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REGISTERED No. L. 3131

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

NEW DELHI, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1847

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

NOTIFICATION

(Navy Branch)

New Delhi, the 17th November 1947

Note 2.—The approximate cost of training fortheRoyal

Indian Navy is £116.

No. 2 32.—An examination for the selection of cadets for entry to the permanent cadre of the commissioned ranks of the Royal Indian Navy will be held at Allahabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Madras and Nagpur on the 19th February 1948, and subsequent days. The examina- tion will be conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission.

NOTE 3.—The undermentioned Provincial Governments and Local Administration have instituted scholarships to candidates from the Provinces/Administration coming out successful in the examination and selected as cadets for the Royal Indian Navy:—

2. The number of vacancies to be filled as a result of this examination is under consideration at present. It is expected that not less than 5 vacancies will be available.

Madras.—I scholarship annualy of the value of £116 to the candidate from Madras standing highest in the examination. Detailed rules are published in Madras Government Order No. G.O.Ms. No. 2218, dated the21st September 1945.

Candidates should show in the application form the order of their preference to the three branches—Esecutives. Engineering and Supply and Secretariat—if they wish to compete for more than one branch.

Bombay.—2 scholarships annually of the value of £116. Bombay Government Resolution, Education and Indust- ries Department No 0975, dated the 6th August 1947 refers.

.P.—Deficitup to £116, according to the circumstan-

3. Candidates who qualify at the written examination will be required to appear before a Services Selection Board, which will make recommendations to the Govern- ment of India for the final selection of cadets for appoint- ment to the vacancies offered at the examination.

ces of the cadets belonging to that Province for any number of approved candidates not exceeding 6perSchedule.

Coorg.—1 scholarship of the value of £116 per annum i

the first successful candidate from Coorg.

Bihar.—1 scholarship annually of the value of £116

4. Candidates for admission to this examination must have been born not earlier than the 2nd September 1928 and not later than the 1st September 1980. The age limits can in no case be relaxed.

the first successful candidate from Bihar.

(Other Provincial Governments and Administration have the question of instituting similar scholarships under consideration.).

5. Particulars relating to educational qualifications and subjects prescribed for the examination are stated in the rules prescribed for the examination, and published m the Ministry of Defence Resolution No. 2688, dated the 17th November 1947.

RESOLUTION (Navy Branch)

New Delhi, the 17th November 1947 No. 2683.—The Government of India hereby make

6. A candidate who desires to appear at the examination is required to submit his application in the prescribed form with the necessary documents in accordance with the "Instructions to Candidates regarding the filling up and submission of applications". Applications must reach the Federal Public Service Commission direct on or before the 20th December 1947. Copies of the Rules and the Applica- tion form, etc., may be obtained direct from the Secre- tary, Federal Public Service Commission, Simla.

follow ing rules for the selection of cadets for the commis- sioned ranks (permanent cadre) of the Royal Indian Navy Candidates will have to appear at an examination, which will be held by the Federal Public Service Commission an the 19th February 1948 and subsequent days at Allahabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Madras and Nagpur. Those who qualify at the written examination will be required to appear before a Services Selection I|o&rd which will make recommendations for the final selectionofcadets.

RULES

1. (i) A candidate for selection

The fact that an application form has been supplied on A particular date will not be accepted as an excuse for the late submission of an application. Candidates who delay uests for forms until a late date will do at

•2. A candidate must be an unmarried man and either—

(a) a national of the Dominion of India by birth or by

after examination by a Medical Board, is found not to satisfy these requirements, will not be accepted for admis- sion to the Service.

domicile, or

(b) a person of Indian descent or a ruler or a cifzen >A

NOTE.—Candidates are recommended to consult a Government medical officer of the stand ng of a Civil Surgeon as to their physical suitability before entering for the examination.

an Indian State or a citizen of the Pakistan Dominion or 3f any other territory adjacent to India in whose favour a declaration of eligibility has been issued by the Govern- ment of the Dominion of India.

8. A candidate must satisfy the Federal Public Service Commission that he is suitable in all respects for employ- ment as a eomm'ssioned officer in the Boyal Indian Navy.

9. The decision of the Federal Public Service Commis- sion as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate shall be final.

10. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination unless he holds a certificate of admission from the Federal Public Service Commission.

