Section 5. Reservation not to be aff ected.

Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 3 and 4 of this Act, the claims of the students or members belonging to the communities notified as Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities under the 1994 Act shall also be considered for the unreserved seats, appointments, or posts which shall be filled up on the basis of merits and where a student or member belonging to a Part-MBC (V) Community or Part-MBC and DNC Community or Part-MBC Community, if selected on the basis of merits, the number of seats, appointments or posts reserved for Part-MBC (V) Communities or Part-MBC and DNC Communities or Part-MBC Communities, as the case may be, shall not in any way be affected.