GOVERNMENT OF TRIPURA RDIPANCHAYAT) DEPARTMENT .T'RIPURA PANCHAYATS (ELECTION Q1" OFFICE BEARERS) . [SECOND AMENDMENT) ' RULES, 2014..
Published _ in the Extraordinary Issue of Tripura Gazette Agartala, Saturday, May 17, 2014 A. D., Vaisakha 27, 1936 S. E.
GOVERNMENT OF TRIPURA RD(PANCHAYAT) DEPARTMENT No. F. 3(2-13)—GLJPR/2013/2518 Dated, Agartala, the 17th May. 2014.
NOTIFICATION - In exercise of the Powers conferred by Sub-Section {1) of Section 228 of the Tripura Panchayats Act, 1993, the State Government hereby makes the following Rules to amend the Tripura Panchayats (Election of.Office Bearers) Rules. 1994, namely :—
1. Short title and commencement [1) These Rules may be called the “Tripura Panchayats (Election of Office Bearers) (Second Amendment} Rules, 2014”; '
(2) They shall come into force from the date of ' their publication‘in the Official Gazette;
2. Amendment of Rule 5 (1} In sub—rule (2) of Rule 5, the expressions “For the third term of election the same procedure shall be followed. However, if in the respective column of odd or even numbers. as the case may be, any serial number remains uncovered in rotation of earlier elections then the rotation in the " ' third term shall start from the respective serial number so uncovered. After exhausting such uncovered numbers, if any, the reservation rotation shall continue from the column of odd or even numbers, as the case may be”. shall be deleted;
(2) in the Principal Rules, after the proviso to sub-rule {2) of Rule 5, the following new proviso shall be inserted, namely— “Provided also that for determination of ‘number of seats to be reserved fdr women under sub-rule (1), while calculating the figure. only the whole integers shall be taken into account, ignoring any figure after the decimal point. ”
(3) in the Prin’cipal Rules sub—rule (3) of Rule
5. including the proviso shall be substituted with the following;- “For the purpose of allotting feserved seats for women in the offices of the Gram Panchayats, the serial numbers of allotted (4]
(1) (2} {3) reserved seats for the scheduled Tribes and the scheduled castes together and Un reserved category shall be separateiy arranged in two lists in the ascending order, continuously having regard to the number of seats to be reserved for women, as nearly as" practicable fifty percent but not exceeding fifty percent”;
In sub—rule [5) of Rule 5, the word “three” before the word “Successive”, shall be substituted by the word “two”‘ and the words “or terms" after the word “term” and before the word “of". shall be deleted;
Mnendment of Rule 11 in sub—rule (2) of Rule 11, the expressions “For the third term of election the same procedure shall be followed. However, if in ‘ the respective column of odd or even numbers, as the case may be, any serial number remains uncovered in rotation of earlier elections then the rotation in the third term shall start from the respective serial number so uncovered. After exhausting such uncovered numbers, if any reservation rotation shall continue from the column of odd or even numbers, ‘ as the case may be”, shall be deleted;
After the proviso to sub-rule {2) of Rule 1 1, the following new proviso shall be inserted, namely— “Provided also that for determination of number of seats to be reserved for women _under sub—rule (1), while calculating the figure, only the whole integers shall be taken into account, ignoring any figure after the decimal point”.
In the Principal Rules. sub-rule (3), of Rule 1 1 including the provisa shall be substituted with the following ; .
“For the purpose of allotting reserved seats for women in the offices of Panchayat Samitis, serial number of the allotted reserved seats for the scheduled tribe and scheduled c‘aste together and Un reserved category shall be separately arranged in (41
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(2) (3} two lists in ascending order, continuously having regard to the number of seats to be reserved for women as nearly as practicable fifty percent but not exceeding fifty percent”;
In sub—rule (5) of Rule 1 1, the word “three” shall be substituted by the word “two” and the words “or terms” after the word “ term” and before the word “of“, shall be deleted ;
Amendment of Rule 19 In sub-rule {2] of Rule 19, the expressions “For the third term of election the same procedure shall be followed. However, if in the respective column of odd or even numbers, as the case may be, any serial number remains uncovered in rotation of earlier elections then the rotation in the third term shall start from the respective serial number so uncovered. After exhausting such uncovered numbers, if any, the reservation rotation shall continue from the column of odd or even numbers, as the case may he,” shall be deleted.
After the proviso to sub—rule (2) of Rule 19, the following new proviso shall be inserted, namely — , “Provided also that for determination of number of seats to be reserved for women under sub-rule (1), while calculating the figure, only the whole integers shall be taken into account, ignoring any figure after the decimal point".
In the Principal Rules sub—rule [3), of Rule 19, including the proviso shall be substituted with the following;
“Fer the purpefse 0f allotting reserved seate for women in the offices of Zilla Parishad, serial number of the allotted reserved seats for the scheduled tribe and scheduled caste together and UR category shall be separately arranged in two lists in ascending order continuously having regard to the number of seats to be reserved for women, as nearly as practicable fifty percent but not exceeding fifty percent”;
(4] (a) in sub-rule (5] of Rule 19, the word “three” before the word “successive" shall be substituted by the word “two” and the words “or terms”, after the word “term” and before the word “01”, shall be deleted;
By orderofthe Go rnor (N.nhn0" 91“ Principal Secretary he Government of Tripura.