(1) All executive officers of the same rank shall rank and command according to their seniority in that rank and if they are of the same seniority according to the order in which their names stand in the Navy List, or when not inserted in the list, according to the date of their first commissions, or orders, in their existing rank.
(2) Officers other than executive officers shall rank with each other and with executive officers according to rank and seniority.
(2A) For inter se seniority among officers holding the rank of commander, those promoted by selection against the authorized cadre of commanders shall rank higher than those promoted by time- scale and held in a separate ‘non-selection’ list. Officers promoted to the acting rank of commander before completing 24 years’ service, and made substantive by time-scale while holding the rank of acting commander on completing 24 years service, shall rank and command among officers promoted by selection according to the date of substantive promotion to the rank of commander.
(3)Unpaid acting rank carries with it the same advantages of precedence and command as substantive or paid acting rank and shall have effect so long as the officer is holding the appointment for which it is given.
(4)Officers shall command as laid down in Regulation 225.
(5)Officers shall rank with officers of the Army and the Indian Air Force, in the order given in Regulation 250.