Reservation of seats in Local government
- March 2, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Reservation of seats in Local government
Subject: Polity
Context: The Goa bench of the Bombay HC directed state to rectify irregularities in reservation of wards for municipal elections.
Concept:
- 73rd Constitutional amendment act provides for reservation for the SCs, STs in Panchayats (at three levels) in proportion to their population as mandatory provision.
- It also provides for reservation of chairpersons posts for SCs and the STs by the state legislature.
- The act provides for not less than 1/3rd of the seats in Panchayat at three levels to be reserved for women (including SCs and STs seats). Similarly, not less than 1/3rd seats to be reserved for women for chairpersons at all levels.
- It empowers the state legislature for providing reservation in Panchayats to backward classes.
- Similar provision for reservation exists in 74th amendment act in case of municipalities.
- Art 243 D provides for reservation at the level of Panchayats.
- Art 243 T provides for reservation at the level of municipalities.