Amendment of Section 54

For clause (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 54 of the Act, the following shall be substituted, namely,-

"(a) such number of offices of the Adhyaksha of Zilla Parishad in the state for persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the number of offices so reserved shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices of Adhyaksha in the Zilla Parishad as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in the Zilla Parishad areas in the State bears to the total population of the Zilla Parishad areas in the State;

1. (b) not less than one-third of the total number of offices of the Adhyaksha for women:".