Notwithstanding anything contained in the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 or the rules of recruitment specially made in respect of any service, cadre or post or any other rules made or deemed to have been made under the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978, persons:-
(i) (a) who were selected with the benefit of rural weight age under the then existing Rule-3B of the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 and were appointed after the eleventh day of November, 1998; and
(b) Who were in service on the Sixth day of may, 2003; and (C) Whose services have been terminated in pursuance to the judgement dated Sixth May, 2003 of the Supreme Court in Writ Petition No. 463 of 2002 with Writ Petition Nos. 519 and 560 of 2002 and 111 of 2003; or
(ii) Who were selected with the benefit of rural weightage under the then existing Rule- 3B of the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 and were appointed after 11-11-1998 and whose services were terminated as a result of the revision of the select lists in the light of the Order of the Supreme Court dated 6-11-2001 in I. A. Nos. 2-15 in C. A. No 7105/2001 in Sridhar S.
V/s State of Karnataka.
Shall be absorbed in the Civil Services of State in accordance with these rules, as a one time measure on humanitarian considerations.
Provided that a person who was in service on the Sixth day of May, 2003 but has died during the period between the Sixth day of May, 2003 and the date of commencement of these rules shall not be eligible for absorption under these rules.
3. Order of appointment: The appointing Authority shall issue the order of appointment to such of the persons who fulfill all the conditions mentioned under Rule 2. The appointment shall be made against the posts held by the persons absorbed immediately before the termination of their services. In the event of there being no vacant posts in the Department in which the persons were working immediately before the date of termination of their services, adequate number of supernumerary posts shall be created by the administrative department presuming concurrence of the Finance Department.