SWATANTER KUMAR, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner Col. B. S. Rai was charged of having committed the following offence under Section 57 (c) of the Army Act, 1950 on 14. 1. 2004:-"charge SHEET the accused, IC-34740f Colonel Brijendra Singh Rai of Army Headquarters (Directorate General of Signal Intelligence) attached to Headquarters 11 Corps artillery Brigade, an officer holding a permanent commission in the Regular army, is charged with:-Army Act Sec 57 (c) KNOWINGLY AND WITH INTENT TO INJURE ANY PERSON altering A DOCUMENT WHICH IT WAS HIS DUTY TO PRODUCE in that he, at Jalandhar Cantt, on or about 26 Sept 2000, which came to the knowledge of the authority competent to initiate action on 20 Feb 2003, while Commanding 571 Sub group and having awarded figurative assessment of nine points in paragraphs 9 (a), 9 (b), 9 (d), 9 (g), 9 (h), 9 (j), 9 (k), 10 (a) to 10 (g) and 12 of the Annual confidential Report of IC-47755h Major Ajay Shreedhar of his unit, which it was his duty to submit, knowingly altered the assessment to eight points without the knowledge of the said officer. Place: Jalandhar Cantt sd/-Dated : 14 January 2004 (Rajan Anand)Brigadier commander 11 Corps Artillery Brigade to be t