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A permanent commissioned officer serves at the pleasure of the President. 20 years is the minimum service for pension. Even if you have completed 20 years, you cannot just call it a day unless the President is pleased to let you go.An officer is normally allowed to retire before reaching the age of superannuation a) On completing service for maximum pension for the rank or b) On no longer being considered for promotion. In the Navy that means that you have missed the boat at three annual promotion boards.Other than under these two conditions, premature retirement, either before or after 20 years service, is allowed at the discretion of the President on a case by case basis. The President may or may not be pleased to allow you to retire. An officer who is not permitted to retire may resign his commission. Such resignation, which means you forego all pensionary benefits, may or may not be accepted.I doubt if the President personally decides whom to keep and whom to let go. This is decided by MOD on the recommendation of service hq. In determining whether to let an officer go, or not the requirements of the service come first. IMHO no one benefits by forcing an officer to stay when he wants out.PS. A coursemate of mine from NDA was permitted to leave the service as a Sub Lieutenant, ie before completing 3 years service, on extreme compassionate grounds. His two brothers who were in the army died in quick succession, one in Bangladesh and the other in a training accident.

Usually each service makes a list of individuals recommended for promotion to a flag officer rank (general and admiral ranks) by holding a promotion board. The actual appointment is made by the President, usually funneled to him through the civilian secretary of a given service. Those appointments must then be approved by the Senate.Hence why generals are basically politicians in uniform.General (United States) - Wikipedia10 U.S. Code § 14308 - Promotions: how made

As an officer in the Indian Air Force, the sky is the limit for you. You start your career as a Flying Officer and can rise up to the rank of Air Marshal. The chosen one from the Flying Branch becomes the head of the family i.e. The Chief of Air Staff. To know the exact rank structure for commissioned officers read below.Junior Level OfficersFlying Officer (Fg Offr): Taking off a career in Air Force, this is the first rank an officer wears after successful completion of the training.Flight Lieutenant (Flt LT): Beginning the climb, Flight Lieutenant is the next rung in the Indian Air Force hierarchy, where you play and important role as a member of a cohesive team.Executive Level OfficersSquadron Leader (Sqn Ldr): Taking on bigger responsibilities under your wings, the Squadron Leader undertakes many tasks. Now you are a senior level supervisor.Wing Commander (Wg Cdr): Gearing up for the higher grounds the Wing Commander, the next higher rank, takes on additional responsibilities.Group Captain (Gp Capt): Taking charge of men and management, you as a Group Captain may command a medium-sized Air Force Station or be an important link in decision making mechanism at various IAF formations.Director Level OfficersAir Commodore: An Air Commodore is the next rank and of a Principal Director. You may command a large Air Force Station, or hold Staff Appointments (senior level) at Air HQ/Command HQ.Air Vice Marshal: Only the daring few climb this high in the Air Force hierarchy. An Air Vice Marshal is responsible for taking strategic decisions.Air Marshal: Just one step below the top of the ladder, the Air Marshal commands a lot of power.ChiefAir Chief Marshal: The top of the rung for the best of the best from the flying branch. The Air Chief Marshal heads the Air Force family and is responsible for all strategic and tactical decisions in times of peace and war.Air HQ (AoP’s Branch) formulates the Promotion Policy and Procedure, which is then approved by the Ministry of Defence. To keep pace with careers in the civil, the Air Force has also reviewed its promotion policies to make the service more attractive and has published them for the knowledge of all officers.Candidates passing out from the Air Force Academy or Air Force Technical College are directly commissioned as Flying Officers (Lieutenants/Sub-Lieutenant —Army/Navy). Technical officers who are graduate engineers are given ante-date in seniority of 2 years for pay and promotion compared to other officers of the IAF. The reason is to attract the best possible talent in the technical field.Officers, after serving as Flying officers for 3 years, are promoted to Flight Lieutenants ( equivalent to Captain/Lieutenant) of the other services. However to become a substantive Flt Lt, the officers must pass Promotion Examination 'B.' This examination consists of papers in General Knowledge, Staff duties and Professional subject. An officer must secure 60% to pass this examination.On completion of six years of total service, an officer of the IAF is granted the substantive rank of Squadron Leader (Major/Lt Cdr). This is a far cry from the earlier promotion policy when an officer of the Flying Branch became a substantive Squadron Leader after 11 years of service. Ground duty officers were earlier promoted as Squadron Leaders after 13 years of service.One of the conditions for promotion is that all officers must pass promotion exam C. This again consists of papers on Current affairs, Airpower, Air Force Law, and General Service training. An officer becomes a substantive Wing Commander (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel/ Cdr) after 12 years of commissioned service. Promotions up to the rank of Wing Commander are referred to as time scale promotions.But above the rank of Wg Cdr, all promotions are based on seniority and merit. An officer of the Flying Branch will become eligible for consideration to the rank of Group Captain (Colonel) after completing 16 years of service. Ground duty officers who are non flyers will be considered for Group Captain rank after 18 years of service.Eligible officers will be empanelled and considered by Promotion Board No 2, which is presided over by the Vice Chief of Air Staff. Specialist officers of the concerned branch are co-opted as members of this promotion board. For example for technical officers, the AOM (Air Officer in charge Maintenance) is co-opted as member.No 2 Promotion Board is usually convened once every year in the month of April/May. Eligible officers after due consideration depending upon their service qualifications and annual confidential reports will be considered for the rank of Group Captain. As a rule the last 10 years ACR's (Annual Confidential reports) are considered and an average worked out on a 9 point scale.Officers who have added service qualifications like staff college, Qualified Flying Instructors Course, Long Defense Management course are given extra weightage. The Board will clear a number of officers for promotion to the rank of Group Captain depending on the number of vacancies available (and as per a ratio for Flying Branch officers (fighter/transport/helicopter pilots & navigators) and Aeronautical Branch (Mechanical and Electronics).Subsequent promotions to the rank of Air Commodore and Air Vice Marshal come under the purview of the No 1 Promotion board of which the Chief of Air Staff is the presiding officer. The AOA is in attendance. The board, usually held in February/March will consider the last 10 years ACR's as well as service qualification like command of a wing or station. All recommendations of the promotion boards (1 and 2) are put for approval to the Ministry of Defence, which has the last say in all matters of promotion.Normally all officers are considered for promotion for 3 consecutive promotion boards, and after that face the concurrent promotion board. 25% of all vacancies are reserved for concurrent list officers. Officers who are bypassed for promotion in all boards are given the time scale rank of Group Captain after 25 years of service.A Special Promotion Board, presided over by the CAS and comprising the four senior-most Air Marshals, consider air officers of the rank of AVM for promotion to the rank of Air Marshal. Promotion to the rank of Air Marshal as well as the Air Officer Commanding- in- Chief is approved by the ACC (Appts Committee of the Cabinet) and the Air Chief's appointment by the Prime Minister himself.Sources :-Growth-Career Air ForceCareer Planning and promotions of Officers in the Indian Air ForceThank You.!