The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Centre's decision to appoint Air Marshal Rajvir Singh as Director General of Medical Services (Army) and asked it to appoint Lt General Manomoy Ganguly to the post.
A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said the case pertaining to Lt Gen Ganguly has had a "chequered history" as he had to initially fight for the promotion and then for the post of DGMS (Army).
"As a result, we allow this writ petition (of Ganguly) and quash orders dated August 10, 2018 (to appoint Rajvir Singh) and issue mandamus directing the respondents (Centre and others) to appoint petitioner (Ganguly) as DGMS (Army)," the bench said.
The bench reproduced the findings of the Armed Forces Tribunal which had said, "There has been some attempt (though we are not suggesting as to whether it was deliberate or bona fide) in denying the respondent his claim for promotion to the rank of Lt. General."
"At the same time, we are constrained to remark that the decision making process suffers from some significant errors and it cannot be said to be unblemished."