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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025/ASHADHA 4, 1947
MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th June, 2025
G.S.R. 413(E). Whereas, the draft of the Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence
Rules, 2025 was published, as required by section 34 of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 (16 of 2024), in the
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, vide number G.S.R. 110(E), dated the 3rd
February, 2025, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i), inviting objections and
suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of fifteen days from the date
on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas, the said draft rules were made available to the public on the 3rd February, 2025;
And whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules within
the period specified have been taken into consideration;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10, 11, 19, 30, and 33 of the Bharatiya Vayuyan
Adhiniyam, 2024 (16 of 2024), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted)
Certificate and Licence Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions. —
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, —
(a) "Act" means the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 (16 of 2024);
(b) "Certificate and Licence" means Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence;
(c) "Director General" means Director General of Civil Aviation;
(d) "Radio Regulations" means the regulations adopted by the World Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva
1995) and includes every revision or modification ratified by the Government of India;
(e) "specified by the Director General" means the directions issued by the Director General under these rules and
placed in public domain of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation;
(2) The words and expressions used herein and not defined and defined in the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam,
2024 (16 of 2024), shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the said Act.
3. Operation of radio-telephone apparatus. — No person shall operate or allow to operate radio telephone service
of any aircraft station or aircraft earth station operating on frequencies allocated exclusively to the aeronautical
mobile service or to the aeronautical mobile- satellite service, unless he holds a valid Radio Telephone Operator
(Restricted) Certificate and Licence issued or recognised by the Central Government.
4. Licensing Authority. — The Central Government shall be the authority to grant or extend the Radio Telephone
Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence.
5. Issuance of Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence.— The Central Government may
grant or extend, as the case maybe, Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence to persons who
have fulfilled the requirements specified in these rules.
6. Eligibility for appearing in Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence examination. —
No person shall be eligible for appearing in the examination under these rules, unless the applicant, —
(a) has attained the age of sixteen years on the date of application;
(b) has passed Class X or its equivalent examination from a recognised Board:
Provided that an applicant who fails in the examination shall not be permitted to appear for re-examination
within a period of six weeks from the date of examination:
Provided further that if the applicant is not a citizen of India, security clearance shall be obtained from the
Government of India.
7. Submission of application. — An application for appearing in the examination for the grant of a Radio Telephone
Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence shall be made to the Director General in the form and manner as
specified by the Director General.
8. Examinations. — (1) The examination for the grant of a Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and
Licence shall be held in the form and manner as specified by the Director General.
(2) The Director General may fix examination centres in India, appoint invigilators, and lay down the procedure
for conducting the examinations.
(3) The Director General may authorise examiners meeting the requirements as specified by the Director General
for carrying out the practical examination.
(4) The Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence examination shall consist of:
(a) written examination; and
(b) practical examination:
Provided that no applicant shall be eligible to appear in the practical examination unless he
has passed the written examination:
Provided further that the Director General may exempt the following applicants from the
written examination:
(i) a qualified pilot from the Indian Air Force, Indian Navy or Indian Army or Indian Coast
Guard who possesses the necessary flying experience and competency as specified by the
Director General;
(ii) a person holding a valid Radio Telephone Operator's (Restricted) Certificate and Licence
issued under the Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Commercial Radio Operator's Certificate of
Proficiency and Licence to Operate Wireless Telegraphy) Rules 1954 ;
(iii) a person holding a valid Flight Radio Telephone Operator's Licence or its equivalent issued
by Commonwealth countries or Philippines:
Provided also that in case a Certificate and Licence granted before the commencement of
these rules has been suspended or in case of pendency of any proceeding connected with such
Certificate and Licence, the holder of such Certificate and Licence shall not be eligible for appearing
in the examinations until the expiry of suspension period.
(5) The syllabus for the examination shall be as under:
(i) written examination covering regulation and procedure, radio principles and practice and radio
telephony as per the syllabus specified by the Director General;
(ii) practical examination consisting of a practical test of radio telephony conducted over simulated
environment and the applicant shall be required to —
(a) use phonetic alphabets and general procedure of radio-telephone working;
(b) carry out communications associated with mobile and/or base stations.
Explanation — for the purposes of clause (ii), the applicant is expected to carry out preparation of
messages for transmission, exchange of traffic, use of priorities, obtaining meteorological
information, position report, distress, urgency, and the like.
(6) An applicant for the grant of Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence shall have passed
the practical examination within three years from the date of passing the written examination:
Provided that the applicant or a person exempted from appearing in the written examination under
sub-rule (4), shall not be permitted to appear in the practical examination for more than three attempts and
on failing to pass during these three attempts, shall be required to pass the written examination again prior to
being allowed to appear in subsequent practical examinations.
9. Fee and other charges. — (1) The fee payable for the Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and
Licence Examination is as under:
(a) written examination: Rupees two thousand per examination;
(b) practical examination: Rupees five hundred per examination.
(2) The fee for issuance of Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence shall be Rupees
five thousand.
(3) The fee for issuance of duplicate Certificate and Licence shall be Rupees five hundred.
(4) The fee shall be paid electronically or as specified by the Director General.
