Section 138(2) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(2)There shall be reserved by the [Government] [Substituted by Act 8 of 2000 w.e.f. 3.4.2000.], in the prescribed manner,-(a)such number of offices of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of Taluk Panchayat in the State for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the number of such offices bearing as nearly as may be the same proportion to the total number of offices in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State or of the Scheduled Tribes in the State bears to the total population of the State;[Proviso x x x] [Omitted by Act 10 of 1995 w.e.f. 13.1.1995.](b)such number of offices of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of Taluk Panchayats which shall as nearly as may be one-third of the total number of offices of the Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha in the State, for the persons belonging to the Backward Classes:[Provided that out of the offices reserved under this clause, eighty per cent of the total number of such offices shall be reserved for the persons falling under category 'A' and the remaining twenty per cent of the offices shall be reserved for the persons falling under category 'B' :Provided further that if no person falling under category 'A' is available, the offices reserved for that category shall also be filled by the persons falling under category 'B' and vice versa.] [Inserted by Act 10 of 1995 w.e.f. 13.1.1995.](c)not less than one-third of the total number of offices of Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of the Taluk Panchayats in the State from each of the categories reserved for persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward Classes and those which are non-reserved, for women:Provided that the offices reserved under this sub-section shall be allotted by rotation to different Taluk Panchayats.Explanation. - For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that the principle of rotation for the purposes of reservation of offices under this sub-section shall commence from the first election to be held after the commencement of the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993.
