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Substituted by the Act No.14 of 2005 2 . Omitted by the Act No. 5 of 2008 3 . Inserted by the Act No. 29 of 2005 4 . Substituted by the Act No.14 of 2005 (b) one-third of the seats for the members belonging to the Backward Classes; and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation; (c) not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clauses (a) and (b) for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or as the case may be, the Backward Classes; (d) not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved, for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election to the Corporation shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different Wards in the Corporation. Explanation - In this section,-- (i) the expression ‘Scheduled Castes’ and ‘Scheduled Tribes’ shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in Clause (24) and Clause (25) of Article 366 o the Constitution of India. (ii) the expression ‘Backward Classes’ means any socially and educationally Backward Classes of citizens recognized by the Government for the purpose of clause (4) of Article 15 of the Constitution of India. 1[without reference to the classification but including the creamy layer amongst such Backward classes of citizens.]] (4) The total number of seats reserved under sub-section (3) shall not exceed one-half of the strength of the Corporation as notified under sub-section (1). (5) The number of seats reserved in the Corporation for members of the Scheduled Castes or members of the Scheduled Tribes, under sub-section (3), shall bear to the strength of the Corporation as aforesaid, a proportion not less than the population of the Scheduled Castes or of the Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, in the city, bears to the total population of the city. (6) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent members of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or women, for who seats are reserved, from standing for election to the non-reserved seats in the Corporation. 2[5A . Sanction of works contract - The powers of the several authorities of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and the Government sanction works contract shall be as follows, namely. (i) Commissioner: Works contract for a value not exceeding rupees twenty lakhs; (ii) Standing Committee: Works contract for a value exceeding rupees twenty lakhs but not exceeding rupees fifty lakhs; (iii) Corporation: Works contract for a value exceeding rupees fifty lakhs but not exceeding rupees two hundred lakhs;