Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): Prior to the finalisation of list of the reservation of posts for the upcoming Zilla Parishad Election, the state government has issued modalities inviting candidates to file objections against the allotment of reservations by October 25.
The state government on Saturday released the draft reservation list for the post of Zilla Parishad president in all 30 districts of the state. Along with this, objections against reservation allotment and finalisation date have also been announced. As per the modalities for reservation of seats and offices of the Panchayati Raj institutions, candidates can file objections against the allotment of reservations by October 24 (5 pm) by mailing online over (dir-pr.od@gov.in or prsec.or@nic.in).The list will be finalized on October 29 and the final list will be submitted before the State Election Commission (SEC) on October 30.
According to the draft list published by the government, the four districts reserved for OBCs include Angul, Keonjhar, Khordha and Gajapati. Similarly, Zilla Parishad president posts of 12 districts namely Kalahandi, Kendrapara, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Nuapada, Puri, Bargarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Sambalpur will see candidates from unreserved categories fight it out to the top most tier of the Panchayat Raj system.
The government has notified 4 districts– Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur and Bhadrak– for Scheduled Caste category.
Likewise, the remaining 10 districts Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Sundargarh and Sonepur have been booked for Scheduled Tribe candidates.The State government has reserved 50% of all ZP chief posts for women candidates.
