 the public employment (requirement as to residence) bill! 19)7(as introduced in lo~ sasha)  tile public employment (requirement as to residence) bill, 1957 (as introduced in'lok sabha)a ~ bill m make in purauance of clause (3) of article 16 of the constit"tion pecial provisions for requirement as to residence in regard to certain classes of public employment in certain areas bb it enacted by parliament in the eighth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the public employment (require- short tide ment as to residence) act, 1957 and oommenc:emcnt ~ (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 2 upon the commencement of this act, any law then in force in r~ of any state or union territory by virtue of clause (b) of article 35 of exl~~i~w the constitution prescribing, in regard to a class or classes of ~equiremenu 10 employment or appointment to an office under the government of, d'en:' rellor any local or other authority within, that state or union territory, any requirement as to residence therein prior to such employment or appointment shall cease to have effect and is hereby repealed a (1) the central government may, by notification in the powct to 1$ official gazette, make rules prescribing, in reeard to appointments :-:= t~ ~e~m (a) any subordinate service or post under ~vernment of andhra pradesh, or dal~ ot ~ucl _-the state~t fa -eertlid  (b) any subordinate service or post under the controi of the administrator of himachal pradesh, manipur or tripura, or (c) any service or post under a local authority (other than a cantonment board) within the telangana area of andhra j pradesh or within the union territory of himachal pradesh, manipur or tripura, any requirement as to residence within the telangana area or the hid union territory, as the case may be, prior to such appointment 10 (2) in this section,- (a) "subordinate service or post" means any service or post appointments to whfch are not notified in the official gueue bu~, includes any service of tehsildars; (b) "telangana area" comprises all the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 30f the states reorganisation is act, 1956 37 of 95 'arliluben-" all rules made under section 3 shall, as soon as may be after lai1 iauriaj they are made, be laid for not less than thirty days before each f nllln house of parliament and shall be subject to such modifications as parliament may make during the session in which they are so laid, 20 or in' the session immediately following dvatiea ef··; 5-section 3 and all rules made thereunder shall cease to have  ~tiosl 3 efteet on the expiration of five years from the commencement of ad nilea  this act, but such cesser shall not affect the validity of any appoint-1ihul' 'previoualymade in pursuance of the said rules 15  statement of objects and reason~clause (2) of article 16 of the constitution provides, inter alia, that no citizen shall, on grounds only of residence be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or office under the state parliament is, however, competent under clause (3) of the said article to regulate the extent to which it would be permissible for a state to depart from the above principle in considering this aspect of the question, the states reorganisation commission recommended that if any departure from the principle of non-discrimination on the ground of residence is to be authorised at all, it should be sucp as to cause minimum hardship and that neces-sqi'y legislation in this regard should be undertaken 2 on the basis of these recommendations, provision was made in this behalf in paragraphs 14, 15 and 16 of the memorandwn on safeguards for linguistic minorities which was laid before parliament in september, 1956 it was stated in the memomndum that the government of india did not consider it necessary or desirable to impose any restrictions for any public employment and that it was proposed to repeal all the laws in force prescribing any requirement as to residence for any public employment it was, further, stated in the memorandum that certain exceptions might have to be made for a transitional period to the general rule of non-discrimination in the telengana area of the former hyderabad state and in certain backward areas - in pursuance of this decision, it is now proposed to repeal all the laws in force prescribing any requirement as to residence within a state or union territory for any public employment in that state or union territory exception, however, is being made in the case of himachal pradesh, manipur and tripura and the area transferred from the state of hyderabad to andhra pradesh in respect of these areas, it is proposed to prescribe residential qualifications for a limited period not exceeding five years in regard to non-gazetted services including the service of tehsildars it is proposed to empower the central government to make rules for the purpose 3 the bill seeks to achieve these objectives govind ballabh pant new delhi; the 3rd september, 1957 clause 3 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules, in regard to appointment to certain offices in himachal pradesh, mantpur, tripura and the area transferred from the state of hydrabad to andhra pradesh, prescribing any requirement as to residence within these territories prior to such appointment the residential qualifications which are proposed to be prescribed would vary from service to service and from place to place it would not, therefore, be possible to specify them in the act itself the rules to be made by the central government shall be laid before both houses of parliament and shall be subject to iuch modifications as parliament may make in the circumstances, the delegation of legislative powera it of a normal character  a billto make in pursuance of clause (3) of article 16 of the constitution special provisions for requirement as to residence in regard to certain classes of public employm~nt in certain areas, » : (shrl govind ballahh pant, minister of home affairs) 