Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has ordered a re-examination of service officers rankings in the warrant of precede: rice, General K, Sundarji, chief of the army staff, has reportedly pointed out to him “the psychological problems caused by the unwarranted degradation of service officers in the warrant of precedes 2 From time to time, other chiefs of staff have voiced their unhappiness over the warrant of precedence rankings; after every war India has fought, after independence, the service officers have got Tower rankings. After the Kashmir war in 1947-48, the Chiefs of staff of the three services were moved below the judges of the Supreme Court, and Major-Generals were ranked below Chief Secretaries of the state government. ‘After the India-China war in 1962, the Chiefs of staff were moved below the cabinet secretary and major-generals below the director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). After the India-Pakistan war in 1965, the chiefs of staff were placed below the Attorney-General and Major-Generals below General Managers of railways.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 15, 1986
