(1) The following provisions shall govern the training and promotion of subordinate and junior officers in the Electrical Branch of the Indian Navy.
(2) Length of Training. – The various phases of initial training shall be as follows:-
(a) NationalDefence Academy Regular entry cadets . . . 3 years.
Special entry cadets . . . 1 year
(b) Afloat training . . . . 6 months © Basic Engineering course . . . 126 weeks (2 years and 5 months approximately)
(d) Post Graduate afloat training . . 6 months
(e) Specialisation Course . . . 1 year
(f) Industrial training . . . . 6 months.
(3) Promotion. –
(a) Midshipmen. – On completion of 6 months afloat training as cadet and subject to passing the Cadet’s Passing Out Examination and being recommended for promotion, Cadets shall be promoted to the rank of Midshipman.
(b) Acting Sub-Lieutenants. – On completion of 6 months service as Midshipmen and provided they are reported as “Satisfactory” by the Commanding Officer, I.N.S. SHIVAJI, officers shall be promoted to the rank of Acting Sub- Lieutenant with the seniority of the date of promotion.
© Sub-Lieutenants. – Acting Sub-Lieutenants shall be confirmed in rank with original seniority on the day following the successful completion of the Basic Engineering Course.
(c) Lieutenant. – Sub-Lieutenants shall be appointed to sea for sea training and award of Certificate of Competency. They shall be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant at the discretion of the Chief of the Naval Staff, provided:
(j) they have obtained the Certificate of Competency.
(ii) they are recommended by their Commanding Officers as fit in all respects for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant.
(e)Cases of officers who do not receive the Certificate of Competency within 6 months of sea service shall be referred to the Chief of the Naval Staff. No officer shall be promoted before the date of his seniority as a Lieutenant calculated in accordance with subregulation (6).
Explanation. - Officers who are unable to obtain the certificate of competency, owing to the exigencies of Service may be granted the acting rank of Lieutenant at the discretion of the Chief of the Naval Staff from the date on which they otherwise become due for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant to relaxation of the provisions of Sub clause (i)of clause (d). In such cases, they shall be confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on obtaining the certificate of competency, with seniority of date of promotion to Acting Lieutenant. (sub.Vide Amend No.16, SRO17-E dt 5-7-67.
(4) Failure in Examinations- (a) Cadets-
(i)Cadets who fail in the Cadet’s Passing Out Examination shall normally be put back a term and then re-examined. Relegation by a term as a cadet shall entail loss of 6 months seniority for promotion to the rank of Midshipman.
(ii) A second failure in this examination shall entail liability to discharge from the Service.
(b) Basic Engineering Course. -
(i) An officer who fails to reach the required standard at any of the term progress examinations during the Basic Engineering Course shall be put back one term.
(iii) An officer who fails to qualify in the final examination of the Base Engineering Course shall be put back a term at the conclusion of which he shall be reexamined, and if then successful, confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant with Original seniority. Failure in the final examination shall entail loss of seniority towards promotion to the rank of Lieutenant up to a maximum of 6 months.
(iii) A Second failure in the final examination of the Basic Engineering Course shall entail liability to discharge from the Service.
© Specialisation Course. -
(i) An officer who fails to qualify in the Specialisation Course shall be put back a term at the conclusion of which he shall be re-examined. The officer shall also be penalized by the loss of up to a maximum of 3 months time towards seniority as Lieutenant.
(ii) An officer failing twice in the final examination of the Specialisation Course shall be liable to be discharged from the Service.
(d) Basic Engineering and Specialisation Courses. – Officers who pass in their second attempt the final examination of the Basic Engineering Course or the Specialisation Course shall not be entitled to gain in time admissible under sub-regulation(5).
(5) Gain in time. – Officers shall be eligible for the following maximum gain in time for the purpose of calculating seniority as a Lieutenant based on the results of the Passing Out Examination in Cadet Training Ship and the final examinations of the Basic Engineering Course and the Specialisation Course: -
(a) Passing Out Examination in Cadet Training Ship . 1 month
(b) Basic Engineering Course . . 7 months.
© Specialisation Course . . 4 months.
The gain in time shall not be admissible to officers who pass these examinations in their second attempt.
(6) Seniority. – The period of “time to serve” as a Sub-Lieutenant (acting and confirmed) for the purposes of calculating seniority as a Lieutenant shall be three years subject to adjustment according to the tine forfeited or time gained in respect of this promotion.
(7) Cadets and Midshipmen whose period of training is extended on account of sickness may be eligible for an antedate of seniority as a Lieutenant, subject to approval by the Chief of the Naval Staff, in each case.
(Vide Amend No. 13 SRO 76 dt 17-2-67) SECTION VI – OFFICERS IN THE ELECTRICAL BRANCH ON SHORT SERVICE COMMISSIONS.