Reservation of seats in the office of President, Chairman, etc

Reservation of seats in the office of President, Chairman, etc.-

1. (1) Office of the Presidents of Village Panchayats, Chairmen of Panchayat Union Councils and Chairmen of District Panchayats, shall be reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the number of seats so reserved shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State or the Scheduled Tribes in the State bear to the total population of the State: (1-A) Offices of the Presidents of the Village Panchayats, Chairmen of Panchayat Union Councils and Chairmen of District Panchayats shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from among the offices reserved for the persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes which shall not be less than one-third of the total number of offices reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. (1-D) Offices of the Presidents of the Village Panchayats, Chairmen of Panchayat Union Councils and Chairmen of District Panchayats in the State shall be reserved for women which shall not be less than one-third including the number of offices reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of the total number of such offices in the State: Provided that the offices reserved under this Section, shall be allotted by rotation to different panchayats at each level in such manner, as may be prescribed.
2. (2) Reservation of the offices of the Presidents of the Village Panchayats, Chairmen of Panchayat Union Councils and Chairmen of District Panchayats, shall be made by the Government or by any officer authorized by the Government in this behalf.
3. (3) The reservation of the offices of Presidents of the Village Panchayats, Chairmen of Panchayat Union Councils and Chairmen of the District Panchayats made under sub-section
4. (1) in respect of the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall cease to have effect on the expiration of the period specified in Article 334 of the Constitution.
5. (4) While determining the number of offices of Presidents of the Village Panchayats, Chairmen of Panchayat Union Councils and Chairmen of District Panchayats, under sub-section
6. (1) for the purpose of reservation any fraction which is less than half shall be disregarded and half and more than half shall be regarded as one.