(1) After the appointed day, while making appointments to any office in a civil service of the State of Karnataka or to a civil post under the State of Karnataka, appointments or posts shall be reserved for the members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes to such extent and in such manner as may be specified from time to time in the order made by the Government under clause (4) of Article 16 of the Constitution of India.
1[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the appointing authority shall identify unfilled vacancies reserved for the persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in any service or post in an establishment in public sector as existing on the date of commencement of the Second Amendment Act, 2004 and take action to fill them as a one time measure within a specified time. The manner in which the number of vacancies is to be computed, the procedure for filling such vacancies and the time within which action is to be taken shall be as specified by notification by the State Government:
Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to any unfilled vacancy in Karnataka State Civil Services or post in respect of which provisions have been already made:
Provided further that where the appointing authorities covered under this sub-section have already filled all or part of the unfilled vacancies before the date of coming into force of the Second Amendment Act, 2004 by making appointment of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, then such appointments shall not be affected]1
1. Inserted by Act 8 of 2004 w.e.f. 23.2.2004
(2) The provisions of the said order made under clause (4) of Article 16 of the Constitution shall be deemed to be an order made under this Act and shall mutatis mutandis apply to a service or post in an establishment in public sector.
(3) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, while making admissions, after the appointed day, to a course of study in a university established or deemed to be established by or under any law of the State Legislature or an educational institution established or maintained or aided by the State Government, there shall be made reservation for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes to such extent and in such manner as may be prescribed.
SC, ST and OBC Reservations 1991: KAR. ACT 7] 554
(4) All appointments made in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be voidable.