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AP Govt. finalises reservations for mayor, municipal chairperson posts

Vijayawada, Oct 12 (UNI) The Andhra Pradesh government finalized the reservations for Mayor and municipal chairperson Posts for the ensuing local body polls.
The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department Principal Secretary Suresh Kumar issued the notification on Monday through G.O. No. 252. Out of the total 17 mayor posts, 5 were reserved for BCs, 2 reserved for SCs, 1 for SC, 5 for general women and 4 mayor posts were unreserved.
Under the allocation, five corporations go to Backward Classes (BCs), two to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and one to a Scheduled Tribe (ST). Another five were reserved for women in the general category, and four remain unreserved.
Vijayawada, Tirupati, Nellore and Ongole mayor posts were unreserved. Kakinada and Machilipatnam mayor posts were reserved for BC women, Kurnool and Rajahmundry mayor posts were reserved for SC.
Reservations for 106 municipal chairpersons were also finalized of which 2 were reserved for ST general, 1 for ST women, 7 for SC general, 7 for SC women, 18 for BC women, 18 for BC general and 26 were reserved for general and 27 for general women.
The allocation was made on a rotational basis, treating the state as a single unit, with the SC, ST and BC reservations capped at 50%.
The State Election Commission is expected to announce the local-body election schedule on October 14.
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