66. Reservation of seats for schedule castes and scheduled Tribes.
(1)Seats shall reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in every Zilla Parishad and the number of seats shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled up from amongst the directly elected members in that Zilla Parishad as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the Zilla Parishad area or of the Scheduled Tribes in that Zilla Prishad area bears to the total population of that area and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in Zilla Parishad in the manner prescribed.(2)Reservation of seats for women belonging to scheduled castes and Scheduled Tribes. - Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under sub-section (I) shall be reserved belonging to the Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be, the Scheduled Castes.
