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Reservation of seats.— (1) In the seats to be filled in by election in the Corporation there shall be seats reserved for persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and women, as may be determined by the State Election Commissioner, in consultation with the Government; (2) The seats to be reserved for the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the Corporation shall bear, as nearly may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled in by direct election in the Corporation as the population of the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes, in the Corporation area bears the total population of that area and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation: Provided that, one-third of the total number of seats so reserved shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes: Provided further that, where only one seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes, or, as the case may be the Scheduled Tribes, then no seats shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Caste, or as the case may the Scheduled Tribes and where only 2 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Caste or, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes, one of the 2 seats shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Caste, or as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes. (3) The seats to be reserved for persons belonging to the category of Other Backward Classes shall be twenty seven per cent of the number of seats to be filled in by election in the Corporation and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation: --24-- Provided that, one-third of the total number of seats so reserved shall be reserved for women belonging to the category of Other Backward Classes. (4) One-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the category of Other Backward Class) of the total number of seats to be filled in by direct election in the Corporation shall be reserved for women and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation. (5) The reservation of seats (other than the reservation for women) under sub-section (2) shall cease to have effect on the expiration of period specified in Article 334 of the Constitution of India.