Supreme Court Directs Indian Air Force To Consider Granting Pensionary Benefits To 32 Retired Women SSC Officers Deeming They Had Permanent Commission
Live LawThe Supreme Court, on Wednesday, in exercise of power under Article 142 of the Constitution, directed the Indian Air Force to consider 32 Women Short Service Commission Officers in the present batch of appeals, who were released from service between December, 2006 and December, 2009 and were not considered for grant of Permanent Commission, for grant of one-time. The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, in exercise of power under Article 142 of the Constitution, directed the Indian Air Force to consider 32 Women Short Service Commission Officers in the present batch of appeals, who were released from service between December, 2006 and December, 2009 and were not considered for grant of Permanent Commission, for grant of one-time pensionary benefits deeming that they have completed 20 years of service. Pursuant to the High Court's decision in Babita Poonia, a batch of Writ Petitions reached the Delhi High Court seeking benefit of the judgment of the High Court for WSSCOs in the IAF. They also contended they had legitimate expectation of being considered for grant of PC, as vouched by the Senior Advocate, R. Balasubramaniam appearing on behalf of IAF submitted that the officers in the present appeal are not covered by the operative portion of the judgment of the High Court in Babita Poonia as they were neither serving in the IAF on 12.03.2010, when the judgment was pronounced, nor had they approached the High Court when they were in service.