(a) those entered as Acting Sub-Lieutenant. – Sub-Lieutenant to lieutenant-on attaining 3 ½ years’ seniority in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant including period spent as Acting Sub-Lieutenant;
(b) those entered as Sub-Lieutenant. – Sub-Lieutenant to Lieutenant – on attaining 2 ½ years’ seniority in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant.
(2) In cases falling under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-regulation (1) the period to serve in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant may be reduced by a maximum of 12 months depending on the results of the examination held on completion of initial training.
Explanation 1. – No officer shall be promoted to the rank of lieutenant unless he has obtained a full Naval Watchkeeping Certificate. Should an officer fail to obtain a full Naval Watchkeeping Certificate before he becomes due for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, his promotion shall be delayed correspondingly and the time thus lost shall not count as reckonable service for promotion.
Explanation 2.- In the case of officers employed permanently on provost duties, the condition of obtaiing full Naval watchkeeping certificate may be waived.
(Insert vide Annexure No.69 SRO 13E dated 23May 73.)
(3). – An exception to this Regulation may, however, be made in the case of an officer if the Chief of the Naval Staff is satisfied that the officer has been unable to obtain a Watchkeeping Certificate owing to the exigencies of the Service. In such a case, the officer shall be promoted to the rank of Acting Lieutenant on the due date and confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant on obtaining the requisite certificate, with the seniority of the date of promotion to Acting Lieutenant. An officer, who has been given the opportunity to obtain a Naval Watchkeeping Certificate but fails to do so within one Year of being given the opportunity, shall be liable to be discharges from the Service at the discretion of the Government.
154A Promotion to Lieutenent. – Officers who are specializing or have specialized as pilots and observers for employment in Naval Aviation and who are unable to obtain their Naval Watchkeeping Certificate, owing to the exigencies of the Service, maybe promoted to the confirmed rank of Lieutenant, when due for such promotion. They shall not, however, be eligible for further promotion (Acting or confirmed) until and unless they obtain the Naval Watchkeeping Certificate which must be obtained by them within one year of becoming available for employment in the General Service.