Process to reserve posts of district Panchayat president for Panchayat general elections 2014-15 was undertaken in the auditorium of land and Water Management Institute (WAlMI) at 11 am here on Friday.
The process was completed by Commissioner Panchayat Raj Raghuvir Shrivastava. Under Sections 32 and 129, 50 per cent posts in 51 district Panchayats in the State were reserved for women belonging to SCs, STs, OBCs and general category. Director WAlMI Rajesh Mishra, Joint Commissioner Panchayats Shivani Verma and representatives of three-tier Panchayats were present on the occasion.
During the process, posts of district Panchayat president were reserved in descending order where population of SCs and STs is more.
Fifty percent of the posts of president of 51 district Panchayats, 50 were reserved for women belonging to all reserved categories and 25 per cent for OBCs. All posts were reserved through draw of lot. In this way, total 26 posts of district Panchayat President were reserved for women including four SCs, seven STs, seven OBCs and eight of general category.
Remaining district Panchayat president’s posts were declared unreserved. Of the 8 district Panchayats declared reserved for scheduled castes, four will be reserved for women including Datia, Agar-Malwa, Shajapur and Sehore.
Of the 14 district Panchayats declared reserved for scheduled tribes, 7 will be reserved for women including Barwani, Dindori, Mandla, Dhar, Chhindwara, Khargone and Khandwa. Seven district Panchayats in this category will be unreserved including Alirajpur, Jhabua, Anuppur, Shahdol, Umaria, Betul and Ratlam.
Of the 13 district Panchayats declared reserved for OBCs, 7 will be reserved for women including Harda, Rajgarh, Ashok Nagar, Shivpuri, Burhanpur, Satna and Katni. Six district Panchayats in this category will be unreserved including Bhopal, Morena, Narsinghgarh, Sheopur and Hoshangabad.
As many as 16 district Panchayats have been declared unreserved of which 8 have been reserved for women including Indore, Neemuch, Raisen, Jabalpur, Balaghat, Sagar, Guna and Seoni. Remaining 8 district Panchayats will be unreserved including Gwalior, Rewa, Panna, Dewas, Singrauli, Damoh, Sidhi and Mandsaur.