- Settlement of Excise and Opium shop shall have to be made with due regard to communal representation on the basis of district population on the same principle as is followed in the matter of appointments to Government services, preference being given to unemployed educated youth.Note 1.-The Ahom Community should also be considered as a separate community and the settlement shall be made on the basis of district population.Note 2.-If, however, there be no suitable candidate in the communal category of choice, recourse shall be had to the other choice under Instruction 111.
