Section 302A(1)(b) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(b)the Zilla Panchayat of the new district or Taluk Panchayat of the new taluk shall at its first meeting after the constitution of the new district or taluk, as the case may be, elect one of its members to be Adhyaksha, and one of its members other than the Adhyaksha to be the Upadhyaksha;