The Union Territory of Ladakh Reservation (Amendment) Regulation, 2025

1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Union territory of Ladakh Reservation (Amendment) Regulation, 2025.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Ladakh.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3, in sub-section (1), for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:—

Amendment of section 5 In the principal Act, in section 5,—

1. (a) in sub-section (1), the second proviso shall be omitted;
2. (b) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—

1. (5) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to Economically Weaker Sections and filling up of vacancies for such Sections shall be in such manner as may be prescribed.”.

In the principal Act, in section 6, for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:— Provided that the total percentage of reservation shall in no case exceed 85% of the available vacancies, excluding reservation for Economically Weaker Sections:.

In the principal Act, in section 9, in sub-section (1), for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:— Provided that the total percentage of reservation shall in no case exceed 85%, excluding reservation for Economically Weaker Sections:.