yeah Earlier it was 2.5 year coz of cpt ... okay,,, if anyone joining articleship after clearance of both group of IPCC then he/she can appear for CA final after completion of 2 year article ship
Sorry to dissappoint you but this post relates to old course as Paper 2 here is Management Accounting & Financial Analysis whereas in new syllabus it is Strategic Financial Mgt. Moreover, in the first line it is already mentioned that it for inter and pe2 students.
List of candidates eligible to appear in November 2011 CA Final Examination, for the first time.
A list of those candidates who are eligible to appear for the first time, in the Final Examination November 2011, based on their being in the last 6 months or 12 months of their articleship as on 1st November 2011, as the case may be, is hosted. This list has been prepared on the basis of the data available in the articleship records of the Institute, as on date.
Candidates may note that the actual status of their articleship as per their records, may be at variance with the status indicated in the list hosted.
However, on the basis of the information furnished by the candidates in their on-line or OMR exam application forms, Admit Cards have already been dispatched to all the applicants for the November 2011 Final examination, including those who are serving their last 6 months or 12 months of articleship, permitting them to appear in the examination on provisional basis.
In case of any inconsistency, students may contact the nodal officer/s at the concerned regional office, preferably soon after the examinations are over, whose contact details are given below, and update them with the status of their articleship, by furnishing the required documents.
-source(www.icai.org)
AFTER READING ABOVE MATTER OF ICAI ,EVEN I THINK ONE CAN WRITE CA FINAL EXAM AFTER COMPLETION OF 2 YRS OF ARTICLESHIP ON PROVISIONAL BASIS