In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the UT Govt has amended J&K Combined Competitive Examination Rules, 2018. <br />''<br />''AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that from now onwards, the J&K Public Service (JKPSC) would maintain a confidential reserve list of candidates below the last recommended candidate under each category in the combined competitive examination (CCE). The UT Government has amended the rules governing combined competitive examination (CCE), which is conducted annually by the JKPSC to select candidates for prestigious services like Kashmir Administrative Service, Kashmir Police Service. <br />''<br />''According to the amendments, along with the list of recommended candidates, the PSC shall also maintain a consolidated reserve list of candidates which will include candidates from general and reserved category ranking in order of merit below the last recommended candidate under each category. The reserve list so maintained shall be treated as confidential till the process of recommendation is finalized by the Commission. <br />''<br />''The new Rules reads, the reserve list shall be operated when the Government may forward a requisition to the Commission requiring it to recommend, in from the reserve list, the same number of order of merit, candidates as requisitioned for the purpose of filling-up the vacancies in each category. According to the Rules, the reserve list shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of recommendation of the first list by the Commission. Pertinently, since 2002, the UPSC also maintains a confidential consolidated reserve list that includes candidates from general and reserved categories ranking in order of merit below the last recommended candidate under each category in Civil Service Examination (CSE). <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">According to the Rules, reservation will also be made for candidates belonging to International Border (IB), Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Pahari Speaking People (PSP) in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the government. Already, candidates belonging to ST, SC, RBA/Social Castes/ALC and Physically Challenged categories are eligible for reservation. Under the new rules, a candidate must be domicile of J&K to compete for the examination, for which only permanent residents of J&K were eligible before reorganisation of the erstwhile state of J&K.</span><br />