SRINAGAR, Dec 4:
High Court today directed that any appointment made under Reservation Rules shall be subject to the outcome of the pettion seeking declaration of the rules null and void.
The court was hearing a petition filed by 5 persons seeking to declare the rules null and void.
The court sought assistance of Advocate General in the matter on next hearing.
The petitioners contend that due to the amendments in the Reservation Rules of 2005 by authorities, there is a decrease in the percentage in Jammu and Kashmir Government Recruitment posts and seats in educational institutions for open merit from 57 percent to 33 percent, Residents of Backward Area (RBA) from 20 percent to 10 percent while there is an increase in reservation in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) from 10 percent to 20 percent, Social Caste from 2 percent to 8 percent, and ALC from 3 percent to 4 percent, PHC from 3 percent to 4 percent.