Two seats are available for preferential allotment of courses in each Institute for children of defence/paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peacetime operations (DS category). To avail this preferential allotment, candidates must qualify in the General Category and produce the relevant certificate in original issued by a competent authority in the Directorate of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, New Delhi (under the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India) or in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, as applicable, at the time of counselling.