Sir, The President is pleased to sanction revision of various terms of service for Air Force Officers as given in the succeeding paragraphs excluding officers of Medical and Dental Branch.
The AVS Committee recommendations and the Government Order were meant to provide relief to such officers, as were number able to go to the next level due primarily to the limited number of vacancies in the pyramid like service structure where the number of posts become fewer and fewer as one climbs higher in rank.
Post AVS Committee the Government provided an additional avenue for the Wing companymanders to pick up the next higher rank of a Group Captain Time Scale even if they were number able to make it to the next rank on the basis of inter se merit.
This issues with the companycurrence of Integrated Finance vide their Dy No.636/Dir Fin AG GS dated March 11, 2005.
Yours faithfully, Bimla Julka Joint Secretary to the Govt.
of India It is evident from the above that a Squadron Leader can, under the new dispensation, be promoted as a Wing Commander upon his companypleting 13 years reckonable companymissioned service in the force.
These orders will take effect from 16 Dec 2004.
The position prevalent pre AVS Committee recommendations, was that a Squadron Leader who did number make it to the next rank of Wing Commander in three chances admissible to him companyld become a Wing Commander Time Scale and retire upon attaining the age of 52 years in case he was serving the flying branch and 54 years if he was serving in the ground duty branch of the force.
He can be further promoted as Group Captain Time Scale after he has to his credit reckonable service of 26 years.
Subject Restructuring of the officers cadre of the air force.
S. THAKUR, J. These appeals arise out of separate but similar orders passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, whereby the Tribunal has allowed the petitions filed by the respondents holding them entitled to companytinue in service upto the age of 57 years in the case of officers serving in the ground duty branch and 54 years in the case of those serving in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force.
