An Army Chief Gen V K Singh has pleaded before the Supreme Court that he has a right to retire with dignity. In a 68-page petition, he however accepted the government's right to determine his tenure.

Challenging as illegal and arbitrary the rejection of his Statutory Complaint to Defence Minister A K Antony in December for accepting May 10, 1951 as his date of birth, Gen Singh has said that this is also violative of his fundamental rights.

Seeking the quashing of this order, the Army Chief has pleaded that the government be directed to treat May 10, 1951 as his date of birth and grant all consequential reliefs.