i. There is a cadre having a total number of 1000 posts which are filled by
direct recruitment on all India basis by open competition. The number of
SC, ST and OBC employees appointed by reservation in the cadre should
ideally be 150, 75 and 270 respectively when all the posts are filled.
ii. Suppose all the 1000 posts stood filled in the year 2006 but the number
of SC, ST and OBC employees appointed by reservation was 130, 75 and
100 respectively. There was, thus, a shortfall of 20 SCs and 170 OBCs in
the cadre in that year.
iii. Suppose 200 vacancies occurred in the cadre in the recruitment year
2007, of which 20 were vacated by SCs, 10 by STs and rest by unreserved
category candidates. After vacation of these posts, shortfall of SCs, STs
and OBCs in the cadre became 40, 10 and 170 respectively. Though there
was a big shortfall of SCs, STs and OBCs in the cadre, only 100 of these
vacancies could be earmarked reserved because all the 200 vacancies
were current vacancies and limit of 50% on reservation in a year would
apply on these vacancies.
iv. Shortfall of SCs and OBCs was more than 15% and 27% respectively of
the current vacancies. Therefore, 15% of the current vacancies were
straightway earmarked reserved for SCs and 27% for OBCs i.e. 30
vacancies were earmarked reserved for SCs and 54 for the OBCs.
Shortfall of STs was 10 which is less than 7.5% of total vacancies.
Therefore, only 10 vacancies were earmarked reserved for STs. Applying
the above principle, 94 vacancies were earmarked reserved. This left room
for 6 {100-(30+54+10)} more vacancies to be earmarked reserved to make
up the shortfall. These 6 vacancies were apportioned between SCs and
OBCs in the ratio of percentage of reservation prescribed for these
categories viz. 15: 27, i.e. 2 for SCs and 4 for OBCs (fractions rounded off
to the nearest whole number). However, while making such distribution, it
has to be kept in view that the number of vacancies earmarked reserved
for any category is not more than the shortfall of that category. Thus,
final earmarking of reservation in respect of the vacancies for the year
2007 was 32 for SCs, 10 for STs and 58 for OBCs.
v. Suppose only 20 SC candidates, 5 ST candidates and 50 OBC candidates
could be appointed in the recruitment year 2007 against the vacancies
reserved for them. Thus, 12 vacancies of SCs, 5 vacancies of STs and 8
vacancies of OBCs which were earmarked reserved could not be filled and
remained vacant. These 12 vacancies of SCs, 5 vacancies of STs and 8
vacancies of OBCs which were earmarked reserved but remained vacant
in the recruitment attempt will be treated as backlog reserved vacancies
for the subsequent recruitment year. After the recruitment process for the
year 2007 was over, total number of posts filled was 975, of which 130, 70
and 150 were held respectively by SCs, STs and OBCs. It may be noted
that shortfall of reservation of SCs, STs and OBCs at this stage was 20, 5
and 120 respectively. However, number of backlog reserved vacancies of
SCs, STs and OBCs was 12, 5 and 8 respectively.
vi. Suppose 200 vacancies occurred in the recruitment year 2008 of which 20
were vacated by SCs, 10 by STs and 20 by OBCs. At this stage shortfall of
SCs, STs and OBCs was 40, 15 and 140 respectively. Total vacancies in
the year were 200+12+5+8=225, of which 200 were current vacancies and
25 backlog vacancies. While earmarking reservation, 25 backlog reserved
vacancies of SCs, STs and OBCs will be treated as a separate and distinct
group and will be kept reserved-12 for SCs, 5 for STs and 8 for OBCs. Of
the 200 current vacancies, not more than 100 can be earmarked reserved.
By applying the same principles as in the year 2007, out of 200 current
vacancies, 28 were earmarked reserved for SCs,10 for STs and 62 for