State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

[11-A (1) There shall be a Pradhan and an Up-Pradhan of the Gram Panchayats, who shall respectively be the Chairperson and Vice-Chaiperson thereof. (2) The State Government shall, by order, reerve offices of Pradhans for the Scheduled Castes, the Schedulted Tribes and the Backward Classes : Provided that the number of offices of Pradhans reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Schedulted Tribes in the State or of the Backward Classes as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of such offices as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State of the Schedulted Tribes and the Backward Classes in the State bears to the total population of the State: Provided further that the reservation for the Backward classes shall not exceed twenty seven percent of the total number or offices of Pradhans. [Provided also that if the figures of population of the Backward Classes are not available, their population may be determined by carrying out a survey in the prescribed manner.]4 (3) [Not less than one half]6 of the total number of offices of Pradhans reserved under sub-section (2) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes. (4) [Not less than one half]6 of the total number of offices of Pradhans, including the number of offices of Prashand reserved under sub-section (3), shall be reserved for women. (5) The offices of the Pradhans reserved under this section shall be allotted by rotation to different Gram Panchayats in such order as may be prescribed. (6) The reservation of the offices of Pradhans for the Schedule Castes and the Scheduled Tribes under this section shall cease to have effect on the expiration of the period specified in Article 334 of the Constitution. Explanation – It is clarified that nothing in this section shall prevent persons belonging to the Scheduled Casts, the Scheduled Tribes, the Backward Classes and the women from contesting election to unreserved seats.]3