Dereservation of vacancies

If, in any recruitment year the number of candidates either from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes is less than the number of vacancies reserved for them even after exchange of reservation between the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the remaining vacancies may be filled up by general candidates after dereserving the vacancies in the prescribed manner, but the vacancies so dereserved may be carried forward to subsequent three years of recruitment. Provided that such carry forward should also be permitted in respect of vacancies so dereserved in preceding three years prior to enforcement of this Act. Provided further that in the years following the recruitment years the normal reserved vacancies together with the vacancies carried forward shall not exceed fifty percent of the total number of vacancies of the year in which recruitment is made and the excess over fifty per cent of reserved vacancies shall be carried forward to subsequent years of recruitment.