(1) An officer who is found by a medical board to be permanently unfit for any form of Naval service may be released from the service in accordance with the procedure laid down in this regulation.
(2) The president of the medical board shall, immediately after the medical board has come to the conclusion that the officer is permanently unfit for any form of Naval service, issue a notice specifying the nature of the disease or disability he is suffering from and the finding of the medical board and also intimating him that in view of the finding he may be released from the services;
Provided that where in the opinion of the medical board the officer is suffering from a mental disease and it is either unsafe to communicate the nature of the disease or disability to the officer or the officer is unfit to look after his interest, the nature of the disease or disability shall be communicated to the officer’s next-of-kin who shall also have the right to petition under sub-regulation
(3).
(3) Every such notice shall also specify that the officer may, within fifteen days of the date of receipt of the notice prefer a petition against the finding of the medical board to the Chief of the Naval Staff through the President of the medical board.
(4) If no petition is preferred within the time specified in sub-regulation (3) the officer may be released from the service by an order to that effect by the chief of the naval staff
(5)If a petition is preferred within the time specified in sub-regulation (3), it shall be forwarded to the Government together with the records thereof and the recommendation of the Chief of the Naval Staff and the Government may, after considering the petition and the recommendation of the Chief of the Naval Staff, pass such order as it deems fit.