Reservation for SC/ST and OBC in Govt Jobs – Percentage of Reservation

Representation of SC ST and OBC in Central Government Services

Reservation for SC/ST and OBC in Govt Jobs is not against the Constitution – Percentage of Reservation for SC/ST, OBC in States for Central Govt Jobs

The percentage of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in States for Central Govt Jobs in case of direct recruitment to Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ posts normally attracting candidates from a locality or a region is provided here.

Except in Delhi, reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in case of direct recruitment to Group C and Group D posts normally attracting candidates from a locality or a region is generally fixed on the basis of proportion of their population in the respective States/UTs.

Reservation for Other Backward Classes in such cases is fixed keeping in view the proportion of their population in the respective States/UTs subject to a limit of 27% and total reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs should not exceed 50%. Quantum of reservation fixed for SCs, STs and OBCs in such cases is indicated below

SL.NO. NAME OF THE STATE/UT PERCENTAGE OF RESERVATION
Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes Other Backward Classes
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 Andhra Pradesh 16 7 27
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 45 0
3 Assam 7 12 27
4 Bihar 16 1 27
5 Chhattisgarh 12 32 27
6 Goa 2 12 18
7 Gujarat 7 15 27
8 Haryana 19 0 27
9 Himachal Pradesh 25 4 20
10 Jammu & Kashmir 8 11 27
11 Jharkhand 12 26 12
12 Karnataka 16 7 27
13 Kerala 10 1 27
14 Madhya Pradesh 15 20 15
15 Maharashtra 10 9 27
16 Manipur 3 34 13
17 Meghalaya 1 44 5
18 Mizoram 0 45 5
19 Nagaland 0 45 0
20 Orissa 16 22 12
21 Punjab 29 0 21
22 Rajasthan 17 13 20
23 Sikkim 5 21 24
24 Tamil Nadu 19 1 27
25 Tripura 17 31 2
26 Uttaranchal 18 3 13
27 Uttar Pradesh 21 1 27
28 West Bengal 23 5 22
29 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 0 8 27
30 Chandigarh 18 0 27
31 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 2 43 5
32 Daman & Diu 3 9 27
33 Delhi 15 7.5 27
34 Lakshadweep 0 45 0
35 Pondicherry 16 0 27

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