The government on Thursday issued a fresh provisional notification for reservation of seats for mayors and chairpersons in 760 municipal bodies in 762. These include 17 Municipal Corporations, 199 Nagar Palika Parishads and 544 Nagar Panchayats chairpersons, besides mayors. Along with this, the provisional notification issued for reservation of seats on December 5 has been cancelled.
With the new notification, 33 seats for women and eight seats for SCs have increased. There has been no change in the number of 205 seats in the OBC’s share earlier.
Governor Anandi Ben Patel had approved the ordinance related to the necessary amendments in the General Urban Body Election-2023 UP Municipality Act 1916 and UP Municipal Corporation Act 1959 late on Wednesday night. After its implementation, on Thursday the government released a fresh provisional reservation list. Urban Development Minister AK Sharma told that U.P. Reservation of seats has been done as per the recommendations of the State Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission.
Time has been given for objections on the new list till 6 pm on April 6. Objections can be given in Directorate of Local Bodies Sector-7 Gomtinagar Extension, Lucknow. The department will get the final publication of this list done after disposal of objections. After this, the program will be sent to the State Election Commission for conducting the elections. On the basis of this, the Commission will issue the notification of the election.
Reservation through new formula
The minister said that under the earlier system, the system of reservation was applicable considering all the civic bodies as a unit. But by amending the act, the reservation of the seats of Mayor at the state level, Palika Parishad Mandal level and the seats of Nagar Panchayat President has been done at the district level by distributing the population and seats of the backward.
Reservation of 269 Panchayats and 100 Council seats changed
The minister informed that in the previous notification, there was no representation of Scheduled Tribes in the first 49 districts in the Nagar Panchayats. Two seats have come in the new system. Similarly, 182 seats were reserved for women in Nagar Panchayat President. It has increased to 209 in the new system. There has been a change in the reservation of 269 seats out of 544 Nagar Panchayats.
On the other hand, talking about Parishad D, no seat was reserved for the backward classes in the previous list in Devipatan Mandal. Got a stake in the new one. Seats for women have increased from 67 to 73. A total of 100 seats have changed.
Changes on 11 in Municipal Corporations
There has been no change in the reservation of mayor’s seats in Agra, Jhansi, Meerut, Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Bareilly. The reservations of all the other 11 have changed.
In the notification issued on December 5, 255 seats for women, OBC 205, SC 102, one seat for ST were reserved.
In the new reservation issued on Thursday, 288 women, OBC 205, SC 110, two seats for ST have been reserved.
Reserved seats for mayor
- Ayodhya – unreserved
- Lucknow- Women
- Agra- Sc women
- Jhansi- SC
- Shahjahanpu-r OBC Female
- Firozabad- OBC Female
- Saharanpur- Backward Classes
- Meerut- Backward Classes
- Kanpur- Women
- Ghaziabad- Women
- Varanasi- Unreserved
- Prayagraj- Unreserved
- Aligarh- Unreserved
- Bareilly- Unreserved
- Moradabad- Unreserved
- Gorakhpur- Unreserved
- Mathura-Vrindavan- Unreserved
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