Thanks to all of you for your warm wishes
Jigna,I had sent my passports to London on 22nd of Oct.24th Oct and 25th Oct being Sat and Sunday(Off days),they were received by CHC London on 26th of Oct.I received them on 10th Nov.So all in all it took 10 working days.
I had applied in Oct 2007(under old system),appeared for IELTS in March 2009,submitted my docs on May 6th 2009,medical request came in Sept,submitted on 25th of sept.So all in all it took 2 yrs which is pretty good.
I dont remember my NOC(will have to check) but I am working as Finance Manager in the middle east.
Cheers and best of luck to all forum members.