 bill no xiii of 2006 the government of union territories and the government of national capital territory of delhi (amendment) bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the government of union territories act, 1963 and the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 1991be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:— chapter i preliminary chapter ii amendment of the government of union territories act, 196320 of 19632  after section 43e of the government of union territories act, 1963, the following section shall be inserted, namely: —insertion of new section 43f533 of 200210special provision as t o readjustment of territorial constituencies on the basis of 2001census"43f notwithstanding the publication of orders under sub-section (1) of section10 of the delimitation act, 2002 or anything contained in sub-section (2) or subsection (4) of the said section, any readjustment in the division of union territory into territorial constituencies by the delimitation commission under the said act, on the basis of 2001 census shall take effect from such date as the central government may, by order, published in the official gazette, specify and until such readjustment takes effect, any election to the legislative assembly may be held on the basis of the territorial constituencies existing before such readjustment" chapter iii amendment of the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 199115amendment of section 31 of 19923 in section 3 of the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 1991, in subsection (3), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—33 of 200220"provided further that any readjustment in the division of the capital into territorial constituencies by the delimitation commission under the delimitation act, 2002 on the basis of 2001 census shall take effect from such date as the central government may, by order, published in the official gazette, specify and until such readjustment takes effect, any election to the legislative assembly may be held on the basis of the territorial constituencies existing before such readjustment" statement of objects and reasonsarticle 81 read with article 82 of the constitution, inter alia, provides that the allocation of seats in the house of the people to the states and the division of each state into territorial constituencies shall be readjusted by such authority and in such manner as parliament may by law determine further, such readjustment of territorial constituencies is required to be done on the basis of 2001 census figures the second proviso to article 82 of the constitution provides that such readjustment shall take effect from such date as the president may by order specify and until such readjustment takes effect, any election to the house of the people may be held on the basis of the territorial constituencies existing before such readjustment article 170 contains similar provisions in respect of readjustment of each state into territorial constituencies in respect of representation in state legislative assemblies however, there is no such enabling provision either in the constitution or in the government of  union territories act, 1963 or in the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 1991 in respect of the union territory of pondicherry and the national capital territory of delhi empowering the president or the central government to issue an order by means of which the coming into force of the readjustment of territorial constituencies in respect of the union territory of pondicherry and the national capital territory of delhi could be specified in other words, the delimitation orders issued by the delimitation commission constituted under the delimitation act, 2002 in respect of the aforesaid union territories would be operative from the date of such order2 the second proviso to article 82 and the second proviso to clause (3) of article 170 of the constitution provide that the readjustment after the delimitation exercise is over will take effect only from such date as the president may, by order, specify and until such readjustment takes effect, any election to the house of the people or to the state legislative assemblies shall be held on the basis of territorial constituencies existing before such readjustment  in other words, they would be on the basis of the 1971 census figures  this constitutional provision is also carried over to the delimitation act, 2002 by sub-sections (2) and (4) of section 10 thereof3 the delimitation exercise in respect of union territory of pondicherry and certain states are over but in case of the majority of states and the national capital territory of delhi, the exercise is not over  hence, an anomalous situation whereby elections may have to be conducted on the basis of two different census figures in respect of the union territory of pondicherry vis a vis the rest of the country would arise unless necessary provision is made in the aforesaid acts4 to rectify the aforesaid anomalous situation arising out of lack of a suitable enabling provision in the government of union territories act, 1963 and the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 1991, a provision similar to the corresponding provisions under the second proviso to article 82 and the second proviso to clause (3) of article 170 of the constitution is proposed to be made by amending the government of union territories act, 1963 with retrospective effect, ie, from 31st march, 2005 and the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 1991 from the date of assent of the bill5 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new delhi; shivraj v patilthe 16th february, 2006 annexure extract from the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 1991 (1 of 1992) part ii legislative assembly3 (1)legislative assembly and its composition(3) seats shall be reserved for the scheduled castes in athe legislative assembly, and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in the assembly as the population of the scheduled castes in the capital bears to the total population of the capital and the provisions of article 334 shall apply to such reservationexplanation—in this section, the expression "population" means the population as ascertained in the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published:provided that the reference in this explanation  to the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 2026 have  been published, be construed as a reference to the 2001 census ———— a billfurther to amend the government of union territories act, 1963 and the government of national capital territory of delhi act, 1991————(shri shivraj vishwanath patil, minister of home affairs)mgipmrnd—5374rs—17022006