The Government shall, by notification,- 20
(a) divide the area, within the jurisdiction of every District Panchayat, for the purpose of election to such District Panchayat into as many single member territorial wards as the number of members required to be elected under Section 26;
(b) determine the extent of each territorial ward which shall be a Panchayat Village or Panchayat Union or part of a Panchayat Village or Panchayat Union; and
(c) determine the territorial ward or wards in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes 1[***] and women.
2[28-A. Special provision relating to election.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the Rules made or orders issued under this Act, for the first election for the Village Panchayats, Panchayat Union Councils and District Panchayats to be held immediately after the 14th day of July 2006, the territorial area of wards, the number of wards in every Village Panchayat, Panchayat Union and District Panchayat and the number of members to be returned by each such wards shall be the same as they exist on the 14th day of July 2006].
1. The words “persons belonging to the Backward Classes of citizens” was inserted by the Tamil Nadu Act 30 of 1995 and omitted by the Tamil Nadu Act 15 of 1996.
2. Section 28-A inserted by Tamil Nadu Act 17 of 2006 w.e.f. 14.7.2006.