(1) Officers shall be eligible for promotion against vacancies occurring during a financial year in the respective branches and cadres to which they belong.
(2) The promotion of officers to the rank of Deputy Commandant and Commandant (Junior Grade) shall be made on the basis of their seniority subject to fitness and possession of requisite qualifications contained in the relevant Annexure to these rules.
(3) The promotion of an officer to the rank of Commandant and above shall be made on relative merit based selection within the eligible batch of officers of his cadre and branch to which he belongs and subject to possession of requisite qualifications contained in the relevant Annexure to these rules.
(4) The promotion of officers to the rank of Commandant and above shall be on acting basis. They will be confirmed from the date of their promotion on rendering satisfactory service for a period of one year in the higher rank. The service shall be assessed from the Annual Confidential Report rendered on the officers.
(5) All reports of Coast Guard Officers of the rank of Commandant(JG) and Commandant will undergo a ‘Performance Appraisal Review’ at CGHQ by a Performance Appraisal Review Board(PARB) with a view to analyse instances of wide deviations from their previous overall career profile. The Reporting and Reviewing Officers will be required to support very high or low grading in the remarks column. At Coast Guard Headquarters the numerical grades may be suitably moderated on the recommendation of PARB with the approval of the Director General Coast Guard so as to bring the same in tune with officer’s demonstrated past performance.