Constitution of Corporation- 1[(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section

(2), the Corporation shall consist of such number of elected members a s may be notified from time to time by the Government in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, in accordance with such principles a s may be prescribed.] (2) 2[XXXXX] 3[(2-A) In addition to the members referred to in sub-section (1) and (1-A) three persons having special knowledge or experience in Municipal Administration of whom one shall be women, be co-opted as members of the Corporation in the prescribed manner by the members of the Corporation from among the persons who are registered voters in the Corporation and who are not less than twenty –one years of age: Provided that the members co-opted under this sub-section shall have the right to speak in and other wise to take part in the meetings of the corporation but shall not have right to vote. (2-B) Two persons belonging to the minorities of whom one shall be women be co-opted as members of the corporation in the prescribed manner by the members of the Corporation specified in sub-section (1) and (1-A) from among the persons who are registered voters in the Corporation and who are not less than twenty-one years of age: Provided that the members co-opted under this sub-section shall have the right to speak in and otherwise to take part in the meetings of the Corporation but shall not have right to vote.] 4[(3) In the Corporation out of the total strength of elected Members, the Government shall, subject to the 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 them, 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 Corporation, as the population of the Scheduled Castes, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes in the Corporation bears to the total population of the Corporation; and such seats may be allotted by rotation by different wards in the Corporation; 2 . Omitted by the Act No. 5 of 2008 3 . Inserted by the Act No. 29 of 2005 4 . Substituted by the Act No.14 of 2005 (b) one-third of the seats for the members belonging to the Backward Classes; and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation; (c) not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clauses (a) and (b) 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 the Corporation shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different Wards in the Corporation. Explanation - In this section,-- (i) the expression ‘Scheduled Castes’ and ‘Scheduled Tribes’ shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in Clause (24) and Clause (25) of Article 366 o the Constitution of India. (ii) the expression ‘Backward Classes’ means any socially and educationally Backward Classes of citizens recognized by the Government for the purpose of clause (4) of Article 15 of the Constitution of India. 1[without reference to the classification but including the creamy layer amongst such Backward classes of citizens.]] (4) The total number of seats reserved under sub-section (3) shall not exceed one-half of the strength of the Corporation as notified under sub-section (1). (5) The number of seats reserved in the Corporation for members of the Scheduled Castes or members of the Scheduled Tribes, under sub-section (3), shall bear to the strength of the Corporation as aforesaid, a proportion not less than the population of the Scheduled Castes or of the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, in the city, bears to the total population of the city. (6) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent members of the 1. Substituted by the Act No.14 of 2005