Section 4 in Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women) Rules, 2020
4. Percentage and manner of reservation of posts.
- [(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Service rules, there shall be a thirty-three percent reservation, as per Annexure 'A', in favour of women, in all posts in Group 'A', Group 'B', Group 'C' and Group 'D' services under all the establishments at the stage of direct recruitment and this reservation shall be horizontal and compartmentalized] [Substituted by Notification No. G.S.R. 107/Const./Arts. 309 and 15/Amd.(1)/2020, dated 29.12.2020 (w.e.f. 21.10.2020).].(2)Where a vacancy is filled by direct recruitment by a woman on the basis of merit, then such woman candidate shall be appointed against the horizontal reservation for women within their respective vertical reservation in any category.Explanation. - (i) "Vertical reservation" means reservation in favour of the Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Other Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections under clauses (4) and (6) of Article 16 of the Constitution of India.(ii)For the purposes of this rule, "horizontal and compartmentalised reservation" means reservation within each watertight category, namely, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes, Other Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Sections and Open Category.
