Fixation of percentage for reservation of posts

(1) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, the reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes shall be as under:— (i) Scheduled Castes: 16 percent; (ii) Scheduled Tribes: 20 percent; (iii) Other Backward Classes: 14 percent; Provided that the State Government may, by notification, modify the percentages of reservation so provided for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes after the final figures of the population census are published. (2) The State Government may, by notification, provide for such percentage of reservation for direct recruitment to the posts as it may deem appropriate for the classes mentioned in sub-section (1), provided that the total reservation shall not exceed 50 percent.