 bill no  92 of 2009 the  constitution (amendment) bill,  2009 by shri inder singh namdhari, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called  the constitution (amendment) act, 2009short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint52  after article 371-i of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 371j"371j (1) notwithstanding anything contained in clause (3) of article 170 or in any other law for the time being in force, until the readjustment under article 170 takes effect on the basis of the first census taken after the year 2026, the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of the state of jharkhand shall consist of not lessspecial provisions with respect to the state of jharkhandthan one hundred and fifty members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in that state5(2) the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of the state of jharkhand and the division of the state into territorial constituencies under clause (1) shall be readjusted by such authority and in such manner as the parliament may, by law, determine:10provided that such divison of the state of jharkhand into territorial constituencies shall take effect from such date as the president may, by order, specify and until such divison of territorial constituencies takes effect, any election to the legislative assembly of the state of jharkhand may be held on the basis of territorial constituencies existing before such division" statement of objects and reasonsthe state of jharkhand was created in the year 2000 by carving out certain territories from the state of bihar after a long and peaceful agitation by the people of that state at the time of creation of the new state, the legislative assembly of the state of bihar had three hundred and twenty-four members consequent to the formation of the state of jharkhand, the new state legislative assembly was allotted eighty-one seats the state of bihar also had a second chamber, that is, the legislative council however, at the time of creation of new state, the state of jharkhand was not compensated for the loss of council seats it would have been appropriate if the number of seats in the new legislative assembly were increased at that time itself similar exercise was undertaken at the time of creation of uttarakhand by carving out territories from the state of uttar pradesh in lieu of seats of the legislative council, the new state assembly was given additional seats, even though the population of  uttarakhand is far less than that of jharkhandmoreover, the population of jharkhand is approximately three crores therefore, it would only be fair to increase the number of seats in legislative assembly, as it would enable the legislators to perform their duties in their constituencies in a more satisfactory mannereven though the number of constituencies has been frozen till the year 2026 by the constitution, the state of jharkhand may be made an exception since it is a very important state and is the source of mineral wealth in the country the development of the state is of paramount importance if this constitution (amendment) bill is enacted, it will pave the way for the development of the state and the strengthening of its democratic institutionshence this billnew delhi;inder singh namdharijuly 31, 2009 lok sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri inder singh namdhari, mp)