In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, setting the
stage for election for the Chairpersons of District Development
Councils, the UT Administration unveiled rules for reservation of these
seats.
MEDI correspondent reports that as per the notification issued by the
Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, one third of the
total number of seats for the offices of Chairpersons of DDC will be
reserved for women. The allocation of seats to be reserved for women
will be made on a three-point roster system after arranging them
alphabetically. As per the roster, the first and second seat will be
open while the third seat will be reserved for women.
According to the rules, the offices of
Chairpersons of the District Development Councils, the number of seats
to be reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will be
allotted to different District Development Councils on the basis of
population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in such District
Development Councils in descending order from amongst all the DDCs , the
body having the largest population of ST shall be allotted to the
Scheduled Tribes category while the DDC having the largest population of
the Scheduled Castes population will be allotted to Scheduled Castes
category. Pertinently, going by the rules, the State Election Commission
will soon issue an order for reservation of offices of chairpersons of
DCCs in accordance with these rules.
{ With input from news agency language)
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