The Center on Wednesday said that persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other socially and educationally backward classes in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will continue to get the benefit of reservation in jobs. “Prior to the repeal of Sections 370 and 35A, the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004’ to provide reservation in jobs to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other socially and educationally backward classes in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. was in effect,” Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

He said that after the abrogation of Article 370, the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004’ applies to the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh with certain amendments, as in the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019’ is mentioned. “The number of people from reserved category communities who will benefit will be in proportion to the percentage of reservation for the respective categories,” the minister said.

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