Section 16(1) in Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Reservation of Seats and Offices of Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads and Zilla Parishads) Rules, 2006
(1)The District Collector shall determine, in the first instance, the number of Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (hereinafter referred to as ZPTC) to be reserved for the members belonging to Scheduled Tribes and the Scheduled Castes subject to the condition, that the member of ZPTCs so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of ZPTCs to be filled by direct election to the Zilla Parishad as the population of Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be of the Scheduled Castes in that Zilla Parishad bears to the total population of that District falling within the jurisdiction.
