CHAPTER 1 - Border Roads Organisation

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(o) OP Vijay Star :- The star is awarded to all personnel of the following forces
who participated in operations in and around Kargil on the ground, or in the air. The
minimum qualifying service shall be one day in the Battle zone/Air Fields or one
operational sortie or total of three flying hrs as members of a crew in the battle zone:-
(i) All ranks of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, any of the Reserve
Forces, the Territorial Army and any other armed forces of the union.
(ii) All ranks of the Para military force, central police Organisations and
police forces which participated in operations under command of the Army or in
support of the Army in OP VIJAY.
4. After scrutinising the eligibility, the unit will publish the Part II Orders within two
months of publication of entitlement by the Government for grant of awards of medals /
star/clasp in respect of those personnel, who were on its effective strength when the award was
earned. In case of disbanded unit , this responsibility will devolve on the successor units.
5. The formations/ Units will further ensure that these casualties are published and medal
roll forwarded to GREF Records within a maximum period of 06 months from the date of
authorisation of the awards.
Submission of Medal Rolls
6. Immediately after publication of the part II Orders, medal rolls as per specimen given in
Appendix „AE‟ in respect of GREF officers will be submitted to HQ DGBR E1D and in
respect of GREF Personnel to GREF Records through Project concerned in triplicate
expeditiously but not later than three months from the date of publication of Part II orders.
While forwarding the medal rolls the following aspects may be checked by project HQ / Units:-
(a) Medal roll are submitted in bulk for the entire eligible personnel of all the units
in the Project instead of submitting in piecemeal. All such claims must be made
within 06 months of publications of the authorisation by the Government.
(b) GO Number/GREF Number, trade and Name are typed in numerical order
correctly as per service documents.
(d)
All columns of medal roll (forms ) are to be filled in properly.
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