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The Rajasthan Women Empowerment (State and Subordinate) Service Rules, 2017, provides for reservation of women, out of which one third shall be for widows and divorced women candidates in the ratio of 80:20.

Unless someone files a case and proves that the divorce was taken solely to get the job; such a person cannot be asked to discontinue.

A divorced women is not barred form marring again. By this analogy, it cannot be said that she must discontinue after getting a job.

Rajasthan Women Empowerment (State and Subordinate) Service Rules, 2017
Published vide Notification No. G.S.R. 43, dated 22.6.2017
Rule 10. Reservation of vacancies for women.

In direct recruitment, reservation of vacancies for women candidates shall be seventy-live percent for the post of Supervisor (Women Empowerment) and thirty percent for the remaining posts category wise, out of which one third shall be for widows and divorced women candidates in the ratio of 80:20. In the event of non-availability of eligible and suitable candidates, either in widow or in divorcee, in a particular year, the vacancies may first be filled by interchange, i.e. vacancies reserved for widows to the divorcees or vice versa.

In the event of non-availability of sufficient widow and divorcee candidates, the unfilled vacancies, shall be filled by other women of the same category and in the event of non-availability of eligible and suitable women candidates, the vacancies so reserved for them shall be filled up by male candidates of the category for which vacancy is reserved. The vacancy so reserved for women candidates shall not be carried forward to the subsequent year.

The reservation for women including widows and divorcee women shall be treated as horizontal reservation, within the category, i.e. even the women selected in general merit of the category shall first be adjusted against the women quota.

Explanation. – In the case of widow, she will have to furnish a certificate of death of her husband from the Competent Authority and in case of divorcee she will have to furnish the proof of divorce.

Rule 15. Age –
(x) there shall be no upper age limit in the case of widows and divorced women.

Explanation. – In the case of widow, she will have to furnish a certificate of death of her husband from the Competent Authority and in case of divorcee she , will have to furnish the proof of divorce.

Reference: Rule 10 and 15 Rajasthan Women Empowerment (State and Subordinate) Service Rules, 2017

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