After winning a three-year-long court battle, women officers of the Air Force will now be accorded permanent commission for which an exercise has been initiated by the IAF. <br/><br/>A senior IAF officer said that they have already started the process for according permanent commission to women officers in accordance with the Delhi High Court orders. <br/><br/>The court orders came in March this year on a petition from 22 IAF and another 30-odd Army women officers, who accused the government of discriminating against them vis-a-vis their male counterparts. <br/><br/>IAF sources said the force had already issued offer letters to all these women officers asking if they would be interested in a permanent commission.