Notwithstanding anything contained in the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 or the Department of Employees State Insurance Scheme Medical Services (Recruitment) Rules, 2010 or any other rules made or deemed to have been made under the provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1990), every Contract Doctor specified in column (2) of the schedule who has completed not less than three years of service on the date of commencement of these rules shall, with effect from the date of commencement of these rules, be absorbed, in the category of post and pay scale specified in the columns (6) and
(7) of the Schedule in the Department of Employees State Insurance Scheme Medical Service:
Provided further that no such person shall be absorbed,-
(i) if he was disqualified for appointment under the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 on the date of his appointment as Doctor on Contract basis;
(ii) if he does not possess the minimum academic qualification , specified in the relevant rules of recruitment applicable for recruitment to the said posts; and
(iii) in any post reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Caste, or Scheduled Tribes or other Backward Classes unless he belongs to such Caste, tribe or backward Classes, as the case may be.