New Delhi: In view of the situation developed since the launch of ‘Operation Sindoor’ against India against India, on Friday, in response to the murder of 26 tourists in Pahgam, the Supreme Court told the Center that the time is not right for the discharge of 69. Small service commission officer (SSCOS), including 47 women.“, We do not bring their morale down. They are great officers. Their services can be used elsewhere. It is not the time to force them to roam in the Supreme Court corridors. They may be somewhere else to serve the country,” said a Justice of Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh.Additional Advocate General Aishwarya Bhati Said that this is an administrative decision to discharge SSCOS, which is not found fit for after completing 14 years of service. Permanent commission (PC). “It is based on the policy of keeping the armed forces young,” he said.Is visible for Lieutenant Colonel Geeta SharmaSenior advocate Maneka Guruswami said that administrative decisions cannot be discriminatory and when there are vacancies in the posts of PC officers, there is no reason that SSCOs like Sharma are not given PC. Guruswami cited the example of Colonel Sophia Qureshi, who fought a legal battle to obtain a PC and was now seen briefing the media about Operation Sindoor.The bench said that the question before the court is purely legal and it has nothing to do with individual authorities. However, it was discharged by SSCOS till 6-7 August, when the courts will hear the petitioners and the government in detail.Bhati informed the court that Sharma, who was commissioned at the Core of Signal in March 2011, was considered for the Permanent Commission in December 2020 and was found to be fit for four years of service.204 SSCOS, 77 technical and 127 for their batch of non-technical, there were 119 vacancies of the Permanent Commission. The PC was given 118 SSCOS, and 56 others were given four years of extension. Overall, Sharma’s 30 batchmates were issued from service from 18 March. However, the release of eight women SSCOs has been stopped. In its February 2020 judgment, SC ordered that women deserve PC and command positions in the armed forces.
