Supreme Court asks Centre to apprise about batch parity in Army promotion

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today asked the government to apprise it about the factual position on the issue of "batch parity" in promotion of army officers of the rank of Colonel and above belonging to various branches like the Armoured Corps, Engineering, Infantry and Artillery.

A bench comprising Justices T S Thakur and Kurian Joseph asked Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, appearing for the Ministry of Defence, to state the factual and legal positions on the issue concerning army promotions.

The issue was raised when Meenakshi Lekhi, appearing for some Army officers, alleged that the 2009 promotion policy was aimed at providing an edge to officers of the Infantry and discriminated against officers belonging to other divisions.