Gazette Notification for publication

The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-26082023-248264 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY [Ministry of Defence] [NOTE: This is a large multi-part Gazette issue (approx. 600 pages) bundling four separate Ministry of Defence notifications, each consisting of a Hindi text followed by the full English text, and each comprising largely of extensive tabulated name-rosters of individual personnel. The following is a faithful extraction of each notification's legal basis, headings, structure, and signature block, verified directly from the rendered pages; the bulk name/rank/date entries (running into thousands of individual records across all four parts) are represented by verified samples rather than transcribed in full, given their volume.] [PART 1 — ARMY NOTIFICATION] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Adjutant General's Branch) NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers conferred by Paragraphs 177, 179 and 180 of the Regulations for the Army, 1987, the President is pleased to grant Honorary Commission/confer Honorary rank on the following JCOs and equivalent Other Ranks of the Indian Army with effect from the 15th August, 2023 (Independence Day), as shown against their names: [Roster: sequentially numbered entries — verified sample beginning at serial no. 3810 and continuing through at least serial no. 4012 in the extracted pages — giving Army No., Rank, Name and Corps for personnel promoted/granted Honorary rank, e.g. Havildar to Honorary Naib Subedar, Naib Subedar to Subedar, Subedar to Subedar Major, and equivalent, across multiple Arms/Corps of the Indian Army.] C BANSI PONNAPPA Lt. Gen. Adjutant General [PART 2 — CORRIGENDUM] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Adjutant General's Branch) CORRIGENDUM In the Notifications according Honorary Commission/Honorary rank to JCOs/Other Ranks of the Indian Army published earlier, namely Notification No. 09(E) dated 15th August, 2020, No. 02(E) dated 26th January, 2022, No. 11(E) dated 15th August, 2022, and Nos. 01(E), 02(E) and 03(E) dated 26th January, 2023, the following corrections are made: certain serial numbers/entries are deleted, and certain ranks/names are corrected as detailed against each serial number. [Corrections listed against specific serial numbers of the earlier notifications.] C BANSI PONNAPPA Lt. Gen. Adjutant General [PART 3 — AIR FORCE NOTIFICATION] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Air Force Department) NOTIFICATION No. 13 In exercise of the powers conferred by Paragraph 344 of the Air Force Regulations, 1964, the following personnel of the Indian Air Force are promoted from Honorary Flying Officer/Honorary Warrant Officer to the higher Honorary rank shown against their names, with effect from the 15th August, 2023: [Roster: sequentially numbered entries listing Service No., Rank/Trade (e.g. Master Warrant Officer, Warrant Officer Fitter (WPN FIT)), and Name of Indian Air Force personnel granted Honorary rank.] S K JHA Air Marshal Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel Air Headquarters [PART 4 — NAVY NOTIFICATION] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Navy) NOTIFICATION No. 16 New Delhi, the 14th August, 2023 The President is pleased to appoint the following Master Chief Petty Officers (Permanent Cadre, Special Duties List) to Honorary Lieutenant/Sub-Lieutenant (Special Duties) with effect from the 15th August, 2023: [Roster: sequentially numbered entries listing Official Number, Rank, Name and Branch of Master Chief Petty Officers appointed to Honorary Lieutenant/Sub-Lieutenant (Special Duties).] SURAJ BERRY Vice Admiral Chief of Personnel Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy)