(1) Out of the total number of offices of Mayors in the State including the Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation constituted under Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act,1955, fifty (50) percent of the seats shall be reserved for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, and the reservations for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes shall be made in proportion of the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to total population of all the Corporations in the state and to [Act No. 11 of 2019] 39 Backward Classes, so that the total reservations shall not exceed more than 50 percent of the total number of the offices of the Mayors.
(2) (a) 50% of the total number of office of Mayors reserved for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Backward Classes under sub-section (1) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or the Backward Classes respectively, in the manner prescribed;
(b) 50% of the total number of offices, including the number of offices reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes under sub-section (2) (a) shall be reserved for women in the manner prescribed.
(3) The reservation referred in sub-sections (1), (2) (a) and (2)(b) shall be made by rotation to different Corporations in the manner prescribed 1 2[xxx].
1. Omitted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2. Inserted by Act No.4 of 2025.
2[(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, whenever a Dedicated Commission is appointed, reservations shall be made as per the recommendations of such Commision, approved by the Government.]