Section 9(1) in Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Reservation of Seats and Offices of Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads and Zilla Parishads) Rules, 2006
(1)The reservation of offices for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Women shall be by rotation as far as practicable commencing from the first ordinary election held under the Act. The offices reserved to STs., SCs., BCs. and women during the earlier ordinary elections shall not be again reserved to the same categories till a cycle of reservation in that category is completed, except in the case of offices reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Gram Panchayats in the Scheduled Areas.