10. Requirements for issue of Certificate and Licence. — An applicant for Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted)
Certificate and Licence shall fulfill the following requirements, namely:
(a) Age — the applicant shall be not less than sixteen years of age on the date of application;
(b) Educational Qualification — the applicant shall have passed Class X or its equivalent from a recognised
Board;
(c) Knowledge — the applicant shall have passed examinations as provided under rule 8.
11. Validity of Certificate and Licence. — (1) The Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence
granted under these rules, unless suspended or cancelled, shall remain valid till the holder attains the age of eighty
years:
Provided that a Certificate and Licence may be extended beyond the age of eighty years, subject to the holder
fulfilling the requirements specified by the Director General.
(2) A Certificate and Licence existing on the day of commencement of these rules shall continue to be valid till
its expiry and the holder may be granted Certificate and Licence under these rules subject to the holder passing the
practical examination as provided under rule 8.
12. Scope of Authority to operate. — The holder of a Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence
may, subject to fulfilling conditions as specified by the Central Government, operate mobile stations as under:
(a) carry out the radiotelephone service of any aircraft station, when working on frequencies of the maritime
mobile service, provided that: —
(i) the peak envelope power of the transmitter does not exceed 200 watts, or
(ii) the operation of the transmitter requires only the use of simple external switching devices,
excluding all manual adjustment of frequency determining elements, with the stability of the
frequencies maintained by the transmitter itself within the limit of tolerance specified by Radio
Regulations and the peak envelope power of the transmitter does not exceed 1.5 kilowatts.
(b) carry out the radiotelephone service of any aircraft station operating on frequencies allocated exclusively
to the aeronautical mobile service:
Provided that the operation of the transmitter requires only the use of simple external switching
devices, excluding all manual adjustment of frequency determining elements, and that the stability of the
frequencies is maintained by the transmitter itself within the limits of tolerance specified by the Radio
Regulations.
13. Production of Certificate and Licence. — Any Certificate and Licence granted under these rules shall, on demand
for the purpose of inspection by any officer of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, or any other person
authorised by the Central Government by special or general order in writing in this behalf, be produced by the
holder of the licence.
14. Issue of duplicate or variation in a Certificate and Licence. — (1) A holder whose Certificate and Licence has
been lost, mutilated or destroyed shall inform the same to the Director General.
(2) An application for issue of duplicate Certificate and Licence or variation in an existing Certificate and Licence
shall be made to the Director General in the form and manner as specified by the Director General.
15. Disqualification from holding or obtaining a Certificate and Licence. — (1) Where the licensing authority is
satisfied, after giving him an opportunity of being heard, that any person, —
(a) has obtained the Certificate and Licence or is in the process of obtaining Certificate and Licence, by
suppression of material information or on basis of wrong information or impersonation; or
(b) has unauthorisedly varied or tampered with the particulars entered in a Certificate and Licence,
the licensing authority may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, make an order disqualifying that person for a
specified period from holding a Certificate and Licence or from obtaining a Certificate and Licence under these
rules.
(2) The Central Government may, by an order, debar a person permanently or temporarily from holding any Certificate
and Licence, issued under these rules, if in its opinion it is necessary to do so in public interest.
(3) Upon the issue of any order under sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2), the holder of a Certificate and Licence, shall forthwith
surrender his Certificate and Licence to the licensing authority, if the Certificate and Licence has not already been
surrendered.
16. Cancellation or suspension of Certificate and Licence. — (1) Where the licensing authority is satisfied, after
giving him an opportunity of being heard, that any person, —
(a) has contravened or failed to comply with the provisions of these rules or any directions issued under rule
18; or
(b) has adopted unfair means during the examination, found guilty of impersonation or of submitting
fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with or of making statements which are
incorrect or false or of suppressing material information; or
(c) has fraudulently lend the Certificate and Licence issued under these rules or allow it to be used by any
other person,
for reasons to be recorded in writing, may suspend or cancel any Certificate and Licence, and may require the
holder to surrender the same for cancellation or suspension.
(2) The Central Government may suspend or cancel any Certificate and Licence, if in its opinion it is necessary to
do so in the public interest.
(3) The Central Government may require the holder of any Certificate and Licence granted to surrender it for
cancellation or suspension and any person failing to comply with any such requirement within a reasonable time
shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of these rules.
(4) The decision of the Central Government as to any ground for suspension of any Certificate and Licence in the
public interest under sub-rule (2), shall be final and binding on the holder of the licence.
17. Appeal. — (1) Any person, aggrieved by an order passed by an officer in exercise of the powers conferred on him
by these rules, may prefer appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 33 of the Act.
(2) An appeal shall be made to the First Appellate Officer or Second Appellate Officer, as the case may be, in the
Form-A appended to these rules along with the supporting documents and fee of rupees one thousand in the manner
as specified by the Director General.
(3) Such Appellate Officer may call for any information, record or any other document from the applicant, if the
same is considered relevant to the appeal.
(4) The Appellate authority based on the appeal made and material fact(s) available on record shall pass a speaking
order in writing.
(5) The copy of order so passed by appellate officer shall be provided free of cost to the appellant.
