Reservation for SC/ST and OBC in Govt Jobs is not against the Constitution

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