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Rural Local Bodies
The Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act 1993
Section
5
(2)
Seats shall, subject to the general or special order of the State Election
Commission, be reserved by the Deputy Commissioner in a Grama Panchayat,-
(a)
for the Scheduled Castes; and
(b)
for the Scheduled Tribes; and the number of seats so reserved shall bear
as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in
the Grama Panchayat as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the
Panchayat area or of the Scheduled Tribes in the Panchayat area bears to
the total population of the Panchayat area:
Provided
that at least one seat each shall be reserved in a Grama Panchayat for the
persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes:
Provided
further that, if no person belonging to the Scheduled Castes is available
the seats reserved for that category shall also be filled by the persons
belonging to Scheduled Tribes and vice-versa.
(3)
Such number of seats which shall, as nearly as may be one-third of the
total number of seats of the Grama Panchayat shall, subject to the general
or special order of the State Election Commission be reserved by the
Deputy Commissioner for persons belonging to the Backward classes.
Provided
that out of the seats reserved under this sub-section, eighty percent of
the total number of such seats shall, subject to the general or special
order of the State Election Commission be reserved by the Deputy
Commissioner for the persons falling under category "A" and the
remaining twenty percent of the seats shall, subject to the general or
special order of the State Election Commission be reserved by the Deputy
Commissioner for the persons falling under category "B":
Provided
further that if no person falling under category "A" is
available, the seats reserved for that category shall also be filled by
the persons falling under category "B" and vice versa.
Explanation:
For the purpose of this sub-section, proviso to clause (b) of sub-section
(2) of Section 44, sub-section (2) of Section 123, clause (b) of
sub-section (2) of Section 138, sub-section (2) of Section 162 and clause
(b) of sub-section (2) of Section 177, categories "A" and
"B" shall mean category "A" and "B" referred
to in clause (2) of Section 2.
(4)
Not less than one-third of the seats reserved in each category, for
persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward
Classes and of the non-reserved seats in the Grama Panchayat shall,
subject to the general or special order of the State Election Commission
be reserved by the Deputy Commissioner for women:
Provided
that the seats reserved under sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall be
allotted by rotation, to different constituencies in the panchayat area:
Provided
further, that nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent
a woman or a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
or Backward Classes for whom seats have been reserved in a Grama Panchayat
from standing for election to any non-reserved seat in such Grama
Panchayat.
(5)
Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4), and subject to
the general or special order of the State Election Commission, the Deputy
Commissioner shall, by notification, determine,-
(a)
the constituencies into which the area within the jurisdiction of every
Grama Panchayat shall be divided for the purpose of elections to every
Grama Panchayat;
(b)
the extent of each constituency;
(c)
the number of seats, if any, reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the
Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes or women in each constituency; and
(d)
the number of seats allotted to each constituency which shall be one or
more.
Section 123
Reservation
of Seats.- Seats are to be reserved by the State Election Commission in a
Taluk Panchayat.-
Section
162
Reservation
of seats.- Seats are to be reserved by the State Election Commission in
the Zilla Panchayat,-
Section
44
(1)
Every Grama Panchayat shall, within one month from the date of publication
of names of elected members under sub- section (8) of Section 5, or
immediately before the expiry of term of office of Adhyaksha and
Upadhyaksha] choose two members of the Grama Panchayat to be respectively
Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha. In the event of occurrence of any vacancy by
reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise in the office of
Adhyaksha or Upadhyaksha, the Grama Panchayat shall choose another member
to be the Adhyaksha or the Upadhyaksha, as the case may be.
(2)
Subject to the general or special order of the State Election Commission,
the Deputy Commissioner shall reserve:
a)
Such
number of offices of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of Grama Panchayats in the
state for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the number of such
offices bearing as nearly as may be the same proportion to the total
number of the offices in the state 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:
b)
Such number of offices of Adhyakshas and Upadhyakshas of the Grama
Panchayats, which shall as nearly as may be, one-third of the total number
of office of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha in the state for the persons
belonging to the Backward Classes:
Provided
that out of the offices reserved under this clause eighty per cent of the
total number of such offices shall be reserved for the persons falling
under category `A' and the remaining twenty per cent of the offices shall
be reserved for the persons falling under category `B';
Provided
further that if no person falling under category `A' is available, the
offices reserved for that category shall also be filled by the persons
falling under category `B' and vice versa;
c)Not
less than one-third of the total number of offices of Adhyaksha and
Upadhyaksha of Grama Panchayats in the State from each of the categories
which are reserved for persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and of those which are non-reserved,
for women:
Provided
that the offices reserved under this sub-section shall be allotted by
rotation to different Grama Panchayats.
Explanation:
For
the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that the principle of rotation
for purposes of reservation of offices under this section shall commence
from the first election to be held after the commencement of the Karnataka
Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
Urban
Local Bodies
The
Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976
Section
7
Reservation
of Seats.- Seats are to be reserved by the Government.
Seats
are to be reserved by the Government.
The
Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964
Section
11
Reservation
of Seats.- Seats are to be reserved by the Government.
Section
42 : President and Vice president.
Seats
are to be reserved by the Government.