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Section 125 in The Naval Ceremonial, Conditions Of Service And Miscellaneous Regulations, 1964

125. Training and Promotion of subordinate and junior officers.

(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)National Defence Academy  
Regularentry cadets 3years.
Specialentry cadets 1year.
(b)Afloat Training 6months.
(c)Basic Engineering Course 126weeks (2 years and 5months approximately)
(d)Post-Graduate afloat training 6months.
(e)Specialisation Course 1year.
(J)Industrial training 6months.
(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 Midshipmen.
(b)Acting Sub-Lieutenants. - On completion of [6 months] [Substitued by S.R.O. 237, dated 24th May, 1975] service as Midshipmen and provided they are reported as "Satisfactory" by the Commanding Officer, Indian Naval Ship SHIVAJI, officers shall be promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant with the seniority of the date of promotion.
(c)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.
(d)Lieutenants. - 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:
(i)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 [Sub-regulation (6)] [Substitued by S.R.O. 17E, dated 5th July, 1967]
[Explanation. [Substitued by S.R.O. 17E, dated 5th July, 1967] - 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 in relaxation of the provisions of sub-clause (i) of cl. (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.]
(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.
(ii)An officer who fails to qualify in the final examination of the Basic Engineering Course shall be put back a term at the conclusion of which he shall be re-examined, 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.
(c)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 penalised 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 1month.
(b)Basic Engineering Course 7months.
(c)Specialisation Course 4months.
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 time 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.] [Inserted by S.R.O. 76, dated 17th February, 1967]Section VI - Officers in the Electrical Branch on Short Service Commissions