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KARNATAKA STATE CIVIL SERVICES (UNFILLED VACANCIES

RESERVED FOR THE PERSONS BELONGING TO THE
SCHEDULED CASTES AND THE SCHEDULED TRIBES)
(SPECIAL RECRUITMENT) RULES, 2001
CONTENTS

1. Title, commencement and application

2. Definitions
3. Age
4. Release of vacancies to fill up the unfilled vacancies
5. Mode of recruitment
6. List of selected candidates
7. Appointment of candidates
8. Application of other rules
KARNATAKA STATE CIVIL SERVICES (UNFILLED VACANCIES
RESERVED FOR THE PERSONS BELONGING TO THE
SCHEDULED CASTES AND THE SCHEDULED TRIBES)
(SPECIAL RECRUITMENT) RULES, 2001
Whereas, the draft of the Karnataka State Civil Services (Unfilled
Vacancies reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes) (Special Recruitment) Rules, 2001
was published as required by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of
Section 3 of the Karnataka State Civil Services Act , 1978
(Karnataka Act 14 of 1990), in Notification No. DPAR 13 SBC 2001,
dated 6th August, 2001 in Part IV-A of the Karnataka Gazette,
Extraordinary No. 1505, dated 6th August, 2001 inviting objections
and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby
within thirty days from the date of its publication in the Official
Gazette. Whereas, the said Gazette was made available to the
public on 6th August, 2001. And whereas, the objections and
suggestions received have been considered. Now, therefore, in
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3
read with Section 8 of the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978
(Karnataka Act 14 of 1990), the Government of Karnataka hereby
makes the following rules, namely.
1. Title, commencement and application :-
(1) These rules may be called the Karnataka State Civil Services
(Unfilled Vacancies Reserved for the Persons Belonging to the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) (Special Recruitment)
Rules, 2001.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in
the Official Gazette.
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the rules
of recruitment specially made in respect of any service or post or
any other rules made or deemed to have been made under the
Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 14 of
1990), the provisions of these rules shall apply for the purpose of
filling up the unfilled vacancies existing on the date of
commencement of these rules.
2. Definitions :-
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) "Appointing Authority" means the appointing authorities as
specified in Rule 7 or column (2) of Schedules II and III of the
Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules,
1957 and in case, it is not so specified, the head of the
department;
(b) "Qualification" means the minimum qualification for recruitment
to any service or post prescribed in the rules of recruitment
specially made in respect of that service or post or in any other
rules made or deemed to have been made under the Karnataka
State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1990);
(c) "Selecting Authority" means the Karnataka Public Service
Commission for the purpose of selection to the posts in Group "A"
and Group "B" and the Head of the Department concerned for
selection to the posts in Group "C" and Group "D";
(d) "Unfilled vacancies" mean and include
(i) the backlog in direct recruitment as contemplated in the G.O.
No. DPAR 19 SBC 89, dated 12th July, 1989, read with subsequent
Government Order bearing the same number and dated 22nd July,
1989 existing as on the date of commencement of these rules;
(ii) the vacancies to the extent they were not filled by the persons
belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes as the
case may be, as per the classification of the vacancies in
accordance with the orders of reservation applicable to direct
recruitment while regularising the services of the daily wage
employees as per the Government Order No. DPAR 02 SLC 90,
dated 6th August, 1990 and the daily wage diploma and graduate
engineers as per the Government Order No. DPAR 13 SLC 94, dated
28th September, 1994 existing as on the date of commencement of
these rules; and
(iii) if even after taking into account the unfilled vacancies
mentioned in clauses (i) and (ii) above, the percentage of
representation of the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes
and the Scheduled Tribes in any cadre, to which the orders of
reservation in direct recruitment under clause (4) of Article 16 of
the Constitution are applicable, does not reach 15% in respect of
the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 3% in respect
of the persons belonging to the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may
be, of direct recruitment vacancies, then such shortfall of unfilled
d i r e c t recruitment vacancies existing as on the date of
commencement of these rules.
(2) Other words and expressions used in these rules but not
defined shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the
Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977.
3. Age :-
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977, or the
rules of recruitment specially made for recruitment to any service or
post, the candidates for recruitment to any service or post under
these rules must have attained the age of eighteen years but not
attained the age of forty years.
4. Release of vacancies to fill up the unfilled vacancies :-
(1) The Appointing Authorities concerned shall release the unfilled
vacancies, subject to their availability, to the Selecting Authority,
for the purpose of recruitment under these rules.
(2) The Appointing Authorities concerned shall presume the
concurrence of Finance Department for the purpose of releasing of
vacancies to fill up as referred to in sub-rule (1), to the Selecting
Authority.
5. Mode of recruitment :-
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 or the
rules of recruitment specially made for recruitment to any service or
post, recruitment under these rules shall be made by the Selecting
Authority.
(2) The Selecting Authority shall, for recruitment to the category of
posts referred to in Rule 4, cause to invite applications from the
candidates possessing the qualification by publishing in the Official
Gazette and in more than one widely circulated regional
newspapers, of which, at least, one shall be in Kannada.
6. List of selected candidates :-
(1) The Selecting Authority shall, from among .the candidates who
have applied in pursuance to the publication inviting applications
under Rule 5 and who have attained the age of 29 years but not
attained the age of 40 years, prepare a list of candidates for each
category of posts in the order of merit on the basis of percentage of
total marks secured in the qualifying examination and taking into
consideration the reservation for women, ex-servicemen, physically
handicapped and project displaced persons in accordance with the
Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 and the
rural candidates in accordance with the Karnataka Reservation of
Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State for Rural
Candidates) Act, 2000. If however, sufficient number of candidates,
who have attained the age of 29 years but not attained the age of
40 years are not available, the candidates, who have attained the
age of 18 years but not attained the age of 29 years shall also be
included in the select list in accordance with the provisions specified
above to the extent of such insufficient number:
Provided that if two or more candidates have secured equal
percentage of total marks in the qualifying examination, the order
of merit in respect of such candidates shall be fixed on the basis of
their age, the one older in age being placed higher in the order of
merit. The number of candidates to be included in such list of
eligible candidates shall be equal to the total number of vacancies
notified under these rules.
(2) The list prepared in accordance with sub-rule (1) shall be
published in the Official Gazette and shall be valid till all the
candidates suitable for appointment notified under these rules are
appointed.
7. Appointment of candidates :-
(1) Candidates whose names are included in the list prepared under
Rule 6 may be appointed by the Appointing Authority in the
vacancies in the order in which their names appear in the list after
satisfying itself after such enquiry as it may consider necessary that
each of the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment.
(2) The inclusion of name of a candidate in the list published under
Rule 6 shall not confer any right of appointment.
8. Application of other rules :-
The Karnataka Civil Services Rules, the Karnataka Civil Services
(Probation) Rules, 1977 and such other rules for the time being in
force regulating the conditions of service made or deemed to have
been made under the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978
(Karnataka Act 14 of 1990), insofar as they are not inconsistent
with the provisions of these rules shall be applicable to the persons
appointed under these rules.