in addition to the 17 seats reserved for the scheduled tribes three open seats were also held by the tribal members and having regard to this position agreement was reached to the demand of reservation of 20 seats held by the scheduled tribes which was however intended to freeze till 2000 ad.
in the bye election in june 1991 smt.
the number of seats reserved for the scheduled castes or the scheduled tribes in the legislative assembly of any state under clause 1 shall bear as nearly as may be the same proportion to the total number of seats in the assembly as the population of the scheduled castes in the state or of the scheduled tribes in the state or part of the state as the case may be in respect of which seats are so reserved bears to the total population of the state.
2002 1 scr 888 the judgment of the companyrt wad delivered by banerjee j. the validity of the companystitution 72nd amendment act 1992 is the companye question in this writ petition and pertains to the issue of reservation.
1 seats shall be reserved for the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes except the scheduled tribes in the autonumberous districts of assam in the legislative assembly of every state.
