Major General A.K. Kapur, Vsm vs Union Of India & Ors. on 7 October, 2009
33. If the petitioner had been promoted, nothing
precluded the respondents at the appropriate stage
to take action against him. The Army authorities
have deemed fit that during all this period of time
when the petitioner had not been promoted, he
continues to occupy the most important post i.e.
Major General Army Ordnance Corps (MGAOC), HQ,
South Western Command, Jaipur and the petitioner is
dealing with purchases. Thus, the petitioner had
been found fit to perform important duties dealing
with financial ramifications and yet promotion has
been denied to him. The origin of all this is what is
stated to be sourced information received just prior to
the petitioner being considered for promotion by the
SSB. We do feel that this is one of the exceptional
cases which fall within the category of cases as
mentioned in Badrinath v. Government of Tamil Nadu
and Ors‟s case (supra) where there is a clear case of
legal bias against the petitioner, who is sought to be
denied promotion on one count or the other though
none of the counts can come in the way of his
promotion.