Pushed on the backfoot, government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn its December 30 order rejecting Army Chief General V K Singh's statutory complaint for treating his date of birth as May 10, 1951 instead of May 10, 1950.

The government's decision to rescind the order came against the backdrop of the apex court stating that its December 30 order was vitiated and would be quashed if this was not done.