EXTRAORDINARY REGD. NO.

JK–33

THE
JAMMU AND KASHMIR OFFICIAL GAZETTE
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Vol. 133] Jammu, Mon., the 20th April, 2020/31st Chai., 1942. [ No. 3-b
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Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a
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PART III
Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder.
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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
CIVIL SECRETARIAT—SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Notification
Jammu, the 20th April, 2020.

S. O.-127.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 23 of the

Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 and the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016 (No. 49 of

2016), the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir hereby directs

that the following amendments shall be made in the Jammu and Kashmir
Reservation Rules, 2005 ; namely :—

1. In rule 2—

(a) After clause (xi), the following shall be inserted, namely :—

“(xia) “Pahari Speaking People (PSP)” means the persons

belonging to Pahari Community, clan or Tribe having distinct
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Cultural, ethnic and linguistic identity to be identified in such
manner as may be prescribed and by such Authority as may be
appointed by the Government in this behalf.”

2. Rule 4 shall be substituted by the following :—

“4. Reservation in Direct Recruitment.—Except as otherwise

provided in these rules, available vacancies shall be reserved for
direct recruitment in each service, class, category and grade belonging
to any of the below mentioned categories which shall as nearly as
possible constitute the percentage of available vacancies shown against
each :—

(a) Scheduled Castes 8%

(b) Scheduled Tribes 10%

(c) Socially and Educationally Backward

Clause (other than Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes :—
(i) Weaker and under privileged 4%
Classes (Social Caste) ;
(ii) Residents of areas adjoining Line 4%
of Actual Control (ALC)/
international Border (lB) ;
(iii) Residents of backward areas ; 10%
(iv) Pahari Speaking People 4%

and posts under the state, maintain a roster of 100 vacancies in the
form given herein after :—
1. Open Competition
2. Backward Area
3. Scheduled Caste
4. Open Competition
5. Open Competition
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6. Scheduled Tribe
7. Open Competition
8. Open Competition
9. Economically Weaker Section
10. Line of Actual Control/International Border
11. Open Competition
12. Backward Area
13. Pahari Speaking People (PSP)
14. Open Competition
15. Scheduled Caste
16. Scheduled Tribe
17. Social Caste
18. Open Competition
19. Economically Weaker Section
20. Open Competition
21. Open Competition.
22. Backward Area
23. Open Competition
24. Open Competition
25. Open Competition
26. Scheduled Tribe
27. Scheduled Caste
28. Open Competition
29. Economically Weaker Section
30. Open Competition
31. Open Competition
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32. Open Competition
33. Backward Area
34. Open Competition
35. Pahari Speaking People (PSP)
36. Scheduled Tribe
37. Open Competition
38. Line of Actual Control/International Border
39. Scheduled Caste
40. Economically Weaker Section
41. Open Competition
42. Social Caste
43. Backward Area
44. Open Competition
45. Open Competition
46. Scheduled Tribe
47. Open Competition
48. Open Competition
49. Open Competition
50. Economically Weaker Section
51. Schedule Caste
52. Open Competition
53. Backward Area
54. Open Competition
55. Open Competition
56. Scheduled Tribe
57. Open Competition
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58. Open Competition

59. Open Competition

60. Economically Weaker Section

61. Open Competition

62. Pahari Speaking People (PSP)

63. Scheduled Caste

64. Backward Area

65. Open Competition

66. Scheduled Tribe

67. Line of Actual Control/International Border

68. Open Competition

69. Open Competition

70. Economically Weaker Section

71. Social Caste

72. Open Competition

73. Open Competition

74. Backward Area

75. Scheduled Caste

76. Schedule Tribe

77. Open Competition

78. Open Competition

79. Open Competition

80. Open Competition

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81. Economically Weaker Section

