section 3
Reservation in favour of economically weaker sections
The Uttarakhand Public Services (Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections) Act, 2019General201913 sections
Statutory text
- (1) In public services and posts, on the order of direct recruitment vacancies to be recruited in accordance with the roster specified in sub-section (4), 10 percent shall be reserved in the favour of concerned persons of the economically weaker sections. (2)
- (a) In public services and posts, the reservation in favour of economically weaker sections shall be given to such permanent residents of the State of Uttarakhand, which are not included in the existing reservations schemes for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.
- (b) The persons of such economically weaker sections are identified for the reservation as economically weaker section, whose gross annual income of family, from all sources is less than 8.00 lakh (eight lakh). Family income includes income received from all sources namely-salary, agriculture, profession, business etc. The said income shall be income of the previous financial year, from the year of application, by the beneficiary ; Provided that the person or their family possess any property, from the following properties, shall not be eligible for the reservation as economically weaker sections:-
- (i) 5 acre of agricultural land or above; or
- (ii) residential building of 1000 sq. feet or above; or
- (iii) residential plot of 100 sq. yards or above in notified municipalities; or
- (iv) residential plot of 200 sq. yards or above in areas other than the notified municipalities.
- (3) If, in respect of any year of recruitment, any vacancy reserved for any category of persons under sub-section
- (1) remains unfilled, the special recruitment shall be made for filling such vacancy from amongst the persons belonging to that category.
- (4) The State Government shall, for applying the reservation under sub-section (1), by notified order issue a roaster which shall continuously apply, till it is exhausted.
- (5) If a person belonging to economically weaker sections as mentioned in sub-section (1), get selected on the basis on merit in an open completion with general candidates, he/she shall not be adjusted against the vacancies, reserved for such category, under sub-section (1).
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