Reservation of offices of Chairpersons

Reservation of offices of Chairpersons.

1. (1) The offices of Chairpersons of the Municipal Corporations shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the women in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the number of offices of Chairpersons reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the Municipal Corporations in the State shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of such offices in the Municipal Corporations as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State bears to the total population of the State: Provided further that not less than one-third of the total number of offices of Chairpersons in the Municipal Corporations in the State shall be reserved for women: Provided also that the number of offices of Chairpersons reserved under this sub-section shall be allotted by rotation to different Municipal Corporations in the State in such manner as may be prescribed.
2. (2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (1), the offices of Chairpersons of the Municipal Corporations shall be filled in such manner as may be provided for by law.