Applicants are invited from interested eligible persons belonging to the following groups:
- Teachers (including retired teachers)
- Retired Government Servants
- Senior Citizens
- Anganwari Workers
- Doctors/Physicians
- Students/Law Students (until they enroll as lawyers)
- Members of non-political, service-oriented NGOs & Clubs
- Members of women's neighbourhood groups, Maithri Sanghams, and other self-help groups
- Marginalized/vulnerable groups
- Educated persons with good behaviour, serving long-term sentences in prisons.