Personnel Eligible
The following categories of personnel shall be eligible for the Chakra :
1. Officers, men and women of all ranks of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, of any of the Reserve Forces, of the Territorial Army, Militia and of any other lawfully constituted Armed Forces.
2. Matrons, Sisters, Nurses and the staff of the Nursing Services and other Services pertaining to Hospitals and Nursing and Civilians of either sex serving regularlyor temporarily under the orders, directions or supervision of any of the above-mentioned Forces.