Section *9: Reservation of vacancies for woman candidates

*9. Reservation of vacancies for woman candidates.- Reservation of vacancies for women.- Reservation of vacancies for women candidates shall be 30 category wise in the direct recruitment, out of which one third shall be for widows and divorced women candidates in the ratio of 80:20. In the event of non availability of eligible and suitable candidates, either in widow or in divorcee, in a particular year, the vacancies may first be filled by interchange, i.e. vacancies reserved for widows to the divorcees or vice versa. In the event of non availability of sufficient widow and divorcee candidates, the unfilled vacancies, shall be filled by other women of the same category and in the event of non availability of eligible and suitable women candidates, the vacancies so reserved for them shall be filled up by male candidates of the category for which vacancy is reserved. The vacancy so reserved for women candidates shall not be carried forward to the subsequent year. The reservation for women including widows and divorcee women shall be treated as horizontal reservation, within the category, i.e. even the women selected in general merit of the category shall first be adjusted against the women quota. (i) 5 acres of Agricultural Land and above; (ii) Residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above; (iii) Residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities; or (iv) Residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities." vide Notification No F. 7(1)DOP/A-II/2019 dated 20.10.2019. Added vide Notification No. F . 7(1)DOP/A-II/2019 dated 19.02.2019. * Substituted for @ “Reservation of vacancies for women.- Reservation of vacancies for women candidates shall be 30 category wise in direct recruitment out of which 8 shall be for widows and 2 for divorced women candidates. In the event of non availability of eligible and suitable widows and divorced women candidates in a particular year, the vacancies so reserved for widow and divorced women candidates shall be filled by other women candidates and in the event of non availability of eligible and suitable women candidates, the vacancies so reserved for them shall be filled up by male candidates and such vacancies shall not be carried forward to the subsequent year and the reservation shall be treated as horizontal reservation i.e. the reservation of women candidates shall be adjusted proportionately in the respective category to which the women candidates belong. Explanation:- In the case of widow, she will have to furnish a certificate of death of her husband from the competent Authority and in case of divorcee she will have to furnish the proof of divorce.” vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/88Pt-I dated 22.12.2015. @ Substituted for "Reservation of vacancies for woman candidates shall be 30 category wise in direct recruitment out of which five percent shall be for widow candidates. In the event of non-availability of the eligible and suitable widow candidates in a particular year, the vacancies so reserved for widow candidates shall be filled by other women candidates and in the event of non-availability of eligible and suitable women candidates, the vacancies so reserved for them shall be filled up by male candidates and such of the vacancies shall not be carried forward to the subsequent recruitment year and the reservation shall be treated as horizontal reservation i.e. the reservation of woman candidates shall be adjusted proportionately in the respective category to which the woman candidates belong." vide Notification No. F. 7(2)DOP/A-II/88/Pt. I dated: 24.01.2011. Explanation: In the case of widow, she will have to furnish a certificate of death of her husband from the Competent Authority and in case of divorcee she will have to furnish the proof of divorce.