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The affidavit further said, "The passing of directions The affidavit further said, "The passing of directionsfor initiating administrative action against me after aboutone month of having already finalised the Court of Inquirysmacks of a motivated, biased, arbitrary and malicious intentto punish me which the then COAS executed apparently asplanned by him". Regarding the Jorhat operation, Dalbir Singh has said inhis affidavit that "on that day, I was away on part of annualleave and rejoined duty on 26 Dec 2011". Dalbir Singh’s promotion as GOC-in-C, Eastern Command,with effect from June 15, 2012 was cleared by General BikramSingh who had reversed the DV ban after V K Singh had retiredon May 31, 2012. Dastane has alleged in his plea that he was eligible tobe the Army Commander but was denied the opportunity byGeneral Bikram Singh who had favoured Dalbir Singh despite thefact that he was under a DV ban at the relevant time. The Ministry of Defence, in its affidavit filed earlierin the apex court, had rejected Dastane’s contentions and hadalso censured the manner in which V K Singh had placed DalbirSingh under DV ban. PTI ABA MNL SJK RKS RRT GSNGSN