Section 24 in Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965
24. [ Reservation of Offices of Chairpersons. [Inserted by Act No. 16 of 2009, dated 19.9.2009.]
- Out of the total number of offices of Chairpersons in the State, the Government shall, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, reserve-(i)such number of offices to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as may be determined subject to the condition that the number of offices so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices to be filled in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, in the Municipalities of the State bears to the total population of the Municipalities in the State and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different Municipalities in the State;(ii)one-third of the Offices to the Backward Classes and such offices may be allotted by rotation to the different Municipalities in the State;(iii)not less than one-third of the total number of offices reserved under clauses (i) and (ii) above for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, or as the case may be, Backward Classes; and(iv)not less than one-third (including the number of offices reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes) of the total number of offices to be filled in the State, for women and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different Municipalities in the State.]
