(l) A prescribed percentage of posts ill Panchayat Service shall be reserved for Schedule Castes, Schedule Tribes and Other Backward CI~sses for appointment having regard to their population in a particular District. .
. ' Explanatlon.-In Calculating the number. bf vacancies to be reserved for members of each category of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, all vacancies existing on the date of commencement of these rules or arising subsequent to the date should be taken into account'in accordance with the provisions of the Madhya .Pradesh Lok-Sewa (Anusuchit Jatiyon Anusuchit Jan Jatiyon Aur Anya .Pichhda Vargon Ke Liye Arakshan). Adhi?iyam,' 1994 (No. 21 of 1994).
(2) There shall be reserved thirty per cent of posts in the Panchayat Service in favour of women and the said reservation shall be horizontal (PR)822 PANCHAYAT (HEALTH SERVICE RECR.) RULES, 1999 R. 9 and compartment-wise.
. Explanation.-For the purpose of sub-rule (2) and (3) "horizontql and ('I lmpartment-wise reservation" means reservation in each category namel~' Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other BackWard Classes and .. unreserved.
(3) Posts shall be reserved for candidates who are disabled persons or ex-servicemen or for such other classes as may be determined by the State Government from time to time. Said reservation shall be horizontal and compartment -wise.
(4) When the post reserved for a particular class can not be filed by candidate of that class, for want of suitable candidates, the post shall be kept unfilled and carried forward till it is filled by member of that particular class for which it was kept reserved. ,
(5) If sufficient number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are not available for filling.
all the vacancies reserved for them, the remaining vacancies shall be re-advertised exclusively for the candidates of that class or classes till all such vacancies are filled.