Section 9

(3) The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates shall be recruited to the extent of the reserved vacancies if they possess the minimum qualifications required for the posts or services.

Provided that the pass marks, in all the recruitment examinations, for the Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste candidates, in the aggregate may be relaxed by the State Government or M.P.S.C.

Provided further that in the case of reserved vacancies in non technical and quasi-technical Class III and the Class IV posts the Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste candidates who fulfil the prescribed educational qualification but have failed the prescribed test may be recruited on probation against the remaining reserved vacancies subject to passing the prescribed in service training course within the period of probation.

(4) If the required number of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates are not available for filling up the reserved vacancies, a fresh recruitment may be made only from candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be for filling up the remaining reserved vacancies.

(5) If the required number of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste or the Scheduled Tribes are still not available or if the number of such candidates is less than the number of reserved vacancies, the vacancies which remain unfilled shall be filled by general candidates in accordance with procedure laid down in sections 6 and 7.