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Principles for delimitation of wards of a City. [Section 8] - The following principles shall be observed by the Board in the delimitation of wards of a city, namely :- (a) All wards shall as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas, and in delimiting them, due regard shall be had to the physical features like fa- cilities of communication and public convenience; (b) Wards in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes, shall be lo- cated, as far as practicable, in those areas where the proportion of their population to the total population of the City, is the largest and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the City; (c) Seats numbers reserved for women (including number of seats reserved for women, if any, belonging to Scheduled Castes) by the Government shall, be kept reserved for women, and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation; (d) Two seats reserved for Backward Classes, by the Government, shall be kept reserved for the Backward Classes, and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Corporation; and (e) Each Corporation shall be divided into two wards in such manner that the population of each ward as far as practicable, is the same throughout the Corporation, with a variation upto ten per cent above or below the average population figures. [(f) In every Municipal Corporation, the Board while drafting the Scheme for delimitation of wards, shall allot numbers to all wards having due regard to the principle of contiguity:]1 [Provided that the principle of rotation shall no be applicable where the delimi- tation or wards of a Municipal Corporation has been done under the pro- visions of sub clause (ii) of clause (4) of the order.]2