To be eligible for promotion in accordance with Regulations 168 to 173, an officer must have a satisfactory record of service and be recommended.
OFFICERS ENTERED BEFORE 1ST JNUARY,1955 175-178 deleted vided Amendment No. 16(38) SRO 17E dt 5-7-1967 SECTION VII – AGES OF COMPULSORY RETIREMENT
179. (1) Ages of Compulsory Retirement of Officers of all Branches (except Branch List Officers, Officers of he Instructor Branch and Medical Branch) Admiral 60 Years Vice-Admiral … 58 years.
Rear-Admiral … 57 years Captain … 55 years Commander … 50 years (See explanation below).
Lieutenant-Commander and below … 48 years.
Officers of the rank of commander And below Ex-Branch List 50 years, Extendable at the discretion of the Ministry of Defence upto 55 years.
a. officers of all branches shall normally be placed o the retired list on their earning the maximum pension of their rank, if this occurs earlier that their attaining the age limits mentioned in sub-regulation (I), but not before they attain the age of 48 years. They may, if required, be retained on the active list until they reach the age of compulsory retirement of the rank held. Vide Amendment no.51(2) b. notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (I) and (2), officers of all braches may be allowed to retire, at the discretion of the Government at any time before they reach the age of 48 years.
Vide Amendment No. 51(I) (SRO 93 dt 27 May 71
Explanation. – Officers promoted by time-scale, who have completed 26 years service before reaching this age limit, shall be retired earlier on completion of 26 years service but not before attaining 48 years of age. Similarly officers who have been able to complete the prescribed period of service as acting, or acting combined with substantive Commander counted for the retiring pension of that rank, either before 24 years or thereafter, shall be retired earlier than 50, but not before attaining 48 years of age.
180 (I) Age of compulsory retirement for Instructor officers. The ages of compulsory retirement or officers shall be as given below:- Instrucrtor Captain . . . . . . 55 years Instructor Commander . . . . . . 50 years.
Instructor Lieutenant . . . . . . ) ) 48 years Commander and below . . . . . . )
Explanation- the ages of compulsory retirement or officers who entered service prior to February, 1963, including those promoted-BRANCH List, shall be as given below:-
(i) Officers who possess the minimum academic qualification prescribed in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 166- All ranks . . . . . . . . 55 years.
(ii)Officers other than those specified in item (i) Instructor captain . . . . 55 years Instructor commander . . . . 52 years Instructor Lieutenant Commander and below . . . . 50 years
(iii)The ages of retirement of ex-Branch List officers of the rank of Instructor commander and below shall be extendable to 55 years at the discretion of defence Ministry. (vide Ammd No16(40) SRO 17-5-67)
(2) Officers shall normally be placed on the retired likes on their earning the maximum pension of their rank, if this occurs earlier than their attaining the age limit mentioned in sub-regulation
(i) but not before they attain the age of 48 years. They may, if required, be retained on the active list until they reach the4 age of compulsory retirement of the rank held.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (I) and (2), officers may be allowed to retire, at the discretion of the Government, at any time before they reach the age of 48 years.
(Vide Ammend No. 5I (2) SRO 193 dt 27 May 1971 Note:- Sub- regulation (3) of Regulations 179 and 180 were deleted vide Amendment Nos.
16(39) (b) and 16 (40) (c) darted 1 Jan 68.
CHAPTER VII BRANCH OFFICERS (OTHER THAN INSTRUCTOR BRANCH) PROMOTION AND AGES OF COMPULSORY RETIREMENT Section Regulations I Promotion to Commissioned Officer (Branch List) . . . . 181 – 194 II Promotion to Senior Commissioned Officer and above . . . 195 – 199 III Selective Promotion to Lieutenant . . . . . . 200 IV Ages of Compulsory Retirement 201 SECTION I – PROMOTION TO COMMISSIONED OFFICER (BRANCH LIST)