I am in the army. Post inplementation of AV Singh committee report vacancies in the rank of Colonel were released to the army by the govt to improve the promotion prospects based on the cadre strength ie officers auth to the arms and services.
Prior to release of the vacancies 25-30% of a cadre str was promoted to the rank of colonel.
After release of the vacancies the same were reappropriated from the services for the arms. Incedently the officers from services had no say in the issue as the policy makers are from arms. The result was that now 50% + officers are promoted from arms against 28% from services which is accompanied by delays in implementation of promotion due to lack of vacancies.
Is it legally correct to reappropriate vacancies released to the services by the govt to arms as stated above to benifit a select cadre?
Kapil
