Goa Gazette, No. 2223-13, 01 July 2022

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Panaji, 01st July, 2022 (Asadha 10, 1944) SERIES II No. 13 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

EXTRAORDINARY

No. 3

2. As per sub-section 8 of Section 7 of the Goa GOVERNMENT OF GOA Goa State Election Commission

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Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and Rules, the expression

"population" means the population as ascertained

at the last preceding census of which the relevant

Order

No. 3/30/Reservation/GEVP-186/2022-23/SEC/3343

Subject:— Reservation of seats in Village

Panchayats for General Elections to 186 Village

Panchayats 2022.

Whereas, the Government of Goa vide the Goa

Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Goa Act 32

of 2021) amended Section 7 of the Goa Panchayat Raj

Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994), entrusted the task of

dividing the each Panchayat area into wards and

reservation of seats in every Panchayat to the State

Election Commission in consultation with the

Government.

And whereas, The State Election Commission

carried out process of reservation of seats in every

Village Panchayats for ensuing General Elections to

186 Village Panchayats 2022 considering following

points:

1. The provisions of Section 7 Goa Panchayat Raj

Act, 1994 and Rules and the directions issued by

Hon'ble Supreme Court of India from time to time.

figures of have been published, but where figures

of census are not available, the population shall

be ascertained from other relevant authenticated

records maintained by the Government. Since the

last preceding census data i.e census 2011 is

published, the same has been taken for determining

the total population of the Village Panchayat.

3. The percentage of Community population i.e.

SC, ST and number of seats to be reserved for them is

determined from the ward wise empirical population

data of Scheduled Castes (SC) , Scheduled Tribes (ST)

submitted by Director Panchayat, Govt. of Goa. The

seats are allotted considering the proportion of

population of that particular community in the

Village Panchayat area.

4. As per directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court of

India, community reservation i.e. SC, ST and OBC

taken together should not be more than 50% of the

total seats in every Village Panchayat.

5. As per sub-section (6) of Section 7 the Goa

Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and Rules the seats reserved

for SC, ST and Women are allotted by rotation to

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Suggestions are welcome on e-mail: [email protected]OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES II No. 13 (EXTRAORDINARY No. 3) 1ST JULY, 2022 different wards in the Village Panchayat. In Some

cases the ward is again reserved for that particular

community as the maximum population of the

community exists in that particular ward only.

And whereas, Hon'ble Supreme Court of India,

passed a judgment decided on 10-5-2022 in the

matter of Suresh Mahajan Vs State of Madhya

Pradesh and Ors, wherein the Apex Court referred

the triple test formality for OBC reservation in local

bodies as specified in the Judgment in the matter of

Vikas Kishanrao Gawali Vs State of Maharashtra,

directed that "until the triple test formality is

completed "in all respects" by the State Government,

no reservation for Other Backward Classes can be

provisioned; and if that exercise cannot be completed

before the issue of election programme by the State

Election Commission, the seats (except reserved for

the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes which is

a constitutional requirement), the rest of the seats

must be notified as for the General Category".

And whereas, the Goa State Election Commission,

requested the State Government to provide the data

with regards to the Other Backward Classes (OBC)

in compliance with the directions of the Hon'ble

Supreme Court.

reasonable time is given to electors after notifying

the reservation of seats on the basis of communities

as required.

And whereas, Supreme Court in above referred

order has mandated that the unreserved seats should

be treated as General Category and that reasonable

time has to be given as mentioned above.

Now Therefore, State Election Commission is

required to notify the reservation of seats for 186

Village Panchayats without OBC reservation in

absence of such OBC data without complying the

triple test formality as prescribed by the Hon'ble

Supreme Court, the Goa State Election Commission

in exercise of the powers conferred upon it do hereby

notify reservation of seats in Village Panchayats for

General Elections to 185 Village Panchayats 2022 as

per the notification annexed to this order except one

Village Panchayat which would be notified in due

course.

W. V. Ramanamurthy, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner

(Goa State Election Commission).

Panaji, 1st July, 2022.

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Notification

And whereas, the Commission vide its file dated

16/05/2022 submitted the reservation proposal to

the State Government for consultation and for

comments if any. The State Government returned

back the reservation proposals of 186 Village

Panchayats to the Commission after completing the

consultation process on 26-05-2022.

And whereas, the State Government has

not provided the data with regards to the Other

Backward Classes (OBC) in compliance with the

directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court till date.

And whereas, Hon'ble High Court of Bombay at

Goa in WP 238/2022 and MCA No. 1380/2022(F) with

WP No. 1365/2022(F) has given a mandate of

completing the process of said Election within 45

days and that the Government of Goa has notified

the date of Polling for the said Elections as 10th

August, 2022; and it is imperative to ensure that

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No. 3/30/Reservation/GEVP-186/2022-23/SEC/3344

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections

4, 5 and 6 of Section 7 of the Goa Panchayat Raj

Act,1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994) (hereinafter called the

"said Act"), the Goa State Election Commission

taking into account the population of the Scheduled

Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Panchayats as

specified in Column No. 2 of the Schedule appended

hereto, hereby reserves the wards for the persons

belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes as specified in the corresponding entries in

Column No. 4 and Column No. 5 respectively of the

Schedule and the wards for women as specified in

Column No. 6 of the said Schedule for 185 Village

Panchayats.

This Notification shall have effect for the purpose

of ensuing General Elections to the 185 Village

Panchayats 2022.

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