Section 17 in Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Reservation of Seats and Offices of Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads and Zilla Parishads) Rules, 2006
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(1)The District Collector shall reserve in respect of ZPTCs and allot to the Scheduled Tribes in the District, in the first instance in such Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies, where the proportion of the population of the Scheduled Castes in the ZPTC to the total population of ZPTC concerned is the highest in the descending order.(2)The reservation of ZPTCs for Backward Classes in the District as allocated under sub-rule (2) of Rule 16, shall be made by the District Collector after excluding the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies reserved for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, where the proportion of the voters of Backward Classes in the ZPTC to the total voters in the ZPTC concerned is the highest in the descending order.(3)The District Collector shall reserve ZPTCs for women as allocated under sub-rule (3) of Rule 16, out of the reserved and unreserved categories on the basis of the highest proportion of the population of women to the total population of ZPTCs concerned is the highest in the descending order.
