Chandigarh, 20th September, 2016: In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and
Section 6 sub-section (2) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 as
extended to the Union Territory, Chandigarh, by the Punjab Municipal
Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act, No. 45 of 1994), the
Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, is pleased to determine the manner
in which the reservation of seats for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes
and women shall be done;
1. The
reservation of five wards for Scheduled Caste candidates for the upcoming
general election to the Corporation shall be made afresh on the basis of
maximum percentage of scheduled caste population as shown in the latest Census
of 2011 and defined in Sub-Section (36A) of Section 2 of the Punjab Municipal
Corporation Act, 1976 as extended to UT of Chandigarh by the Punjab Municipal
Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994. Those wards which have the
maximum percentage of Scheduled Castes as per the population Census 2011 shall
be reserved for scheduled caste candidates for the upcoming election of the
Councilors of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh. During the next
election, another five wards with the next largest percentage of Scheduled
Caste population would be reserved and this process would continue till such
time all the Wards have been reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates by
rotation on the basis of latest census figures.
2. The
determination of Nine wards reserved for women shall be made through draw of
lots. The wards reserved for women during the ensuing elections of the
Municipal Councilors shall be excluded from the draw held for the determining
wards during the next elections and this process of exclusion would continue
till such time the total number of Twenty Six Wards have been fully reserved
for women in rotation.
3. The
Wards of Schedules Caste Women out of the five wards to be reserved for
Scheduled Caste would be determined by a public draw of lots.
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