Part I-A Extra Urban Development & Urban Housing Department

Extra No. 21 © The Gujarat Government Gazette EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Vol. LXVII ] TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2026 / MAGHA 21, 1947 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, 10th February, 2026 GUJARAT MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1963.

No. KV/14 of 2026/UDUHD/mea/e-file/18/2023/8977/M:- The following draft of rules which is proposed to be issued under sub-section (1) of section 277 read with sub-section (3) of section 33 of the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Guj.34 of 1964) is published as required by sub-section (3) of section 277 of the said Act for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules will be taken into consideration by the Government of Gujarat on or after the expiry of thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette;

2. Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the Principal Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar from any person with respect to the said draft rules on or before the expiry of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Government.

I-A Ex.-21 21-121-2 GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX., 10-02-2026 [ PART I-A DRAFT NOTIFICATION GUJARAT MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1963.

No. KV/14 of 2026/UDUHD/mea/e-file/18/2023/8977/M:- In exercise of the 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 Schedule Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and women: - The office of the President of a Municipality shall be reserved in favour of Schedule 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 Sr. Roster Points 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 BECHAR- 4 G W BC W W(BC) G G W BC W BECHARAJI

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.

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