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Section 50

. (1) /\ Zilla Pnnchnyar shall , subject: to the provisions of sub-section (4) , consist of the following members , !1<lli1ely:-

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50 . (1) /\ Zilla Pnnchnyar shall , subject: to the provisions of sub-section (4) , consist of the following members , !1<lli1ely:- (a) c!ircct I)' elected members from the terri tori al cons tituencics in the cli strict; (b) Sabhapatis of the Gram Panchnyms within the district; (c) Members or both the Houses 01 ' Pari iamen t and the Le gislative Assembly of the State elected from a constituency comprising the district or any pan thereof. f. . (2) Each constituency will elect one or more members through direct election in s;lch manner as may be prescribed. (3) The term of office of the members of Zill:t Panchay.u shall, subject to tile 'i 'iicorp o ratio 11 oI Zilla Pall -chayat, D'ur at io n of Zilla Pan -cliayats . Dlsqualijica[ion of mCIIl:to bers of ZiLla P anchayat . Ad/zaks/zya (/nd UpAdhakshyn: provisions of section 64, be co-terminus with the term of the Zilla Panchnyat. (:1) The State Government shn.l , by notification , reserve seats for the Scheduled Castes nnd the Scheduled Tribes in every Zilla Panchnyat and the number of seats so reserved shall bear , as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled up by direct election in that Panchnyat ~ ISthe population of the Scheduled Castes in rhut Pnnchuy . u area 01' of the Scheduled Tribes in that Panchayat urea bears to the total populnuon of thur arc.: ,\IIc! such seats shnll be alloued by rotation to different constituencies in a Zilla Panchayut in such manner as may be prescribed . (5) Not icss than one third of the total number of scats reserved under sub-section (4) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be , the Schedu led Tri bes. (6) Not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belong: ng to the Schedu led Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled up by direct election in ever)' Zilla Panchayat shall be reserved for women nnd such SC:lt'; may be allotted by rota lion to different constituencies in a Zilla Punchuyat in such m<l1111CI'~ISmil)' be prescribed ,