(1) If the complainant be a Commanding Officer of an Indian Naval Ship, his complaint shall be in writing and addressed to his immediate superior.
(2) If the complainant be an officer serving in one of Indian Naval Ship, his complaint shall be made orally to the Commanding Officer, in accordance with the Service custom whereby a complainant is to make an oral request to see the Commanding Officer for that purpose. If the complainant is an officer below the rank of Captain, such request shall be made through the Executive Officer, and if the complainant is not the Head of Department, the request shall be made in the first place to the Head of the Department.
(3) If the complaint is serving in a Naval establishment not commissioned as a ship and not under the command of a Commanding Officer of one of Indian Naval Ship, the complaint shall be made orally to his immediate superior.
EXPLANATION: for the purpose of this regulation the term “Naval establishment “ shall, in addition to Naval Head quarters and Naval Dockyard, include offices of Administrative Authorities, Naval Officer-in-Charge and Resident Naval Officers of Ports and Naval Advisers to Indian Missions abroad.
(4) If the complainant is an officer who is not serving in a Naval establishment, he shall submit his complaint to his immediate superior, either orally or in writing as may be practicable.
(5) If the complainant is a sailor, his complaint shall be made orally to the Commanding Officer. A request to see the Commanding Officer shall be made to the Executive Officer through the complainant’s Divisional Officer and Head of the Department. A sailor detached from his ship or establishment shall make his complaint to the officer under whose command he may be at this time.