form. (II) Candidates of reserved category (Scheduled caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backwards Classes/Economically Weaker Section) who get selected like general category candidates without any relaxation shall not be adjusted against the posts reserved for those reserved categories. They shall be adjusted against vacancies of unreserved category. (III) But above adjustment will only be at the time of final selection, not at the time of preliminary/main examination.’ 5. In effect, the amended Rule 4 of the Rules of 2015 provided that adjustment and segregation of meritorious reservation category candidates 4with meritorious unreserved category candidates would be only at the time of final selection and not at the time of the preliminary/main examination. 6. Surprisingly, the amended Rule 4 was applied to the ongoing recruitment process relating to the notified 571 vacant posts. The result of the preliminary examination conducted on 12.01.2020 was declared on 21.12.2020, applying the