(a) Ex VCOs/JCOs and ex WOs Class I of the Regular Army and ex JCOs of the Terrirorial Army who are granted commission in the Territorial Army and who have eight years' combined Regular Army and/or embodied Territorial Army service as VCOs/JCOs/WOs Class I and in the ranks at the time of grant of commission, will be gazetted in the rank of Lieutenant and granted two year's ante-date for the purpose of pay This period will also count towards service limits laid down for acting promotion to the rank of Captain only, so long as the scheme of acting promotions is operative in the Territorial Army.
(b) Ex-Army Officers who were commissioned direct in the rank of Lieutenant in the Regular army on the basis of their previous service as JCOs/WOs and in the ranks will also be commissioned direct in the rank of Lieutenant in the Territorial Army and granted the benefit mentioned in para
(a) above in addition to the benefit of their full pay commissioned service, admissible under these Regulations.
27. Terms and Conditions-Junior Commissioned Officers - The terms and conditions governing the appointment of junior commissioned officers (other than Medical) are given in Appendix VIII.
28. Reserved.
29. Direct Commission - Junior Commissioned Officers (Medical) - The conditions governing the appointment of junior commissioned officers in the Army Medical Corps are given in Appendix IX.
30. Liability of Service-Medical Officers - Officers of the Medical Services will be posted to Medical units constituted for the zone in which they are for the time being resident, and will be liable to be appointed in medical charge of units of the Territorial Army. When not so posted, they will be attached for training under the order and at the discretion of the Area or Div or Independent Sub Area or Independent Bde Group or Independent Brigade Commander to a military hospital or regular medical unit. Such attachment will be made, as far as circumstances permit, at such time and place as may be convenient to the officer concerned.
31. Honorary Commissions - High Government officials, Officers of the Army, Air Force and Navy and private gentlemen of good social position may be granted honorary commissions in the Territorial Army upto the rank of ‘Brigadier’ by the Central Government. ( As amended vide C.S. No 268/III/86)
(a) Honorary Aide-de-Camp.
(i) Officers of the Territorial Army are eligible for appointment as Aide-de-Camp to the President of the Republic of India. Not more than one officer at a time, shall hold such an appointment which will be for a period of 5 years, but will terminate earlier on the holder’s demise, demotion, discharge or retirement from the service or demission of office by the President.
(ii) An officer will be granted a step of honorary rank on any substantive rank held by him on appointment as Aide-de-Camp to the President. The step higher rank granted shall however, not exceed the highest substantive rank that a TA officer can attain i.e., the rank of Brigadier. (Auth - No. B/42446/TA-4/403/SO/D(GS-1) Govt of India, Min of Def, Dt 03 Apr 1998)
(iii) The rank of the officer for appointment as ADC to the President will be Lieutenant-Colonel or above.
(b) Ranks to JCOs on Retirement - Retired JCOs of the Territorial Army may be granted honorary rank upto the .rank of honorary captain by the Central Government.
(c) TA NCOs and Sepoys, discharged on completion of term of engagement / retirement may be granted honorary rank up to Naib Subedar by the Central Government subject to the Terms and Conditions, given in Appendix III. (Auth : Case No-68913/GS/TA-3(a)/1665/81/D(GS-VI) Min of Fin(Def) uo No 1536/PD of 1981).
(d) Honorary Commission.
(i) Honorary Commission to Territorial Army Junior Commissioned Officers while in service will be awarded upto Honorary Lieuts and Honorary Captains twice in a year i.e. on Republic Day and Independence Day, based on the authorised strength of JCOs in Departmental and Non-Departmental TA Units. Over all figures of Honorary Commission will not exceed the ratio laid down from time to time. (Auth: C.S. No. 265/1/86)
(ii) Grant of Honorary Commission to Territorial Army Junior Commissioned Officers while in service will be as per ratio given below:--
(aa) Honorary Lieuts - 12 : 1000 JCOs
(bb) Honorary Capts - 1 : 4 Honorary Lieuts
(iii) Based on the above ratio, separate authorisation will be worked out for all the non-departmental TA Units. In the case of departmental TA units, those figures will be worked out based on the strength of each departmental unit. The overall figures of Honorary Commission will not exceed the ratio mentioned in Para (ii) above.
(Auth : No 68913/GS/TA-3(a)/1653/B/D/(GS-VI) Govt of India, Min of Defence dated 16th Aug 1985)
32. Local Rank-Officers - The local rank in the Territorial Army may be given for special reasons on the recommendations of the Area/Div/Independent Sub Area/Independent BdeGp/Independent Bde Commander or TA Group Commander and subject to the sanction of the Chief of the Army Staff. Such a local rank will carry no additional financial benefits and will be surrendered as soon as the special reasons for which it was given cease to exist.
33. Tenure of Appointment on Permanent Staff - Junior Commissioned Officers - The tenure of appointment of a junior commissioned officer, except when otherwise ordered by Army Headquarters, will be 3 years. The tenure of a regular army junior commissioned officer may be extended upto 4 years under orders of the Officer-in-Charge Records/Engrs Group in the case of Armoured Corps, Corp of Artillery, Corps of Signals and Engineers units. In the case of a Territorial Army junior commissioned officer this may be extended upto 5 years under orders of Army Headquarters, extension being granted for one year at a time.
Note - The above tenure will start afresh in the case of a JCO of the Territorial Army who is posted to a new appoint ment on the permanent staff in the same unit or in another unit either in the same rank or in a higher rank. ( As amended vide Case No – 55899/GS/TA-3(a)/1328/D(GS-VI) Min of in (Def) UO No1262 of 1981)
34. Tenure of Appointment and Promotion - A Nb Sub Adjt, Quartermaster, a MT JCO (Nb Sub), a Section Commander (Nb Sub) Mortar Section or a Section Commander (Nb Sub) MMG Section or any Nb Sub appointed on the permanent staff, when promoted to Subedar before the expiry of the tenure of his appointment, may with the approval of the Area or Div or Independent Sub Area or Independent Brigade Group or Independent Brigade Commander or TA Group Commander, be retained in the appointment for the normal tenure, if a suitable Nb Sub is not available. (Auth : CS No – 1(1)/98) PRECEDENCE
35. Precedence - Territorial Army Officers - The precedence of officers of the Territorial Army is determined by their rank and dates of appointment to that rank.
The precedence of officers of the same rank will be determined on the basis of the dates of their substantive rank held and that of officers appointed to their substantive rank on the same date, in the order in which their names appear in the Army list.
36. Seniority - Territorial Army Officers Vis-a-vis Regular Army Officer- Territorial Army officers when serving with officers of the Regular Army will be junior to the Regular Army Officers in the same rank except that a Territorial Army Officer holding a substantive rank will be senior to a regular Army officer holding the same rank in an acting capacity.
Exception : In the case of a Rly Engrs Group (TA), its 2IC will be deemed to be senior than the Adm Officer of that unit.
37. Precedence - Junior Commissioned Officers.
(a) The seniority of TA JCOs amongst themselves will be determined as under :-
(i) In the case of Naib Sub and acting Subedars/Risaldars - From the date of commission.
(ii) In the case of substantive Subedars/Risaldars/Subedar Majors/Risaldar Majors - From the date of substantive rank
(b) Regular Army Junior Commissioned Officers, When serving with Territorial Army Junior Commissioned Officers, will be allowed an ad hoc weightage of four years ante-date for the purpose of determining their seniority vis-a-vis Territorial Army JCOs Subject to this proviso both Regular Army and TA JCOs will take seniority from their respective dates of commission/substantive rank.
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