Reservation

vikas khatri (Querist) 28 August 2011 This query is : Resolved
Sir i want to know how much percentage seat is reserved in GOVT. job? Can reserved seat be more than Genrel category?

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Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 28 August 2011
Almost 50% seats are reserved for different categories in Govt. Jobs and reservation more than this limit cannot be made as per verdict of Apex Court.

Guest (Expert) 28 August 2011
Dear Vikas,

The Constitution laid down 15% and 7.5% of vacancies to government aided educational institutes and for JOBS in the government/public sector, as reserved quota for the SC and ST candidates respectively for a period of five years, after which the situation was to be reviewed. Till now, this period was routinely extended by the succeeding governments.

Later, reservations were introduced for other sections as well. The Supreme Court ruling that reservations cannot exceed 50% (Indira Shawney Judgement, which it judged would violate equal access guaranteed by the Constitution) has put a cap on reservation.

Seats are reserved for Schedules Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Castes (based chiefly on caste at birth) in varying ratio by the central government and state government. This caste is decided based on birth, and can never be changed.

In central government funded higher education institutions, 22.5% of available seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students (15% for SCs, 7.5% for STs). This reservation percentage has been raised to 49.5%, by including an additional 27% reservation for OBCs.

However, the exact percentages differ from state to state :

TAMIL NADU: the percentage of reservation is 28% for SCs and 8% for STs, being based on local demographics.

ANDHRA PRADESH: 25% of educational institutes and government jobs for BCs, 15% for SCs, 6% for STs and 4% for Muslims.

WEST BENGAL: 35% of educational institutes and 45% of government jobs for SC,ST, and OBC.(25% SC, 12% ST, and 8% Muslim)