3. A candidate must furnish a declaration from his father or guardian, in the form prescribed that the latter is in a position,- and will be prepared to discharge the financial obligations attaching to the candidate's training for appointment to the Boyal Indian Navy. Should it be found that the declaration in regard to discharge of financial obligations during the period of training is false Sfc-ftfff- rospeefr, the candidate will be liable to immediate removal.

NOTE.—The parents' share of cost of training amounts

11. Any attempt on the part of a candidate to enlist support for his application will disqualify him for admis- sion to the Boyal Indian Navy.

i'2. The candidates must pay the following fee:—

A consolidated application and examination fee of Rfc. 87-8-0 (Bs. 9-6-0 in the case of candidates belonging to the scheduled castes) with the application.

to £116. This is meant to meet the private exponditur. of cadets on vacation expenses of £80 {(ft £20 per annum) plus private allowance for first year only of £36, together totalling £116. The whole amount need not be deposited in advance but parents/guardians are to make satisfactor\ arrangements for this payment to be made. It ma> further be noted that £116 is not a firm figure but an 'Approximation of the expenditure likely to be incurred on the two items mentioned.

(A Treasury Beceipt or a crossed postal order only for this amount will be accepted by the Federal Public Service Commission. The Comm'ssion cannot accept the fee in cash or cheques.)

- 4. The maximum number of candidates to be admitted to the examination may in the discretion of the Govern- ment of India, be limited to such number as the Govern- ment of India may decide. If a rmit is imposed and the number of candidates exceeds that limit, the Federal Public Serv'ce Commission shall select from among the applicants those who shall be admitted to the examination and sha'l have regard in so doing to the suitability of the applicants for employment as commissioned officers in the Eoyal Indian mrj.

No claim for a refund of this fee will ordinarily be entertained, nor can this be held in reserve for any other examination. A refund of Bs. 30 (Bs. 7-8-0 in the case of candidates belonging to the schedule castes) will, how- ever, be allowed to a candidate who has paid the consohdat- ed fee of Bs. 37-8-0 (Bs. 9-6-0 in the case of candidates belonging to the scheduled castes), but who is not admitted to the examination by the Commission.

S^^flta^jalat^rrmst^ave passed—

^Ipffthe Matriculation Examination of a recognised Indian

13 The examination will include the following subjects and the maximum number of marks obtainable for saeh subject is as follows:—

Maximum Marks University; or ¹ (b) an examination accepted by any such University as equivalent to a Matriculation Examination for the purpose of admission to a University course; or

300

English Language. . . ,

l. :

(c) the Cmbridge School Certificate Examination; or

200

General Knowledge. . . .

2.

300

Lower Mathematics. .

3.

SOQ

Physics-plus-Chemistry.

4.

800

French

(d) any other examination which may be recognised by [the Federal Public Service Commission as equivalent t-> bite above. 'or must possess one of the following certificates: —

5.

300 (e) the Indian Army Special Certificate of Education;

German. .

6.

English History from 1485. .

•7.

SOO soo

Indian History.

300

Higher Mathematics.

8. a.

L e n ts who join the Forces; or

(g) the Higher Educational Test of the Royal l ^ a,

u"d Lower M.them.bos ""d " " , ?" md EngiMenpg

*Z'2 Higher Secondary Technical Examination Certi

V - +Vl- jvihi Polytechnic; or

qualifying marks at the written examination shall before a Services Selection Board which will make rv mendations for the final selection of cadets.

15. From the marks assigned to candidates in each subject such deduction will be made as the Federal Pub- ic Service Commission may consider necessary in order -JO secure that no credit is allowed ior merely superficial mow ledge.

NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th November 1947 16. Deductions for handwriting which is at all difficult ,o read will be made up to 20 per cent, of the maximum narks for the written subjects. In English, and in every ther subject, deductions for bad English spelling will be aade up to 10 per cent, of the maximum marks.

No. 2684.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section (1) of Section 2 of the Armed Foroces (Emergency Duties) Act, 1947 (No. XV of 1947), the Central Govern- ment is pleased to declare the handling of food and other essential cargoes in the Port of Bombay as a service of vital importance to the community.

H. M. FATBL, Secy.

17. The Federal Public Service Commission shall pre- are a list of candidates in order of their merit as dis- losed by the aggregate marks awarded to each candidate t the^ written examination. The candidates who obtain