Section 17(2A) in The West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003
(2A)[ Seats shall be reserved for the Backward Classes in every Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad or the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad in sucb manner as may be prescribed and the number of seats so reserved shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion with the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to the Gram Panchayat, the Panchayat Samiti, the Zilla Parishad or the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad, as the case may be, as the population of the Backward Classes in the area of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zilla Parishad or the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad, as the case may be, bears with the total population of that area, and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies of that Gram Panchayat, Panchayar Samiti, Zilla Parishad or the Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad in such manner as may be prescribed.] [Inserted by Act No. 23 of 2012, dated 24.8.2012.]
