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(1) In every Gaon Panchayat seats shall be reserved for :— A (a) Scheduled Caste, and (b) Scheduled Tribes, and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, is nearly as may be, the same proportion of the total number of seats to be filled up by direct election in that Panchayat as the papulation of the Sche duled Castes in that Gaon Panchayat area or ©f the Scheduled Tribes in that area bears to the total population of that area and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Gaon Pan chayat in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) Not less than one-third of the total nuaaber of seats reserved under sub-secticn-(l) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled C ases or as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes. (3) Not less than one.third (including the number of seats reserved for women belenging to the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled up by direct election in every,2 Gaon Panchayat shall be reserved for women and such seats m aybe allotted by rotation to different constituencies in the Gaon Panchayate in such manner as may be prescribe*. (4) The Offices of the Chairpersons in the Gaon Panchayats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the number of offices of Chairpersons reserved for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in the Gaon Panchayats shall bear as nearly as n ay be, the same proportion to the total number of such offices in the Gaoa Panchayats as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the State or ot the Scheduled Tribes in the State bears to the total population of the State : Provided further that not lesB than one-third of the total number of offices of Chairpersons in the Gaon Panchayats shall be reserved for women: THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY. MAY 6, 1994 603 Provided also that the number of offices reserved under this sub section shall be allotted by rotation to diffeient Gaon Panchayats. Election of