Not All The Grass Is Olive Green....

As the Title says it all and is applicable for few who have Green Glasses and need to be shown the colour of deeds.. Its goes right like this...

Overruling the army chief, defence minister A.K. Antony has asked for disciplinary proceedings that may lead to a court martial against the military secretary, Lt Gen. Avadhesh Prakash, after he was indicted by an internal inquiry in the Sukna land transfer case. Army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor had issued a showcause notice to Prakash demanding an explanation why administrative action should not be taken against him as "The Telegraph" stated.
Lt Gen Prakash is due to retire at the end of this week and Senior officers in army headquarters are scheduled to attend his “dining out” farewell party tomorrow. If a court martial is ordered, Lt Gen Prakash will have to appear before it even after his retirement on January 31. Antony had made his views known to the army chief after the military secretary had responded to the showcause notice on 25th January. Lt Gen Prakash may be the seniormost officer to be court-martialled.

The move to direct a switch from “administrative action” to “disciplinary action” can be seen as evidence of the mild-mannered Antony having concluded that the army chief was being too protective of his principal staff officer. 
It also means that the government has taken the Sukna land transfer issue as much larger than a case of suspected corruption involving the military secretary and Siliguri-based realtor Dilip Agarwal.
More important, it was a breach of security rules in the strategic “chicken’s neck” or Siliguri Corridor. This was brought out in the report of the court of inquiry convened by Lt. Gen. V.K. Singh.“Administrative action” can mean non-recordable censure, recordable censure or sacking. While the censure can be given by the army chief, it is only the government that can terminate the services of an officer as punishment. After the investigation in Calcutta the army chief issued a showcause notice to Prakash asking him to explain why administrative action should not be taken against him. A source in the army headquarters said the chief was contemplating a “censure”.
Court martial sentences can vary from censure to cashiering (being stripped of rank and privileges and dismissal). 
By ordering disciplinary proceedings against Prakash, Antony has sent a political message too that the instrument of court martial will now be used against senior officers also.

The grass is no more OG for those who think OG

Show Cause to General.... Generally..

The Army Chief, Gen Deepak Kapoor, letting off MS, Lt Gen Avdhesh Prakash, before his retirement without any punishment, is a known fact. It was well understood that the MS would be let off with something like an explanation on paper, followed by perhaps a severe displeasure.

If MS was taken high-handedly, he would have certainly got the Chief too in deep shit, who along with the MS met the Maharaja of Jodhpur, for whatever reason and also his wife Keerti Kapoor as one of the trustees of the School Board.

According to a defence journalist, Chief has three options, which are to give recordable censure to the officer, which means no promotions for him in the next three years, or non-recordable censure; which actually means nothing , just a letter of displeasure, or a dismissal from service which has to be brought through the President of India's office, via MoD, after invoking the clause of the President's displeasure which freezes the officer's pensionary benefits etc----this was also the case in former Naval Chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat's case. Adm Bhagwat got administrative action as dismissal as displeasure of the President, which affected his pension, which he got restored after going to the Supreme Court.

We all have to wait till the MS replies and see how convincing his reply is and how much is the Chief convinced, but by the time all this happens the MS retires !! Lt Gen Rath faces court martial and the other two also have to reply to their show-causes!!

Close to the end of his tenure, General Kapoor is under a cloud after failing to act decisively in a succession of scandals: from dubious procurements during his command in Udhampur, to the recent land scam allegedly involving his close affiliate. While investigating those unsparingly, the MoD owes support to a respected institution — the Chief of Army Staff — when it is under gratuitous media attack.

Jack fell down.. Jill come Tumbling After..

As the Court of Inquiry findings of the land scam case involving the Military Secretary, Lt Gen Avdhesh Prakash awaits a decision at the top, It has been discovered that Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur, who is also a patron of the Ajmer-based Mayo College, was approached by the Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor and Military Secy Lt Gen Avdhesh. The meeting which took place in Jodhpur was to rope in the Maharaja into the project, which is to make a chain of schools on similar lines, under Geetanjali Educational Trust. MS is connected with the land broker who was facilitating the deal, Dilip Agarwal.

The Maharaja is said to have refused to do anything with the Trust, which claims to have an affiliation with Mayo. Mrs Keerti Kapoor also finds her name on the Board of Trustees of the Educational Trust. As the scam gets murkier, sources have said that it is quite unlikely that the Chief would take any action against the MS, who is just 20 days to retire from service, as the Chief also would find himself dragged into the controversial scam, if the MS was questioned. The Chief superannuates on March 31, 2010, and it would be a huge embarrassment for the Government to question the Chief, take action against him and send him home before Mar 31st.

Military Secretary, Lt Gen Avdhesh Prakash, when questioned if he had met the Maharaja of Jodhpur, Gaj Singh, in the Court of Inquiry in Kolkata, he admitted to having met him, to which he was asked further if someone else also went with him, his answer to which was, "I don't remember".

But it is certain as per reliable sources that the MS and the Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, had met the Maharaja last year to get the school-chain endorsed, as Gaj Singh is a patron of the Ajmer-based Mayo College, to which the Maharaja refused.

The CoI and the Eastern Army Commander, Lt Gen V K Singh, were aware of this clandestine meeting, according to reliable sources, which is why this question was brought up during the inquiry, and was left at that, when the MS said he doesn't remember. The decision of the matter, (which is under the AG, Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal, a Rajput officer, the same regiment as the next Chief Lt Gen V K Singh), is solely the Chief's decision, and can't be questioned even by the MoD. Section 123 can be invoked, (Section 123 of the Army Act, which empowers army to take action against individuals who have retired.) if a Court Martial is announced before the officer retires and thereafter is attached for further inquiry and recording of summary of evidence.Even if Lt Gen Prakash opts to quit from service, he will need to get clearance from the vigilance department before his resignation is accepted by the Defence Ministry. It has been indicated, that what the Chief fears is the former deputy chief designate Lieutenant General P K Rath, more than the MS, which is what explains why everyone in this case are likely to go scot-free. AG can only recommend, but the final decision lies with the Chief!!

"Lets see skeletons have started tumbling out of the closet."