Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that he was unhappy over the controversy surrounding Army Chief's age and that he hoped it would be resolved.

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Gen VK Singh had two sets of birth dates in the official records -- May 10, 1950 and May 10, 1951, leading to the controversy.He has been contending that May 10, 1951 should be treated as his actual date of birth as it was mentioned in his matriculation certificate but the Defence Ministry has rejected it as May 10, 1950 is the date entered in his UPSC entrance form.

By the government decision, he will retire on May 31 this year.