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Substituted by the Act No. 5 of 1995, s.7, w.e.f 30.12.1994. 1[(2A) In addition to the reservation of offices of President under sub- section (1), there shall be reserved for the Backward Classes such number of offices of President as may be allocated to them in each district in the manner prescribed; so however, that the number of Offices of President in the State reserved for Backward Classes shall not be less than thirty-four per cent of the total number of offices of Presidents of *[Mandal Praja Parishads] in the State. The number of offices of Presidents allocated for reservation to each district shall be allotted by rotation to different *[Mandal Praja Parishads] in the district.] (3) The first meeting of the *[Mandal Praja Parishad] to elect a President and Vice-President shall be called as soon as may be, after the results of the ordinary elections to the office of elected members of the *[Mandal Praja Parishad] have been published. The notice of the date and time of the meeting for the election of President and Vice-President shall be given to the elected members in the prescribed manner: Provided that if, for any reason, the election of the President or Vice- President is not held on the date fixed as aforesaid, the meeting for the election of the President and Vice-President shall be held on the next day, whether or not it is a holiday observed by the *[Mandal Praja Parishad]. (4) Every President or Vice-President shall cease to hold office on the expiration of his term of office as a member. (5) Save as otherwise expressly provided in or prescribed under this Act, the term of office of the President or Vice-President who is elected at an ordinary election shall be five years from the date appointed by the Election Commissioner for the first meeting of the *[Mandal Praja Parishad] after the ordinary election. (6) Any casual vacancy in the office of the President or Vice-President shall be filled within a period of six months from the date of occurrence of the vacancy by a fresh election under sub-section (3) and a person elected as President or Vice-President in any such vacancy shall hold office only so long as the person in whose place he is elected would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred. 2[153A. Resolution of disputes relating to cessation for disobedience of party whip - Where a member against whom a proceeding that he ceased to hold office as a consequence of the disobedience of the party whip is issued in pursuance of the second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 153 and the affected member disputes the correctness of the proceedings, he may apply to the District Court having jurisdiction over the area in which the office of the *[Mandal Praja Parishad] is situated, for a decision.]