Reservation of vacancies for women candidates

Reservation of vacancies for women candidates shall be 30%, category wise in direct recruitment, out of which one third shall be for widows and divorced women candidates in the ratio of 80:20. In the event of non-availability of the eligible and suitable women candidates, either in widow or in divorcee, in a particular year, the vacancies may first filled by interchange, i.e. vacancies reserved for widows to the divorcees or vice versa. In the event of non-availability of sufficient widows and divorcee candidates, the unfilled vacancies, shall be filled by other women of the same category and the event of non-availability of eligible and a suitable women candidates, the vacancies so reserved for them shall be filled up by male candidates of the category for which vacancy his a reserved. The vacancy so reserved for women candidates shall not be carried forward to the subsequent year. The reservation for women including widows and a divorcee women shall be treated as horizontal reservation, within the category, i.e. even the women selected in general merit of the category shall first be adjusted against the women quota. Explanation: In the case of widow, she will have to furnish a certificate of death of her husband from the competent authority and in case of divorcee she will have to furnish the proof of divorce.