Lucknow: On the instructions of the Supreme Court, according to the recommendations of the OBC Commission, while giving fresh reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the urban body seats, the state government on Thursday issued provisional reservation for the posts of mayor, president and ward councilors and councilors. done. After the amendment in the Municipal Corporation and Municipal Corporation Act, there has been a big change in this reservation made by the new system.
Women have benefited the most. Earlier 255 seats were reserved for them in 760 seats but now 288 seats have been reserved for them. That is, women have got the benefit of 33 seats and their reservation has reached 38 percent. For the seats of Mayor, the government has fixed the reservation considering the district as a unit, for Municipal Council and Mandal for Nagar Panchayat.
On the basis of the recommendations of the OBC Commission, Urban Development Minister AK Sharma issued reservation for the post of Mayor of 17 Municipal Corporations as well as the post of President of 199 Municipal Councils and 544 Nagar Panchayats, objections and suggestions in seven days i.e. till April 6. Have asked for
After disposal of objections in two days, the final notification is expected to be issued by April 8. Under the reshuffle, reservation of 380 out of 760 urban bodies has been changed. Along with this, a provisional notification has also been issued for reservation of seats for councilors and councilors in 13,965 wards.
Elections of two urban bodies are not being held at present. Mayor seats of Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad have again been reserved for women. Agra Municipal Corporation has been reserved for SC women, Jhansi SC, Shahjahanpur and Firozabad for OBC women. Saharanpur and Meerut Municipal Corporation will be reserved for OBC. Varanasi, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Bareilly, Moradabad, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya and Mathura-Vrindavan Municipal Corporation seats will remain unreserved this time.
Earlier, the government had issued provisional reservation on December 5 but several petitions were filed in the High Court. The High Court had rejected the government’s OBC reservation for giving reservation without adopting the triple test formula. After this, the government formed the State Local Body Dedicated Backward Classes Commission and went to the Supreme Court.
As per the recommendations of the commission, the government again issued fresh provisional reservation after 115 days. Out of total 762 urban bodies, the case regarding formation of Municipal Council Siswa Bazar of Maharajganj and Nagar Panchayat Bhanpur of Basti and expansion of its boundary is under consideration in Supreme Court and High Court, therefore reservation has not been declared for these two.
The Urban Development Minister said that compared to the reservation of December 5, 22 in 17 municipal corporations, this time 11 seats have been affected. There are two posts for SC, four for OBC, six for women and eight for unreserved. There has been a change in the reservation of 100 seats in 199 Municipal Councils. There has been a reshuffle in the reservation of 269 seats in the seats of the president of 544 Nagar Panchayats. He told that objections and suggestions can be given in writing to the Principal Secretary Urban Development Department’s Directorate of Local Bodies till 6 pm on April 6.
No change in OBC seats
There was no change in the reservation of OBCs, about which there was so much ruckus and the matter reached the Supreme Court. The minister told that earlier also 205 seats were reserved for OBCs in 760 urban bodies, this time also only 205 seats have been given to OBCs.
Eight seats of SC and one seat of ST increased
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have also benefited from the new reservation. Earlier 102 seats were reserved whereas this time 110 seats have been reserved for them. He has got the benefit of eight seats in reservation. At the same time, earlier one seat was reserved for the Scheduled Tribes, but this time two seats have been reserved for them.
Election notification may be issued in second week of April
The state government will issue the notification of final reservation of urban bodies by April 8 or 9 and hand over the list to the State Election Commission. In such a situation, the State Election Commission can issue the election notification in the second week of April. Elections will be held at the end of April and May.
Notification of provisional reservation of December 5 canceled
The state government has canceled the provisional notification issued on December 5, 2022 for the posts of mayor and president. In the provisional notification of reservation issued on Thursday by Principal Secretary Amrit Abhijat, citing the petitions filed in the High Court and the Supreme Court, the provisional notification of reservation issued on December 5, 2022 has been cancelled. Along with this, the provisional notification of ward reservation issued on December 1 and 2 has also been cancelled. Objections and suggestions regarding reservation of wards will have to be given in writing to the District Magistrates within seven days.
