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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-22052024-254289
EXTRAORDINARY
PART 1—Section III
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024/VAISAKHA 27, 1946
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(Department of Military Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th May, 2024
RULES
S.L.No.B/59111/IMA-159(DE)/Rtg‘A’/CDSE/16(1)/2024-DMA(AG-II).—Combined Defence Services
Examination (II), 2024 will be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission on 1st September, 2024.
Name of the Course Approximate No. of Vacancies
(a) Indian Military Academy, Dehradun—159th (DE)
Course Commencing in July, 2025.
100 [including 13 vacancies reserved for NCC ‘C’
Certificate (Army Wing) holders].
(b) Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala— Course
Commencing in July, 2025. Executive Branch (General
Service)/Hydro.
32 [including 06 vacancies for NCC‘C’ Certificate
(Naval Wing) holders]
(c) Air Force Academy, Hyderabad— (Pre-Flying)
Training Course Commencing in July, 2025. i.e. 218
F(P) Course.
32 [including 03 vacancies reserved for NCC ‘C’
Certificate (Air Wing) holders through NCC Special
Entry].
(d) Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai (Madras)
122nd SSC (Men) (NT) (UPSC) Course Commencing in
Oct 2025.
276
(e) Officers Training Academy, Chennai (Madras) 36th
SSC Women (NT) (UPSC) Course Commencing in Oct
2025.
19
NOTE (i)The Indian Army publishes vacancies for Men and Women separately for various entries keeping into
account the operational and administrative needs of the Force as envisaged in the existing and future scenarios.
Though the vacancies for Men and Women categories for SSC(NT) Courses are being notified through a
common Notification, the selection for both these categories are done in a gender pure manner wherein Men &
Women are tested separately. The preparation of final merit lists for both these categories are also done
separately and in a gender pure manner.
NOTE (ii): The date of holding the examination as mentioned above is liable to be changed at the discretion of the
Commission.
NOTE (iii): The above number of vacancies is tentative and may be changed at any stage by Services H. Q.
N.B. (I) (a): A candidate is required to specify clearly in respective column of the Online Application the Services for
which he/she wishes to be considered in the order of his/her preference. A male candidate is advised to indicate as
many preferences as he wishes to, subject to the condition given at paras (b) and (c) below, so that having regard to his
rank in the order of merit due consideration can be given to his preferences when making appointment.
Since women candidates are eligible for OTA only, they should give OTA as their first and only preference.
(b) (i) : If a male candidate is competing for Short Service Commission (Army) only, he should indicate OTA as the
one and only choice. However, a male candidate competing for Short Service Commission Course at OTA as well as
Permanent Commission course at IMA, Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy should indicate OTA as his
last preference, otherwise OTA will be deemed to be the last choice even if it is given a higher preference by the
candidate.
(b) (ii) : Women candidates are being considered only for Short Service Commission at OTA. They should indicate
OTA as the only choice.
(c) Candidates who desire to join Air Force Academy must indicate AFA as first choice, as they have to be
administered Computer Pilot Selection System (CPSS) and/or and AF Medicals at Central Establishment/Institute of
Aviation Medicines. Choice exercised for AFA as second/third etc. will be treated as invalid.
(d) Candidates should note that, except as provided in N.B. (II) below, they will be considered for appointment to those
courses only for which they exercise their preference and for no other course(s).
(e) No request for addition/alteration in the preferences already indicated by a candidate in his/her application will be
entertained after the expiry of a time period, if any, as may be indicated by the Commission, at its discretion, in its
Notice for the Examination. Thereafter, no change of choice will be allowed. Second choice will come for
consideration only when the first choice is not offered to the candidate by Services HQ. When first choice is offered
and a candidate declines the same, his/her candidature will be cancelled for all other choices for regular Commission.
N.B. (II) The left-over candidates of IMA/Indian Naval Academy/Air Force Academy courses viz., those who have
been recommended by the Union Public Service Commission for grant of Permanent Commission on the basis of the
final results of this Examination, but who could not be inducted in these courses for any reason whatsoever may be
considered for grant of SSC even if they have not indicated their choice for this course in their applications, if they are
subsequently willing to be considered for this course subject to the following conditions :
(i) There is a shortfall after detailing all the candidates who competed for the SSC Course; and
(ii) The candidates who are detailed for training even though they have not expressed their preference for SSC
will be placed in the order of Merit List after the last candidate who had opted for this Course, as these
candidates will be getting admission to the Course to which they are not entitled according to the preference
expressed by them.
