Jammu, May 28:
Social Welfare Department of Jammu and Kashmir has amended reservation rules for border dwellers and backwards area category, an official handout said.
It said the department amended the rules for “person claiming reservation on backward area or an area near the Line of Actual Control/International Border Jammu and Kashmir.”
As per SRO 321, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act 2004 and all other relevant provisions of law in this behalf, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby directs that clause (III) of Rule 21 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Rules, 2005 shall be substituted by the following namely.
“A person claiming the benefit on the grounds that he/she belongs to an identified backward area or an area near the Line of Actual Control/International Border, must establish that he/she has resided in the area for a period of not less than 15 years prior to the date of application and is actually residing in the said area,” the circular reads.
“A person shall not be disentitled from claiming this benefit only on the ground that his/her father or the person on whom he/she is dependent is living in a place which is not identified as backward or area near the Line of Actual Control or International Border on account of his (a) employment or (b) business or (c) other professional or vocational reasons or (d) migration from one place to another place within the respective Division due to security reasons,” it further said.
Similarly, person who has migrated from Kashmir Division for security reasons will not be disentitled from claiming this benefit even if he/she has migrated outside the Division/State subject to the condition that he/ she should have been registered as a migrant with the office of Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants), Jammu.
Courtesy: Greater Kashmir
