Promotion

(a)     Counting of service – All full pay commissioned service with the colours as a Medical Officer including period of secondment will count as full commissioned service towards rank and seniority for pay and promotion.

(b)     Promotion to the rank of Captain, Major and Lt Col will be by time scale provided an officer is found fit in all respects and is recommended for promotion:-

(i)     Captain – From the date of eligibility for permanent medical registration on completion of prescribed period of internship/date of commission, whichever is later, for those who are commissioned as per sub-para 3 (a) above. However, the permanent medical registration certificate must be produced within one year from the date of commission or date of eligibility for permanent medical registration. Defaulters will be promoted from the date of production of permanent medical registration. Promotion of officers who do full internship in the AMC will be notified from the due date only on production of Permanent Medical Registration Certificate.

(ii)    Major – On completion of 04 years reckonable service as Captain.

(iii)   Lt Col – On completion of 11 years reckonable service provided the officer completes satisfactorily the MOJC course and qualifies in the examination prescribed for the purpos

(c)     Substantive promotion to the rank of Colonel and above will be by selection to fill the vacancies in the cadre as authorized from time to time and subject to the officer being found fit in all respects.

(d)     Pay & allowances consequent to promotion are granted only on publication of the Gazette Notification. For this purpose all officers who get promoted are required to forward a Full Pay Commissioned Certificate signed by them and countersigned by the Commanding Officer before the Gazette can be published.