Nomination of members by State Government

Nomination of members by State Government. (1) The State Government may nominate one member of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and one woman to be members of any Gram Panchayat: Provided that no such nomination shall be made if one or more members of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or one woman has been elected to such Gram Panchayat, as the case may be, under the provisions of this Act. (2) Where no member of a minority community having a population of ten per cent or more of the total population within an area comprised in a Gram is elected to the Gram Panchayat, the State Government shall have the power to nominate one member for a population up to twenty per cent and two members for a population up to forty per cent to such Gram Panchayat: Provided that no such nomination shall be made if the population of such minority community exceeds forty per cent of the total population within an area comprised in a Gram: Provided further that no such nomination shall be made if one or more member of such minority community has been elected to such Gram Panchayat. (3)