Urgent help required - Applying for CA final exam

Date of commencement of my articleship is 29th June, 2016. As per ICAI rules, i will be eligible for CA final attempt only after completion of 2.5 years of articleship as on date of exam.If that is the case, my attempt would be May, 2019.But in ICAI website, now iam eligible to apply for november 2018 ca final exam.Is there any amendment that final attempt can be given while serving last 12 months of training?Can anyone help me out about this?