(f) Substantive Promotion :

SSCOs male and female granted Short Service Commission under these rules will
be eligible for substantive promotion as under:—
(i) To the rank on completion of 2 years
of Capt. reckonable commissioned service
(ii) To the rank of on completion of 6 years
Major reckonable commissioned service.
(iii) To the rank of on completion of 13 years
Lt. Col. reckonable commissioned service.
(g) Mandatory Conditions:
Mandatory conditions for grant of above substantive ranks laid down for Permanent
Commissioned officers as well as the eligibility, time limit and penalties for
promotions exam Part B and D as applicable to permanent commission officers also
be similarly applicable to SSCOs male and female.
h) Adjustment of Seniority:
To make adjustment for shorter training of SSC male and female vis-a-vis PC
officers, the seniority of SSC male and female officers will be depressed by the
period corresponding to the difference in training period between the SSC course
under consideration and the training period of its equivalent PC Course. This
adjustment of seniority will be carried out at the time of grant of first substantive
rank of captain. The revised seniority will have no effect on the pay and allowances
granted in the rank of Capt. Major and Lt.Col.
(i) Reckonable Commissioned Service:
Subject to provision of Para 10 (h) above, reckonable commissioned service for the
purpose of these orders will count from the date of grant of Short Service
Commission to an officer. The period of service forfeited by sentence of Court
Martial or any summary award under the Army Act and the period of absence
without leave will not be reckonable. The period during which furlough rates of pay
are drawn and the period of captivity at POWs rates of pay, will be reckonable. The
period of service for promotion lost by an officer in consequence of his/her having
been granted leave without pay will also be reckonable. Such an officer will,
however, become entitled to the pay and allowances of the higher substantive rank
granted by the inclusion of this period only from the date on which he/she would
have qualified by service if this period had not been so reckoned and not with effect
from the date of grant of substantive rank.
(j) Leave: Leave will be admissible in accordance with the Leave Rules for the
Service Vol. 1-Army as amended from time to time.
For leave, officers will be governed by rules applicable to short Service Commission
officers as given in Chapter IV of the Leave Rules for the Service Vol.I-Army. They
will also be entitled to leave on passing out of the Officers Training Academy and
before assumption of duties under the provision of the Rule 69 ibid.
SSC Women Officers will also be eligible for following kinds of Leave:
(i) Maternity Leave: Woman officer of the Army – Rule 56 of Chapter-IV of
Leave Rule for the Services Vol.I-Army, Fourth Edition.
(ii) Child Care Leave : Woman Officers of the Army – Rule 56A of Chapter-IV
of Leave Rules for the Services Vol.I-Army, Fourth Edition as amended vide
GOI MoD letter No.B/33922/AG/PS-2(b)/3080/D(AG-II) dated 19 Nov 2018.
(iii) Child Adoption Leave : Woman Officers of the Army – Rule 56B of
Chapter-IV of Leave Rules for the Services Vol.I-Army, Fourth Edition.
(k) Termination of Commission
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