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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 17] [Entire Act]

State of Telangana - Subsection

Section 17(7) in Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018

(7)
(a)The District Collector, on receipt of the communication under sub-section (6) shall, determine, in the first instance, the number of offices of Sarpanches to be reserved in each Mandal Praja Parishad for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes subject to the condition that the number of offices so reserved shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion as the population of the Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be, Scheduled castes in the Mandal bears to the total population of the Scheduled Tribes or Scheduled castes in district concerned:
Provided that in the villages located in the Scheduled areas and the villages where the 100% (hundred percent) population is the Scheduled Tribes, all the offices of the Sarpanches shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes only;
(b)The number of offices of Sarpanches to be reserved for the Backward Classes shall be on the basis of the projected population of Backward Classes in the Mandal to the total projected population of the Backward Classes in the District.
For the purpose of determining number of offices of Sarpanches to be reserved for the Backward Classes, the District Collector shall arrive at this number on the basis of the Mandal proportionate percentage of Backward Classes arrived at in the manner specified below:Note.-
Mandal Proportionate Percentageof Backward Class = Reservation for BackwardClasses in the State X Mandal Backward classespercentage
State Percentage ofBackward Classes
Explanation. - (i) State percentage of Backward Classes shall be as projected by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics;
(ii)Mandal Backward Classes percentage is the figure as projected by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics;
(c)The District Collector shall reserve for women one half of the number of offices reserved for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and one-half of the unreserved offices in each Mandal, for women.