5.5 The period of “Call up Service” of an Ex-Serviceman in the Armed Forces shall also be treated as service rendered in the Armed Forces for purpose of age relaxation as per rules.

5.6 For any serviceman of the three Armed Forces of the Union to be treated as ExServiceman for the purpose of securing the benefits of reservation, he must have already acquired, at the relevant time of submitting his (hereinafter may be read as ‘his/ her’) application for the Post/ Service the status of

ex-servicemen or is in a position to establish his acquired entitlement by documentary evidence from the competent authority that he would complete specified term of engagement from the Armed Forces within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date for receipt of applications i.e. 08-06-2024. Such candidates must also acquire the status of an ex-serviceman within the stipulated period of one year from the closing date of receipt of application.

5.7 Explanation: An ‘ex-serviceman’ means a person:

5.7.1 Who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union, and

i. who either has been retired or relieved or discharged from such service whether at his own request or being relieved by the employer after earning his pension; or

ii. who has been relieved from such service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or

iii. who has been released from such service as a result of reduction in establishment;

or

5.7.2 who has been released from such service after completing the specific period of engagement, otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal,

or

discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency and has been given a gratuity, and includes personnel of the Territorial Army namely, pension holders for continuous embodies service or broken spells of qualifying service;

or

5.7.3 personnel of the Army Postal Service who are part of Regular Army and retired from the Army Postal Service without reversion to their parent service with pension,  orare released from the Army Postal service on medical grounds attributable to or aggravated by military service or circumstance beyond their control and awarded medical or other disability pension;

or

Personnel, who were on deputation in Army Postal Service for more than six months prior to the 14th April, 1987;

or

5.7.5 Gallantry award winners of the Armed forces including personnel of Territorial Army;

or

5.7.6 Ex-recruits boarded out or relieved on medical ground and granted medical disability pension.

5.8 A matriculate Ex-Serviceman (which includes an Ex-Serviceman, who has obtained the Indian Army Special Certificate of education or corresponding certificate in the
Navy or the Air Force),

who has put in not less than 15 years of service as on closing date of receipt of applications with the Armed Forces of the Union shall be considered eligible for appointment to the Group ‘C’ posts against posts reserved for ESM only. Thus, those matriculate Ex-Servicemen who have not completed 15 years of service as on the closing date for receipt of applications are not eligible for these posts.

5.9 Age relaxation is not admissible to sons, daughters and dependents of ExServicemen. Therefore, such candidates should not indicate their category as exservicemen.