State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1959

[7- (1) In every Corporations, seats shall be reserved for the [Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Classes]3 and the number of seats so reserved shall as nearly as may be, bear the same perportion to the total number of seats to be fueled by direct election in the Corporation, as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the [municipal area]9 or of the Scheduled Tribes in the [municipal area]9 [or of the backward classes in the [municipal area]9]4 bears to the total population of such area and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in a Corporation in such order as may be prescribed by rules : [Provided that the reservation for the Backward Classes shall not exceed [fourteen]8 percent of the total number of seats in a Corporation : Provided further 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 manner prescribed by rules.]5 (2) [***]6 (3) Not less than one-third of the seats reserved under [sub-section (1)]7 shall be reserved for the women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes or the Backward Classes, as the case may be. (4) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in a Corporation, including the number of seats reserved under sub-section (3), shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation in such order as may be prescribed by rules. (5) The offices of the [Nagar Pramukhs and the Upa-Nagar Pramukh]4 of the Corporations in the State shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the backward classes and women in such manner as may be prescribed by rules; [Provided that if the office of the Nagar Pramukh of a Corporation is reserved the office of Upa Nagar Pramukh of that Corporation shall not be reserved.]5 (6) The reservation of the seats and the offices under this section for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall cease to have effect on the expiry of the period specified in Article 334 of the Constitution. Explanation— It is clarified that nothing in this section shall prevent the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the backward classes and the women from contesting elections to unreserved sears and offices.]2