82. Open Competition

83. Open Competition

84. Backward Area

85. Open Competition

86. Schedule Tribe

87. Open Competition

88. Pahari Speaking People (PSP)

89. Scheduled Caste

90. Open Competition

91. Economically Weaker Section

92. Open Competition

93. Social Caste

94. Open Competition

95. Backward Area

96. Scheduled Tribe

97. Line of Actual Control/International Border

98. Open Competition

99. Economically Weaker Section

100. Open Competition

4. Rule 13 shall be substituted by the following :—

Reservation in Professional Institutions.—Except as hereinafter
provided, seats shall be reserved for Scheduled castes, Scheduled
Tribes, Socially, Educationally Backward Classes and Economically
Weaker Sections (EWSs) in each course of professional institutions
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which shall, as nearly as possible, constitute such a percentage of the
available seats in that course as shown against each category or group
hereinafter :—
(i) Scheduled Caste 8%
(ii) Scheduled Tribe 10%
(iii) Socially and Educationally Backward
Classes (other than Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes :—
(a) Weak and under privileged 4%
Classes (Social Caste) ;
(b) Residents of areas adjoining 4%
Actual Line of Control/
international Border (lB) ;
(c) Residents of backward areas ; 10%
(d) Pahari Speaking People 4%
(iv) Economically Weaker Sections 10%
(EWSs)
(v) Physically Challenged Persons 4% (Horizontal)
Explanation :—For purpose of clause (v) the horizontal reservation
means the reservations which would cut across the
vertical reservation (what is called interlocking
reservation) and the person selected against the
physically challenged quota will have to be placed in
the appropriate category viz. if he/she belongs to the
scheduled caste category, he/she will be placed in
that quota by making the necessary adjustment and
similarly if he/she belongs to the open competition
category, he/she will be placed in that category.
5. Rule 15 shall be substituted by the following :—
Distribution of seats.—For the postgraduate courses in MD/MS/
M. Tech, Engineering and Agricultural Sciences and similar other
postgraduate courses, the seats shall be distributed as follows with
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the conditions that the selection of candidates from the reserved
categories for different streams shall be made strictly on the basis of
their inter-se merit, treating them as a single class for purpose of
allotment of streams :—
(i) Open Merit Category 57%
(ii) Reserved Categories—
(a) Scheduled Caste 8%
(b) Scheduled Tribe 10%
(c) Socially and Educationally Backward Classes—
(i) Residents of Backward Areas 10%
(ii) Residents of Area Adjoining Actual Line of 4%
Control/International Border
(iii) Weak and Under Privileged Classes/ 14%
Social Caste)
(iv) Pahari Speaking People 4%
(d) Children of Defence Personnel/Paramilitary 2%
Forces and State Police Personnel
(e) Candidates possessing Outstanding Proficiency in 1%
Sports
(f) Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) 10%
(i) Proviso to Rule 15 shall be substituted by the following :—
“Provided that in case sufficient number of reserved seats are
not available to accommodate all the reserved categories in a
selection process, the available reserved seats shall be rotated in
such a manner that all reserved categories get their due share in a
phased manner. For the said purpose, the following running roster
of 30 seats shall be maintained and followed till the same gets
exhausted :—

1 Backward Area
2 Scheduled Caste
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3 Scheduled Tribe
4 Economically Weaker Section (EWSs)
5 Line of Actual Control/International Border
6 Pahari Speaking People
7 Social Caste
8 Children of Defence Personnel/State Police
9 Backward Area
10 Scheduled Caste
11 Scheduled Tribe
12 Economically Weaker Section
13 Backward Area
14 Scheduled Caste
15 Scheduled Tribe
16 Pahari Speaking People
17 Line of Actual Control/International Border
18 Backward Area
19 Scheduled Caste
20 Scheduled Tribe
21 Economically Weaker Section
22 Social Caste
23 Backward Area
24 Scheduled Caste
25 Candidates possessing outstanding proficiency in Sports
26 Scheduled Tribe
27 Economically Weaker Section
28 Backward Area
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29 Scheduled Tribe
30 Economically Weaker Section
6. In rule 18, after sub-clause (iii) of clause (a), following
sub-clause (iv) shall be added—
(iv) Pahari Speaking People (PSP) Tehsildar

7. In rule 19, in sub-rule (i) of Rule 19 for the sign “III”, the sign “III
and IlIA” shall be substituted.

8 In rule 21, after clause (viii), the following clause (ix), shall
be added :—

(ix) (a) A person claiming the benefit under the Pahari Speaking
People Category must be a member of the Pahari Clan,
Community or Tribe having Distinct Cultural, Ethnic and
Linguistic identity.

(b) He/She must be speaking Pahari language and his/her

mother tongue must be Pahari.

(c) He/She must produce Aadhar card/Voter Identity Card/

Domicile Certificate.

(d) Further, Tehsildar, shall be the authority to certify the

claim of persons belonging to said Category. The
Revenue Authority shall issue such certificate after due
diligence as per Form-XV appended to this notification.

9. In Rule 23, after the sign “XIVA”, the sign “XV” shall be added.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) SHAILENDRA KUMAR, IAS,

Principal Secretary to the Government,

Social Welfare Department.

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FORM IlIA

APPLICATION FOR BEING A MEMBER OF THE PAHARI

SPEAKlNG PEOPLE CATEGORY

To

The Competent Authority,

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Sir,

I request that a Certificate of being a Member of Pahari Speaking

People category may please be issued in my favour. The grounds of claim
and other particulars are given as under :—

1. Name of the applicant –––––––––––––––––––––––

2. Father’s name/guardian/person
upon whom dependent –––––––––––––––––––––––
3. Place of residence of the applicant :
(i) Village/Mohalla –––––––––––––––––––––––
(ii) Tehsil –––––––––––––––––––––––
(iii) District –––––––––––––––––––––––
4. Place of residence of father/guardian/
person upon whom dependent –––––––––––––––––––––––
5. Whether the applicant is a permanent
resident of the Union territory
Yes/No
6. Occupation of the father/guardian/
person upon whom dependent –––––––––––––––––––––––
7. Total income from all sources of the
applicant/father/person upon whom
dependent per annum –––––––––––––––––––––––
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8. The applicant belongs to
Pahari Community, Clan or
Tribe of that area –––––––––––––––––––––––
9. Date of application –––––––––––––––––––––––

I solemnly declare that I belong to Pahari category, Clan or Tribe of

that area and my mother tongue is Pahari.

I further declare that the entries made above are true and nothing has
been concealed.

Signature of the Applicant

(For use in the Office of the Competent Authority)

Application received on___________along with______enclosures

and entered in the Register at Serial No.__________

Competent Authority with seal.