V. Chitambaresh, J.

1. The issue pertains to the reservation of the wards in the Corporation of Kollam for the ensuing election to the local bodies in terms of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 ['the Act' for short]. Art. 243T of the constitution of India provides for the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes including women in every Municipality. The number of seats so reserved shall be proportionate to the population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Municipal area when compared to the total population of that area. The State Government has fixed the number of seats to be reserved for Scheduled Castes in the category of women in the Corporation of Kollam as 2 only. Seats have also been reserved for women to the extent of 50% of the total number including those belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes under the Act. Both Art. 243T of the Constitution of India as well as Section 6 of the Act speak of reservation by "rotation' to the different constituencies (wards) in a Municipality. How best the wards in the Corporation of Kollam could be ear-marked for reservation by rotation in accordance with the constitutional a