Leaving military service to join a civil post is not a right : Indian Supreme Court

Economic Times reported the case of a serving Corporal of the Indian Air Force who cleared the state examination to become a civil servant; however, he was not allowed to leave by the Air Force authorities. His plea was previously rejected by the Armed Forces Tribunal, New Delhi and the Delhi High Court.

Indian Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the earlier courts and reiterated that a person enrolled in the Armed Forces cannot assert a general right to act in breach or defiance of policies governing taking permission from the organization to leave military service for joining a civil post.