Reservation of vacancies for ex-servicemen.

The reservation of vacancies for duly discharged ex-servicemen shall be 1/3rd of the total vacancies of direct recruitment for the post of driver. Such reservation shall be category wise and an ex-servicemen selected on his own merit shall be counted against vacancies reserved for ex- servicemen. In the event of non-availability of suitable ex-servicemen in any category, the vacancy shall be filled by other suitable candidates of the same category in order of their merit and shall not be carried forward. The reservation shall be treated as compartmentalized horizontal reservation.