(1) The officers and other members of the Force shall be classified in accordance with their ranks in the following categories, namely:-
(a) Officers –
(i) Director-General.
(ii) Additional Director-General.
(iii) Inspector-General.
(iv) Deputy Inspector-General.
(v) Commandant.
(vi) Second-in-Command.
(vii) Deputy Commandant.
(viii) Assistant Commandant.
(b) Subordinate Officers –
(i) Subedar Major
(ii) Inspector
(iii) Sub-Inspector.
(iv) Assistant Sub-Inspector.
(c) Under Officers –
(i) Head Constable
(ii) Naik
(iii) Lance Naik
(d) Enrolled persons other than Under Officers –
(i) Constable.
(ii) Enrolled followers.
(2) Matters relating to Inter-se seniority of persons belonging to the same rank shall be determined in accordance with such rules as may be made in this behalf.
(3) Notwithstanding any thing contained in these rules, the Director General may, subject to confirmation by the Central Government as provided hereinafter, grant to an officer or Inspector of the Force a rank, mentioned in clause (a) of sub-rule (1), as a local rank, whenever considered necessary by him in the interest of better functioning of the Force.
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(4) An officer or Inspector of the Force holding a local rank,-
(a) shall exercise the command and be vested with the powers of an officer holding that rank;
(b) shall cease to hold that rank, if the grant of such rank is not confirmed within one month by the Central Government or when so ordered by the Director-General or when he ceases to hold the appointment for which the rank was granted;
(c) shall not be entitled to any extra pay and allowances for holding such rank; and
(d) shall not be entitled to claim any seniority over other officers of the Force by virtue of having held such rank.