 bill no 34 of  2016 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2016 by dr boora narsaiah goud, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 20162 in article 243k of the constitution,— (a) for clause (1) the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—amendment of article 243k"(1) subject to the provisions of clause (1a), the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the panchayats shall be vested in a state election commission consisting of a state election commissioner to be appointed by the governor(1a) the election commission shall have the power to issue any direction or instruction to the state election commission for the discharge of its functions under clause (1)"; and (b) after clause (4), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—5"(5) the state election commission shall submit its annual report to the election commission and to the governor, and it may, at any time, submit special reports on any matter which in its opinion is of such urgency or importance that it should not be deferred till the submission of its annual report"amendment of article 243za103 in article 243za of the constitution, for clause (1), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:—"(1) subject to the provisions of clause (1a), the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the municipalities shall be vested in the state election commission referred to in article 243 k15(1a) the election commission shall have the power to issue any direction or instruction to the state election commission for the discharge of its functions under clause (1)" statement of objects and reasonsthe state governments often delay panchayat elections on purely political considerations they do so, because they retain some powers relating to the conduct of elections under the state acts/rules the state election commission has to depend upon the state government for logistic support including staff and finances besides, certain important powers like issuance of election notification, delimitation of constituencies, earmarking of reserved seats, etc are retained by the state governments in many states considering all these, there is strong case for further strengthening the hands of the state election commissions by making specific provisions in the constitution itselfsometimes, the state election commission have to fight long battles against the state governments in order to fulfil their constitutional duty to hold elections as per the provisions of law in order to ensure the accountability of the states in timely conduct of panchayat and municipal elections, it is felt that the state election commissions should function independently and draw expertise and guidance from the election commission of indiahence this billnew delhi;boora narsaiah goudfebruary 8, 2016 annexure extract from the constitution of indiaelections to the panchayats243k (1) the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the panchayats shall be vested in a state election commission consisting of a state election commissioner to be appointed by the governor(2) subject to the provisions of any law made by the legislature of a state, the conditions of service and tenure of office of the state election commissioner shall be such as the governor may by rule determine:provided that the state election commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a judge of a high court and the conditions of service of the state election commissioner shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment(3) the governor of a state shall, when so requested by the state election commission, make available to the state election commission such staff as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions conferred on the state election commission by clause (1)(4) subject to the provisions of this constitution, the legislature of a state may, by law, make provision with respect to all matters relating to, or in connection with, elections to the panchayatselections to the municipality243za (1) the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the municipalities shall be vested in the state election commission referred to in article 243k(2) subject to the provisions of this constitution, the legislature of a state may, by law, make provision with respect to all matters relating to, or in connection with, elections to the municipalities lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr boora narsaiah goud, mp)gmgipmrnd—4231ls(s3)—26022016