1.

Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes

25%

Backward Classes

5%

Border Area/ Backward Area(2% each)

4%

Sportspersons

2%

Children/ Grand Children  of  Freedom Fighters.

1%

Disabled persons:-

a.

Blind

1%

b.

Deaf & dumb

1%

c.

Other handicapped.

1%

(If suitable candidates. are not available in anyone of these sub-categories the seats so available will be filled up by the candidates from the other sub-categories of disabled candidates and it they are not available in any sub-category then seats shall be filled up form general category  candidates.

2

Children / widows of defense personnel killed or disabled to the extent of 50% or more in action wards of gallantry awardees, and children of serving defense personnel/ Ex-servicemen.2%. The priority to this category is given as under :-

2%

a

Killed in action.

b

Disabled in action & Boarded out of service.

c

Died while in service & death atttributable to military service.

d

Disabled in service & Boarded out of service with disability attributable to military service.

e

Gallantry award/other award winners both serving /retired.

f

Serving Defence Personnel/Ex-Serivcemen.

3

Children/ widows of para-military forces personnel, Punjab Police, PAP and Punjab Home guards killed or disabled in action to the extent of 50% or more and children of serving para-military forces personnel / ex-para-military forces, personnel.

2%

4

November, 1984 riot affected displaced person, children of army deserters killed / 100% physically disabled, the children of the families of persons killed as a result of terrorist violence or by security forces acting in aid of civil power and the children of innocent civilians who have sustained 100% disability in terrorist violence or during operation by security forces acting in aid of civil power.

2%

5

The reservation for T-sunmi affected persons shall  be available for children/grand children of original Ex-servicemen settlers of Campbell Bay Island only .

1%

6

The aforesaid percentage reservation in respect of each category shall, however, be subject to the detailed clarifications and inter se gradation criteria as decided in the meeting clarifications and inter se gradation criteria as decided in the meeting chaired by Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab on 13" March, 2003, the minutes of which are appended. these minutes and the decisions recorded therein shall be treated as a part and parcel of this communication . 

7.

Noting  in the aforesaid policy shall apply to the courses run by the three universities in the state, other than Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, in respect of the courses offered by them in their campuses or their regional centers.  Admission to these courses shall be governed by the reservation policy framed by the respective University.

8.

These Policy Instructions shall be subject to the law down by the honorable Supermen Court of India in the case of TMA Pai Foundation and others V/s State of Karnataka and others (2002)8 SCC 481:AIR 2003 SC 355.

9

You are requested to implement the above reservation policy in all the Professional/Engineering Colleges/Polytechnic Institutions/Industrial Training Institutes and Technical Institutes in the State.