Registered No. - 768/97 THE ASSAM GAZETTE extraordinary PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 157 PHWr, 18 w aiSt, 2002, 29 TO 1923 (TO) No. 157 Dispur, Monday, I Sth February, 2002,29th Magha, 1923 (S.E.)
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR PANCHAYAT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (A) DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 16th February, 2002 No. PDA. 1/2002/35.—In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of the Section 141 of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 the Governor of Assam is pleased to notify the Assam Panchayat (constitution) Amendment Rules 2002 as appended herewith for general information.
7o n s u iu t io n ) In exercise of die powers conferred bv sub section (1) Section' 141 of thb Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 (Assam Act No.XVHl of 1994) the Governor of Assam is hereby pleased to make the following Ru |e s further to amend the Assam Panchayat (Constitution) Rules, 1995.
hereinafter referred to the Principal Rules, namely:- Short title: 1 (1) T hese Rules may be called the Assam Panchayat and Commencement (Constitution) (Amendment) Rules, 2002.
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(2) They shall come into force on the date ol their Publication in the Official Gazette©.
2. In the principal Rules, after rule 60, the following new Rule 61, shall be inserted'naraelyi 61 (1) As per provision o f section 70 (A )(1) o f llie Assam Panchayat A ct 19°4 the State Government o f Assam shall iro n y 'ffi r of Zilla Parishad reserved for S we lul \ c ' ; ws ? ’ the basis o f the number o f die offices o f the PresidentAic - w i ip .
Parishad to b e - ‘t o n n c . s ? A s, as the case mav be row - w p . ; ,. nc same proportion to the total h o w - to sue o liv es u ,w 9 Stale as the population of the ociieduleo Castes or S Jieduled Tribes in the State hears to the total population o f the State The Slate Government shall determine the offices of the President and the Vice President to be s f reserved, while calculating the. number of offices to be so reserved if the result bears any fraction which is 5 or more, it shall be rounded off to the next higher integer and if it is less than 5 then it shall be ignored. In selecting the Zilla Parishad for reservation of the office of the President/Vice President for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes the Zilla Parishad with the highest number o f Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes ■..... I I I ' ' : ; ’ ■■ ,-S. /•<:' :...................
THE ASSAM ..GAZETTE,. EXTRAORDINARY;...FEBRUARY ___ 2QQ2__ 1222 • . , - ■ ■ • ; , '■ T ■' population as the case may be, where tlie election is held shall be reserved first and so in order o f such population in the descending orders.
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Provided that such reservation of the offices o f President/Vice B President shall be allotted by rotation among (he Zilla Parishad having i f Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Iribes population in Lire descending order P of such population as provided herein above.
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(2) Out of the total offices of President/Vice President to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, us the case may be, in the State, not less than, 33% of such offices shall be reserved for women of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Zilla Paiishads to be so reserved for women of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled 'Iribes it shall ffi .<y . : by an officer aulhoi by the Slate Government in this behalf and shall be allotted by rotation,
(3) The Zilla Parishad reserved for President/Vice Presiden under sub-section (1) of Section 70 A of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 $i ■ . '■ . of the total number of Zilb -.os in the Smw incleduy5 the s at « - . , )IH e n o , to \ a m h Scheduled Tribes and such reservation shall be determined by die officer authorised by the Government as aforesaid, by drawing of Lot and shall be allotted by rotation The notice for reservation under (his sub-rule shall be published just after declaration of result of the Election of the Zilla Panshad. The copies of such notice shall be published in the Official Gazette/State Election Commission offices and Deputy Commissioner OITices/Zilla Parishad offices and in local News Papers for wide Publicity 1300 TH EA ^SA M GAZETTE. ^CTRAORDINA&Y^EEBRUARY 18. 2on?
Provided further that office of the Vice President ofZilla Parishad shall be reserved in the same manner as prescribed Tor reservation of the office of the President ofZilla Parishad as laid down under Rule - 8 (2) of these Rules.
Provided that office of the Vice President ofZilla Parishad shall not be reserved for die person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribes in which the office of the President ofZilla Parishad has already been reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes community.
Such reservation of the offices of Vice President ofZilla Parishad shall be done with die highest number of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes population as the case may be. in descending order after excluding the Zilla Parishad in which the office of (he President has already been reserved on die basis of highest number of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes population”.
M. KALITA, Joint Secy, to the Govt, of Assam, Panchayat & Rural Dev. Department.