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In section 54 of the principal Act, - of section (i) [or sub-sectionr l), the Iollowing sub-section shall be substituted, narnely i- Sf "The directly elected members of everv Zilla Panchayat shall, al its first meeting at which a quorum is present, elect in such manner as may be prescribed, from among themselves one of thc directly elected members to be the Adhakshya and another to be the Up-Adhakshyaof the Zilla Panchayat;" (ii) in sub-section (2) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely» . , :.,3 "aa) such number of offices of Adhakshya and Tlp-Adhakshya in the State which shall as nearly as may be one-third of the total number of offices of Adhakshya and Up-Adhakshya in the State for the persons belonging to the Backward Classes" . Amendment