18. Directions by Director General. — (1) The Director General may issue special directions titled Civil Aviation
Requirements (CAR) not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act or these rules, relating to the examination,
grant and extension of Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence to persons for engaging in
the operation of radio telephone or telegraph for the conduct of operation and maintenance of aircraft and associated
equipment.
(2) The Civil Aviation Requirements under sub-rule (1) shall be issued after placing the draft on the website of the
Directorate General of Civil Aviation for a period of thirty days for inviting objections and suggestions from all
persons likely to be affected thereby:
Provided the Director General may, in the public interest and by order in writing, dispense with the
requirements of inviting such objections and suggestions or reduce the period for submitting such objections and
suggestions.
(3) Every direction issued under sub-rule (1) shall be complied with by the person or persons to whom such direction
is issued.
(4) The Director General may, by general or special order in writing, exempt any person or class of persons from
the operation of the directions issued under sub-rule (1) either wholly or partially, subject to such conditions, if any,
as may be specified in such order.
19. Compounding of offence. — (1) For the purposes of sub-section (4) of section 25 of the Act, the Central
Government may punish any person who has breached rule 3 with fine only which may extend up to one crore
rupees.
(2) Offence punishable under sub-rule (1) may be compounded by the Director General or any officer specially
empowered in that behalf and amount for compounding of such offence shall be one lakh rupees.
(3) An application for compounding of an offence shall be made by the applicant to the Director General or any
officer specially empowered by the Central Government in this behalf in Form-B appended to these rules along
with supporting documents and fee of rupees one thousand in the manner as specified by the Director General.
(4) On receipt of the application for compounding, such officer shall examine the application based on the
documents submitted and submissions made in the application.
(5) Such officer may call for any information, record or any other document from the applicant, if the same is
considered relevant to the compounding proceedings and in case the applicant fails to submit the additional
information or documents called for within the specified period, the application for compounding shall be liable for
rejection.
(6) Such officer may issue notice to all the persons concerned of the case to participate in the compounding
proceedings.
(7) During the compounding proceedings, such officer after giving due opportunity to the applicant of being heard,
shall compound the offence in accordance with the sub-rule (2) and where the amount is not acceptable to the
applicant, then the applicant shall submit an application in writing in this regard to such officer within three days
or within such reasonable period as determined by such officer.
(8) After such submission by the applicant or non-submission of such amount within reasonable time, the
compounding proceedings shall cease and the matter shall be proceeded further in accordance with the provisions
of the Act and these rules and the Officer shall prepare a report in respect of these proceedings.
(9) The amount for which the offence is compounded shall be paid electronically in the manner as specified by the
Director General within thirty days of the date of decision of compounding.
(10) In case a person fails to pay the amount for compounding within thirty days of the order, he shall be deemed
to have never made an application for compounding of any offence under the provisions of the Act and these rules.
(11) The process of compounding of offences shall be completed expeditiously and not later than sixty days from
the date of application and this period of sixty days may be extended upto ninety days by the Director General, for
reasons to be recorded in writing, in exceptional circumstances.
20. Saving of Certificate and Licence issued. - Nothing in these rules shall affect the operation of Radio Telephone
Operator (Restricted) Certificate and Licence which has been granted under the Indian Wireless Telegraphy
(Commercial Radio Operator's Certificate of Proficiency and Licence to Operate Wireless Telegraphy) Rules 1954
or any other rule for the time being in force prior to the commencement of these rules or till a date is notified by
the Central Government in this regard.
FORM-A
(See rule 17)
Form of appeal (First/Second) to the Appellate Officer
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 1. | Name(s) of the Appellant |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 2. | Address |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 3. | Email Address |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 4. | Phone No. |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 5. | First Appeal/ Second Appeal |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 6. | Order No. with Date, against which the appeal is |
| | preferred |
| | (copy of the order to be enclosed) |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 7. | Name and Post of the Officer by whom the order is |
| | passed |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 8. | Contravention of rules for which order was passed |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 9. | Operative part of order |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 10.| Date on which the copy of order received by the |
| | appellant |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 11.| Date of completion of 30 days Limitation period |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 12.| Brief facts of the case |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 13.| Grounds of Appeal |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 14.| Prayer of the Appellant |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 15.| Fee and transaction details |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 16.| Other details with supporting documents, if any |
+----+-----------------------------------------------------+
Verification
I ___________, the appellant, do hereby declare that what is stated above is true to the best of my information
and belief.
Name and Signature of the Appellant
Date:
Place:
FORM-B
(See rule 19)
Application for Compounding of Offence
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 1. | Name(s) of the Applicant |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 2. | Address |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 3. | Email Address |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4. | Phone No. |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5. | The Authority before whom the case is pending : |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 6. | Contravention of sections or rules |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 7. | Brief facts of the case |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 8. | Any other information relevant to the case |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 9. | Prayer of the Applicant |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 10.| Fee and transaction details |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
| 11.| Attachment, if any |
+----+---------------------------------------------------+
Verification
I ___________, the applicant, do hereby declare that what is stated above is true to the best of my information
and belief.
Name and Signature of the Applicant
Date:
Place:
[F. No. AV/25/2023-D G]
SHOBHIT GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
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