SSC Officers Do Not Have Option To Shift To Permanent Entry Scheme: ICG To SC

New Delhi: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has told the Supreme Court that the present recruitment rules related to short service commission (SSC) officers specifically provide that they cannot seek permanent commission. The ICG has filed an affidavit in response to a petition moved by a woman officer seeking permanent commission. “Even in the short service appointment (SSA) batch men and women officers are being released after 14 years as per the terms and conditions of the appointments and respective recruitment rules. Such exercising of belated options was not provided to SSA CPL men and women both,” said the affidavit filed by ICG Deputy Inspector General Raj Kamal Sinha. “The men/women applicant opts for the particular scheme of entry at the time of recruitment and post selection officially accepts the same. The petitioner has opted for short service scheme and applied for the same and after selection she was issued an appointment letter very clearly mentioning about her short service appointment,” added the affidavit.