For reasons unexplained, the roster has two positions at the 13th slot, the first for general candidates and the second for the Scheduled Tribes, which practically means the 14th post is reserved for the tribal candidates. A Dalit candidate has to wait for the seventh vacancy in the department and a tribal candidate for the 14th, which might take years. Any department with fewer than 14 seats will forever be closed to the Scheduled Tribe quota. We found the Scheduled Tribes would not get a single seat,” a senior ministry official told The Telegraph. The third post should go to the Scheduled Tribes, followed by the unreserved and the fifth post should go to the OBCs, followed by the unreserved,” Jha said.

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2019 21:11 UTC