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UTTAR PRADESH PANCHYATI RAJ (RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENT OF SEATS AND OFFICES) (EIGHTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2010

UTTAR PRADESH PANCHYATI RAJ (RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENT OF SEATS AND OFFICES) (EIGHTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2010

UTTAR PRADESH PANCHYATI RAJ (RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENT OF SEATS AND OFFICES) (EIGHTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2010

PREAMBLE

In exercise of the powers under Section 110 of the United Provinces Panchayati Raj Act, 1947 (U.P. Act No. 26 of 1947) read with sub-section (5) of Section 11-A and clause (a) and clause (c) of sub-section (5) of Section 12 of the said Act, and Section 21 of the Uttar Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1904 (U.P. Act No. 1 of 1904), the Governor is pleased to make the following rules with a view to amending the Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj (Reservation and Allotment of Seats and Offices) Rules, 1994 (1994-LLT-V-298 [217])--

Rule - 1. Short title and commencement.

(1)     These rules may be called the Uttar Pradesh Panchyati Raj (Reservation and Allotment of Seats and Offices) (Eighth Amendment) Rules, 2010.

(2)     they shall come into force at once.

Rule - 2. Amendment of Rule 4.

Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj (Reservation and Allotment of Seats and Offices) Rules, 1994 hereinafter referred to as the said rules in Rule 4,--

(a)      for sub-rule (4) the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely--

"(4) The number of seats as provided in Rule 3 shall be allotted to different territorial constituencies on the basis of population in the descending order, that is from amongst the territorial constituencies in a Gram Panchayat, the territorial constituency having the largest population of the Scheduled Tribes shall be allotted to them, and the territorial constituency having the largest population of the Scheduled Caste shall be allotted to them, the territorial constituency having the largest population of the backward classes shall be allotted to them, the territorial constituency having the largest population of the backward classes shall be allotted to them and in the subsequent election the allotment shall be made in the aforesaid manner so however that as far as may be, the territorial constituency allotted in the previous elections to the Scheduled Tribes shall not be allotted to the Scheduled Tribes, and the territorial constituency allotted to the Scheduled Castes shall not be allotted to the Scheduled Castes and territorial constituency allotted to the backward classes shall not be allotted to the backward classes:

Provided that if in any election, the population of the Scheduled Tribes, or of the Scheduled Castes or of the backward classes cannot be ascertained territorial constituency wise, the descending order may be determined on the basis of number of families in the territorial constituencies, of the Scheduled Tribes, or of the Scheduled Castes or of the backward classes, as the case may be.".

(b)      for sub-rule (6), the following sub-rule, shall be substituted, namely--

"(6) Not less than one-third of the total number of territorial constituencies including the number of territorial constituencies reserved for women under sub-rule (5) shall be allotted to women so however that the territorial constituencies having the largest population excluding the population of the Scheduled Tribes, the Scheduled Castes and the backward classes shall be allotted to them and in the subsequent election the allotment shall be made in the aforesaid manner so however that as far as may be the territorial constituencies allotted to women in the previous elections shall not be allotted to women.".

Rule - 3. Amendment of Rule 5.

In the said rule in Rule 5 for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule, shall be substituted, namely--

"(2) The number of offices of Pradhans for the Scheduled Tribes, the Scheduled Castes and the backwards classes, as determined in sub-rule (1), shall be allotted to different Gram Panchayats in the Khand on the basis of the ratio of their population in the Panchayat area to the total population of the Panchayat area in the descending order, that is, from amongst the Gram Panchayats in the Khand the Gram Panchayat in whose territorial area the ratio of population of the Scheduled Tribes is highest shall be allotted to them, and the Gram Panchayat in whose territorial area the ratio of population of the Scheduled Castes is highest shall be allotted to them and the Gram Panchayat in whose territorial area the ratio of population of the backward classes is highest shall be allotted to them and in the subsequent election the allotment shall be made in the aforesaid manner, so however, that as far as may be the Gram Panchayat allotted in the previous election to the Scheduled Tribes shall not be allotted to the Scheduled Tribes and the Gram Panchayat allotted to in the previous elections to the Scheduled Castes shall not be allotted to the Scheduled Castes and the Gram Panchayat allotted in the previous elections to the backward classes shall not be allotted to the backward classes :

Provided that if the population of the Scheduled Tribes or the Scheduled Castes or the Backward Classes in the Panchayat area is less than two, the office of Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat for such Panchayat area shall not be allotted to the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or the Backward Classes, as the case may be.".

(b) for sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely--

"(4) Not less than one-third of the total number of the offices of Pradhans in the Khand including the number of officers of Pradhans reserved for women under sub-rule (3) shall be allotted to women so however that the territorial areas of the Gram Panchayats allotted to them have the largest population, excluding the population of the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and the backward classes shall be allotted to them and in the subsequent election, the allotment shall be made in the aforesaid manner so however that, as far as may be, the Gram Panchayats allotted to women in the previous elections shall not be allotted to women.".