case for promotion as Lieutenant General was under consideration – Extension of service granted to the senior most eligible officer for the purpose of consideration of his promotional claim, for all intents and purposes will be deemed to satisfy the parameters of ‘exigency of service’, stipulated in r. 16A – Administrative Law – Legitimate expectation.
Major General H.M. Singh, VSM v. Union of India and Anr.[2014]
