Reservation of seats.

162. Reservation of seats. - (1) Seats 1[shall be reserved by the 2[3[Government]3]2]1 in the Zilla Panchayat, - (a) for Scheduled Castes; and (b) for the Scheduled Tribes; and number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as ma -y be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the Zilla Panchayat as the population of the Sche duled Castes in the district or of the Scheduled Tribes in the district bears to the total population of the district: 1[Provided that at least one seat each shall be reserved in a Zilla Panchayat for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled tribes.]1 (2) Such number of seats which shall, as nearly as may be one third of the total number of seats in a Zilla Panchayat 1[shall be reserved by the 2[4[Government]4]1]2 for persons belonging to the Backward Classes. 3[But the number of seats reserved for the Backward Classes under this sub -section shall be so determined, that the total number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes un der sub -section (1) and the Backward Classes under this sub -section shall not exceed fifty per cent of the total number of seats in the Zilla Panchayat.]3 124 1[Provided that out of the seats reserved under this sub -section , eighty per cent of the total number of such seats 2[shall be reserved by the 3[State Election Commission]3]2 for the persons falling under category ‘A’ and the remaining twenty per cent of the seats 2[shall be reserved by the 3[4[Government]4]2]3 for the persons falling under category ‘B’.]1 (3) Not less than 3[fifty percent]3 of the seats reserved for each category of persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and those of the non -reserved seats in the Zilla Panchayat 1[shall be reserved by the 2[5[Government]5]2]1 for women 4[subject to an overall limit of one half rounding of to the next number]4: Provided that the seats reserved under sub -sections (1), (2) and (3) shall be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in the district 1[and such rotation shall be continued for a period of 2[five years]1]2: Provided further that nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes or women for whom seats have been reserved in a Zilla Panchayat from standing for election to the non -reserved seats in such Zilla Panchayat.