Reservation of seats of members of gram panchayat

(1) In every Gram Panchayat, out of the total strength of elected members determined under section 7, the Commissioner shall, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, by notification, reserve - (a) such number of seats to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as may be determined by him, subject to the condition that the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to the gram panchayat, as the population of the Scheduled Castes, or as the case may be, Scheduled Tribes in that village bears to the total population of that village, and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in a gram panchayat; Provided that in the Tribal Habitations / Tribal Thandas with 100% Scheduled Tribes Population constituted as villages, all the wards of such villages shall be reserved for Scheduled Tribes only. (b) [XXXX] (c) not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clause (a) and sub-section (1A) for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be, the backward classes; (d) not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward classes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to every gram panchayat shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in a Gram Panchayat. (1A) In addition to the reservation of seats under sub-section (1), there shall be reserved for the Backward Classes such a number of seats as may be allocated to them in each Gram Panchayat in the manner prescribed; so however that the number of offices of members of Gram Panchayats in the State reserved for Backward Classes shall not be less than thirty-four per cent of the total number of offices of the members of Gram Panchayats in the State. The number of seats allocated to each Gram Panchayat shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Gram Panchayat: Provided that it shall be competent for the Government to make special provision with regard to the manner and quantum of seats to be reserved for Backward Classes in the Gram Panchayats situated in the Scheduled areas, by rules made in this behalf. (2) Nothing in sub-sections (1) and (1A) shall be deemed to prevent women and Members of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or backward classes from standing for election to the non-reserved seats in the gram panchayat.