THE CONSTITUTION (SIXTY-SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, Statement of
Objects and Reasons appended to the Constitution (Sixty-second
Amendment) Bill, 1989 (Bill No. XXVI of 1989) which was enacted
as THE CONSTITUTION (Sixty-second Amendment) Act, 1989 STATEMENT
OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Article 334 of the Constitution lays down
that the provisions of the Constitution relating to the
reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes and the representation of the Anglo-Indian community by
nomination in the Lok Sabha and in Legislative Assemblies of the
States shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period
of forty years from the commencement of the Constitution.
Although the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes have made
some progress in the last forty years, the reasons which weighed
with the Constituent Assembly in making provisions with regard
to the aforesaid reservation of seats and nomination of members,
have not ceased to exist. It is, therefore, proposed to
reservation for the Sch