(iii) Candidates with Air Force as first and only choice cannot be considered as left-over for grant of SSC (OTA)
if they fail in Computer Pilot Selection System (CPSS) and/or Pilot Aptitude Battery Test. Such candidates, if
they desire to be considered for SSC (OTA) should exercise their option for OTA also.
NOTE 1 : NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing (Senior Division)/ Air Wing/Naval Wing) holders may also compete for
the vacancies in the Short Service Commission Course but since there is no reservation of vacancies for them in this
course, they will be treated as general candidates for the purpose of filling up vacancies in this course. Candidates who
have yet to pass NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing(Senior Division)/Air Wing/Naval Wing) examination, but are
otherwise eligible to compete for the reserved vacancies, may also apply but they will be required to submit the proof
of passing the NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing(Senior Division)/Air Wing/Naval Wing) examination to reach the
IHQ of MoD (Army)/DteGen of Rtg(Rtg A)CDSE Entry for SSC male candidates and SSC women entry for female
candidates West Block III, R. K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 in case of IMA/SSC first choice candidates and IHQ of
MOD (Navy) DMPR, (OI&R Section), Room No. 204, ‘C’ Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110 011 in case of Navy
first choice candidates and Dte of Personnel (Offrs), Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001. Phone No. 23010231
Extn. 7645/7646/7610in case of Air Force first choice candidates by 13th May 2025. To be eligible to compete for
reserved vacancies the candidates should have served for not less than 3 academic years in the Senior Division Army
Wing/ Air Wing/Naval Wing of National Cadet Corps and should not have been discharged from the NCC for more
than 24 months for IMA/Indian Naval Academy/Air Force Academy courses on the last date of receipt of Application
in the Commission’s Office.
NOTE 2: In the event of sufficient number of qualified NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing(Senior Division)/Air
Wing/Naval Wing) holders not becoming available on the results of the examination to fill all the vacancies reserved
for them in the Indian Military Academy Course/Air Force Academy Course/Indian Naval Academy Course, the
unfilled reserved vacancies shall be treated as unreserved and filled by general candidates. Admission to the above
courses will be made on the results of the written examination to be conducted by the Commission followed by
intelligence and personality test by the Services Selection Board of candidates who qualify in the written examination.
The details regarding the (a) scheme, standard, syllabus of the examination, (b) Guidelines with regard to physical
standards for admission to the Academy and (c) Brief particulars of services etc. for candidates joining the Indian
Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and Officers’ Training Academy are given in
Appendices I, II and III respectively.
2. CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY:
(a) Nationality: A candidate must be unmarried and must either be:-
(i) a Citizen of India, or
(ii) a subject of Nepal, or
(iii) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of
Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or Vietnam with the
intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii) and (iii) above shall be a person in whose favour a
certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Certificate of eligibility will, however, not be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of
Nepal.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination
provisionally subject to the necessary certificate being given to him/her by the Govt. before declaration of result by
UPSC.
(b) Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status:
(i) For IMA—Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 2001 and not later than 1st July, 2006 only are
eligible.
(ii) For Indian Naval Academy—Unmarried male candidates born not earlier than 2nd July, 2001 and not later than
1st July, 2006 only are eligible.
(iii) For Air Force Academy—
Age: 20 to 24 years as on 1st July, 2025 i.e. born not earlier than 2nd July, 2001 and not later than 1st July, 2005.
Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA (India) is
relaxableupto26 yrs. i.e. born not earlier than 2nd July, 1999 and not later than 1st July, 2005) only are eligible.
Note : Candidate below 25 years of age must be unmarried. Marriage is not permitted during training. Married
candidates above 25 years of age are eligible to apply but during training period they will neither be provided
married accommodation nor can they live with family out of the premises.
(iv) For Officers' Training Academy—(SSC Course for men) Unmarried male candidate born not earlier than 2nd July
2000 and not later than 1st July, 2006 only are eligible.
(v) For Officers' Training Academy—(SSC Women Non-Technical Course
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