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1993 : Guj. 18] Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993. 5 (5) (a) (i) Seats shall be reserved by the State Government for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every village panchayat in the State and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in that panchayat as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the village or as the case may be, of the Scheduled Tribes in that village bears to the total population of that village, and such seats shall be allotted by the State Election Commission by rotation to different wards in that village in the prescribed manner. (ii) Where in a village there is in the opinion of the State Government population of socially and educationally backward classes, there shall be reserved by the State Government for the socially and educationally backward classes one tenth of the total number of seats in a village panchayat and such seats shall be allotted by the State Election Commission by rotation to different wards in that village in the prescribed manner. (b) 1[ As nearly as may be one-half] of the total number of seats reserved under clause (a) shall be reserved by the State Government for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes or, as the case may be, socially and educationally backward classes. (c) 2[ As nearly as may be one-half] (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Schedule Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes) of the total number of seats in a village panchayat shall be reserved by the State Government for women and such seats shall be allotted by the State Election Commission by rotation to different wards in the village in the prescribed manner.