Part I-A Extra Urban Development & Urban Housing Department

Extra No. 79 © The Gujarat Government Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Vol. LXVII ] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026 / CHAITRA 11, 1948 Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a Separate Compilation. PART I-A CENTRAL SECTION Orders and Notifications (Other than those published in Part IV-B) under the Gujarat Local Boards, Village Panchayats, Municipal Boroughs, District Municipal, Primary Education and Local Fund Audit Acts. URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN HOUSING DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, 1st April, 2026 GUJARAT MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1963. No. KV/ 67 of 2026 UDUHD/mea/e-file/18/2023/8977/M:- WHEREAS certain draft rules further to amend the Gujarat Municipalities (Reservation of SC, ST, BC and Women for the office of the President) Rules, 1994, were published as required by sub-section (3) of section 277 of the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Guj.34 of 1964), at pages 21-1 to 21-2 of the Gujarat Government Gazette, Extraordinary, PART I-A, Central Section, dated the 10th February, 2026, under the Government Notification, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department No.KV/14 of 2026/UDUHD/ mea/e-file/18/2023/8977/M, dated the 10th February, 2026, inviting objections or suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby for a periods of thirty days from the date of publication of the said notification in the Official Gazette; I-A Ex.-79 79-179-2 GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX., 01-04-2026 [ PART I-A AND WHEREAS no objection or suggestion has been received by the Government in respect to the said draft notification; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 277 read with sub-section (3) of section 33 of the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Guj.34 of 1964), the Government of Gujarat hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Gujarat Municipalities (Reservation of SC, ST, BC and Women for the office of the President) Rules, 1994, namely: - 1. These rules may be called the Gujarat Municipalities (Reservation of SC, ST, BC and Women for the office of the President) (Amendment) Rules, 2026. 2. In the Gujarat Municipalities (Reservation of SC, ST, BC and Women for the office of the President) (Amendment) Rules, 1994, (hereinafter referred to as “the said rules”), for rule 2, the following rule shall be substituted, namely: - "2. Reservation in favour of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and women: - The office of the President of a Municipality shall be reserved in favour of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and women in accordance with the roster shown in SCHEDULE-1 and SCHEDULE-2.". 3. In the said rules, SCHEDULE-1 to SCHEDULE-21 shall be deleted. 4. In the said rules, existing SCHEDULE-22 shall be renumbered as “SCHEDULE-1” and after SCHEDULE-1 as so renumbered, the following SCHEDULE and the note there under shall be added, namely: - SCHEDULE-2 (See rule 2) ROSTER FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY Roster Points Sr. Municipality No. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 1 DHARI BC W SC W(BC) W G W G W BC 2 TARAPUR W G W(BC) SC W G W BC W BC 3 BODELI ST W(BC) G W G W(ST) BC W BC W 4 BECHAR-BECHARAJI G W BC W W(BC) G G W BC W Note on abbreviations used in the Schedule above: G: General, W: Women, SC: Scheduled Caste, ST: Scheduled Tribe, BC: Backward Classes, W(SC): Women (Scheduled Caste), W(ST): Women (Scheduled Tribe), W(BC): Women (Backward Classes). By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat, NILESH MODI, Deputy Secretary to Government (Municipality). ---------- Government Central Press, Gandhinagar.