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 Punjab Reservation for the Offices of Mayors of Municipal Corporations Rules, 2017
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 PUNJAB
   
 India
 
 Punjab Reservation for the Offices of Mayors of Municipal Corporations Rules, 2017
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 Rule PUNJAB-RESERVATION-FOR-THE-OFFICES-OF-MAYORS-OF-MUNICIPAL-CORPORATIONS-RULES-2017 of 2017
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* Published on 17 October 2017
* Commenced on 17 October 2017
 Punjab Reservation for the Offices of Mayors of Municipal Corporations Rules, 2017
 
 Published vide Notification No. G.S.R.51/P.A. 42/1976/S.6-A/2017, dated 17.10.2017
 
 Government of Punjab
 
 Department of Local Government
 
 No. G.S.R.51/P.A. 42/1976/S.6-A/2017. - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6-A of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act
 No. 42 of 1976 
 ), and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules to regulate the reservation for the offices of Mayors of Municipal Corporations in the State of Punjab, namely :-
 
### 1. Short title and commencement.
(1) These rules may be called the Punjab Reservation for the Offices of Mayors of Municipal Corporations Rules, 2017.
 
(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
 
### 2. Definitions.
(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
 
(a) "Act" means the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act
 42 of 1976 
 );
 
(b) "Director" means the Director, Local Government, Punjab;
 
(c) "Register" means a register maintained by the Director indicating the roster points as per the Schedule;
 
(d) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules;
 
(e) "section" means a section of the Act; and
 
(f) "specified date" in relation to an election for a Corporation for the purposes of these rules, means,-
 
 (i) in the case of expiry of duration of a Corporation as provided under sub-section (1) of section 7, the date of such expiry;
 
 (ii) in the case of dissolution of a Corporation, the date of the expiry of six months from the date of such dissolution as provided in clause (b) to sub-section (3) of section 7; and
 
 (iii) in the case of a newly constituted Corporation, the date of the expiry of six months of its being notified as a Corporation, as provided under sub-section (4) of section 7.
 
(2) The expressions used but not defined in these rules, shall have the same meanings as assigned to these expressions in the Act or shall be construed in the same sense as they are construed in the Act.
 
### 3. Reservation for the Offices of Mayors.
(1) For the implementation of reservation in the offices of Mayors of Corporations a Schedule indicating the running roster points for reservation for the members of Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Women including the women belonging to Scheduled Castes is appended to these rules.
 
(2) The offices of Mayors of Corporations shall be reserved by rotation with reference to the specified dates as under: -
 
(i) the offices occurring at roster point numbers, 10, 36, 54, 77 and 93 to the members of Scheduled Castes;
 
(ii) the offices occurring at roster point numbers 17, 43, 64, 85 and 96 to women, including women belonging to the Scheduled Castes; and
 
(iii) the offices occurring at roster point numbers 24 and 81 to the members of the Backward Classes.
 
(3) The Register shall be authenticated by the Director.
 
(4) The names of Corporations in the order of the specified dates against the roster points mentioned in the Schedule shall be clearly indicated in the register.
 
 Provided that where the specified date is the same in respect of more than one Corporation, the names of Corporations shall be entered in the Register in alphabetic order of English against the roster points in accordance with the Schedule.
 
(5) On the exhaustion of hundred roster points as indicated in the Schedule, the roster points shall be rotated in the order these are specified in the said Schedule.
 
### 4. Repeal and savings.
 - The reservations for the offices of Mayors of Corporations Rules, 1996 are hereby repealed:
 
 Provided that any order made or action taken under the rules so repealed, shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules:
 
 Provided further that such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of the rules so repealed.
 
 Schedule
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 [See rules 2(1)  (d) and rule 3]
 
 Register Showing Offices of Mayors Reserved for Scheduled Castes, Women and Backward Classes
 
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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 Roster Point Number
  | 
 Offices of Mayors Reserved for Scheduled Castes, Women and
 
 Backward Classes
  | 
 Due date of election
  | 
 Name of the Corporation
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 1
  | 
 Open
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 2
  | 
 Open
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 3
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 Open
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 4
  | 
 Open
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 5
  | 
 Open
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 6
  | 
 Open
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 7
  | 
 Open
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 8
  | 
 Open
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 9
  | 
 Open
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| 
 10
  | 
 Scheduled Castes
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 11
  | 
 Open
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 12
  | 
 Open
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 13
  | 
 Open
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 14
  | 
 Open
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 15
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 Open
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 16
  | 
 Open
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 17
  | 
 Women
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 18
  | 
 Open
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 19
  | 
 Open
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 20
  | 
 Open
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 21
  | 
 Open
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 22
  | 
 Open
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 23
  | 
 Open
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 24
  | 
 Backward Classes
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 25
  | 
 Open
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 26
  | 
 Open
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 27
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 28
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 29
  | 
 Open
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 30
  | 
 Open
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 31
  | 
 Open
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 32
  | 
 Open
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 33
  | 
 Open
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 34
  | 
 Open
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 35
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 36
  | 
 Scheduled Castes
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| 
 37
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 38
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 39
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 40
  | 
 Open
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 41
  | 
 Open
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 42
  | 
 Open
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 43
  | 
 Women
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 44
  | 
 Open
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 45
  | 
 Open
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 46
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 47
  | 
 Open
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 48
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 49
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 50
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 51
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 52
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 53
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 54
  | 
 Scheduled Castes
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| 
 55
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 56
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 57
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 58
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 59
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 60
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 61
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 62
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 63
  | 
 Open
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 64
  | 
 Women
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 65
  | 
 Open
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 66
  | 
 Open
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 67
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 68
  | 
 Open
  | 
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 69
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 70
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 71
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 72
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 73
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 74
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 75
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 76
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 77
  | 
 Scheduled Castes
  | 
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| 
 78
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 79
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 80
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 81
  | 
 Backward Classes
  | 
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| 
 82
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 83
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 84
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 85
  | 
 Women
  | 
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| 
 86
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 87
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 88
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 89
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 90
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 91
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 92
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 93
  | 
 Scheduled Castes
  | 
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| 
 94
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 95
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 96
  | 
 Women
  | 
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| 
 97
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 98
  | 
 Open
  | 
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| 
 99
  | 
 Open
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| 
 100
  | 
 Open
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