Twice a year on Independence Day and Republic Day.

Vacs based on auth str at the ratio of 12 Hony Lts for every 1000 JCOs and one Hony Capt for every four Hony Lts.

Total Vacancies RD-06 Hony Lt -1060, Hony Capt-264. Minor variation depending on change in auth str.

Vacancies split in ratio of 30:70 i.e. 30% Merit and 70% in Regt Quota.

Vacs further divided in ratio of 25% and 75% in two chances and last chances categories.

Process commences with receipt of forms approx 4 months in adv and ends with pub of DGN.

Approx 20,000 forms recd on each occasion of which nearly 9000 pertain to active list cases.

Bd of offrs takes approx 45 days to complete the scrutiny, drawal of merit and finalise the list.