Section 6 in Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004
6. Reservation in promotions.
- Except as otherwise provided in the Act, available vacancies to the extent as may be notified by the Government from time to time, shall be reserved in any service, class, category or grade carrying a pay scale the maximum of which does not exceed the pay scale of the post of Deputy Secretary to Government, for promotion from amongst the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other socially and educationally backward classes :Provided that total percentage of reservation shall not exceed [31%] [Substituted for "25%" by Act No. III of 2009, section 4, w.e.f. 5th March, 2008.] of the available vacancies :Provided further that the Government shall exclude the services and posts, which on account of their nature and skill are such as call for highest level of intelligence, skill and excellence, from the operation of the Act.
