Section 3. Reservation of seats in education institutions in the State

(1) The reservation in respect of the annual permitted strength for admission into such educational institutions and courses in the State, as may be prescribed, for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Special Backward Classes and Economically Backward Classes, shall be sixty-eight per cent. (2) The reservation referred to in sub-section (1) shall, in respect of the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Special Backward Classes and Economically Backward Classes, be as follows:- (i) Scheduled Castes........................sixteen per cent; (ii) Scheduled Tribes........................twelve per cent; (iii) Backward Classes........................twenty-one per cent; (iv) Special Backward Classes........................five per cent; (v) Economically backward Classes.............fourteen per cent. Explanation:- The above classification shall be mutually exclusive. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) and sub-section (2), persons belonging to creamy layer shall not be eligible for consideration against the reserved quota of seats in any educational institution in the State. However, for the removal of doubts, it is clarified that the provision of creamy layer shall not apply to the reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.