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For sub-setions (2) and (3) the new sub-section (2) substitited by the Act No. 5 of 1995, s.10, w.e.f. 30.12.1994. that the number of offices so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of offices to be filled in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes or as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes in the State bears to the total population of the State and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different *[Zilla Praja Parishad] in the State in the manner prescribed; (b) thirty four per cent of the total number of such offices of Chairmen in the State for Backward Classes; and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different *[Zilla Praja Parishads] in the State in the manner prescribed; (c) not less than one-third of the total number of offices reserved under clauses (a) and(b) for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, or as the case may be the backward classes; and (d) not less than one-third (including the number of offices reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the backward classes) of the total number of offices to be filled in the State for women and such offices may be allotted by rotation to different *[Zilla Praja Parishads]in the State in the manner prescribed.] (4) The first meeting of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] to elect a *[Chairperson] and *[Vice-Chairperson] shall be called as soon as may be, after the results of the ordinary elections to the office of elected members of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] have been published. The notice of the date and time of the meeting for the election of *[Chairperson] and *[Vice-Chairperson] shall be given to the elected members in the prescribed manner: Provided that if, for any reason, the election of the *[Chairperson] or *[Vice-Chairperson] is not held on the date fixed as aforesaid, the meeting for the election of the *[Chairperson] and *[Vice-Chairperson] shall be held on the next day, whether or not it is a holiday observed by the *[Zilla Praja Parishad]. (5) Every *[Chairperson] or *[Vice-Chairperson] shall cease to hold office on cessation as an elected member. (6) Save as otherwise expressly provided in, or prescribed under this Act, the term of office of the *[Chairperson] or *[Vice-Chairperson] who is elected at an ordinary election shall be five years from the date appointed by the State Election Commissioner for the first meeting of the *[Zilla Praja Parishad] after the ordinary election. (7) Any casual vacancy in the office of the *[Chairperson] or *[Vice- Chairperson] shall be filled within a period of six months from the date of occurrence of the vacancy by a fresh election under sub-section (4) and a person elected as *[Chairperson] or *[Vice-Chairperson] 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. 1[181A. 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 181 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 *[Zilla Praja Parishad] is situated, for a decision.]