 the constitution (fourteenth amendment) bill, 1962- (as introduced in lok sabha on 30th august, 1962) "rliament ulftall -   ~   ,  ,  n"~·············"·"7~ :-, ' 01)' jl  of, 2---, v~~,~ :"",jj"jp"'- bill,ig62 (as introduced in' lok sabka) a billfurther to amend the constitution 01 india be it en~cted by parliament in the thirteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the constitution (fourteenth amend- short title ment) act, 1962 s 2 in artiele 81 of the coiidtutton, hisaklause (b) of elause' (1), mr en,dtnerit,'8  for the words "twenty members", the wonts "twenty-five members" o art c c j shall be substituted 3 in the' first schedule to the constitution, under the heading amend~ent "ii the union territories", after entry 8, the following entry ~~~~dur~~t to shall be inserted, namely:-"9 pondicheny, the territomes which immediately before the sixteenth day of august, 196z, wer comprised in the prench establishments in india known as pondicherry, karika', is mahe and yanam" ( 4 after article 239 of the constitution, the following article insertion of h new article s all be inserte~, namely: -z39a "z39a (1) parliament may by law create for any of the creation 01 union territories of himachal pradesh manipur tripora goa local legis-- , " latures or zo daman and diu, and pondicherry-council or ministers or (a) a body, whether nominated or elected or partly both for nominated and partly elected, to function !ls a legislature cu~ajn  nlon terrlfor the union territory, or toriea  (b) a couaeu of midlsters,or both with such constitution, powers and fubctiods, in each ease, a may be lpecified in the law (z) azly such law as is referred to in clause (1) shall not be deemed to be an amendment of this constitution for the 5 purposes of ;lrticle 368 notwithstanding that it contains any provision which amends or has the' effect of amending this constitution  i in article 240, in clause (1),-amendnleat ofartic:le ~ (a) after entry (d), the following entry shall be inserted, 10 namely:-"(e) pondicherry:"; '(b) the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely:-"provided that when any body is created under article 15 239a to function as a legislature for the union territory of goa, daman and diu or pondicherry, the president shall not make any regulation for the peace, progress and good government of that union territory with effect from the date appointed for the first meeting of the legislature" 20 6 in the fourth schedule, in the' table,-(a) after entry 20, the entry ameadlllebt of the pourth schedule "21 pondicherry  1" shall be inserted; (b) for the figures "225", the figures "226" shall be substituted 2s , section 3 and clau~e (a) of section 5 shall be' deemed to have come into force on the 16th day of august, 1962 rtetrospecti" operation or certaill provisions  statement of objects and reasonswith the ratification of the treaty of cession by the governments of india and france, on the 16th august, 1962, the french establishments of pondicherry, karikal, mahe and yanam became territories of the indian union with effect from that date this bill provides for these territories being specified in the constitution itself as a union territory called 'pondicherry' under article 81 (1) (b) of the constitution, not more than twenty members are to repr~nt the union territories in the house of the people this maximum has already been reached the bill accordingly seeks to increase this number to twenty"tive to enable representation being given immediately to pondicherry in the house of the people and to provide for future contingencies the bill also provides for representation of the territory in the council of states    it is proposed to create legislatures and councils of ministers in the union territories of himachal pradesh, manipur, tripura, goa, daman and diu and pondicherry broadly on the pattern of the scheme which was in force in some of the part c states before the reorganisation of the states the bill seeks to confer necessary legislative power on parliament to enact laws for this purpose through a new article 239a which follows generally the provisionl of article 240 as it stood before the reorganisation of the states lal bahadur new delhi; the 25th august, 1962 ~he bill provides for-(a) the maximum number of sea,ts in the house of the people for members representing the union territories being raised from twenty to twenty-five (clause 2); (b) the french establishments in india known as pond!-cherry, karikal, mahe and yanam being specified in the constitution itself as a union territory (clause s); (c) pawers being conferred on parliament to cpeate by law legislatures and councils of ministers for the union territorie (clause 4) ; and ' (d) allocation of one seat in the rajya sabha to the union territory of pondicherry (clauie 6) 2 the provision at (a), when it is fully utilised, and the pro-vision at (d) will altogether involve an expenditure of rs 60,000 per annum from the consolidated fund of india on account of i8laries and allowances of members of parliament 3 consequent on the agreement reached between the govern·· ments of india and france regarding de facto transfer of former french establishments of pondicherry, karikal, mahe and yanam, the administration of these territories was vested in the government of india with effect from 1st november, 1954 since that date all expenditure connected with the administration of these territories is being met out of the consolidated fund of india 4 during the current budget year, the revenue of the' former french establishments has been estimated at rs 2,31,05,500 and expenditure at about rs 4,45,32,000, showing a deficit of rs 2,14,26,500 with the integration of these areas into the indian union as a union territory, the financial administration of the terri-tory will undergo some changes it is not, however, posible at th1a stage to estimate the result of such possible changes generally, it is estimated that a substantial part of the expenditure on the territory will continue to be met by he union government from the central revenues for some years to come " ' 1 1 • _ 5 some expenditure will be incurred as and when legislatures and councils of ministers are created for the five union territories in pursuance of the provisionsofolause 4: of the bill it is not possible to estimate precisely this amount but it is likely to be of the order of about rs 20 ·lakhs per annum this expenditure will initially be met from the consolidated fund of the territory concerned however, it will have to be taken into account in determining the ftnancial assistance which may be given to these territories by 'way of grants from the consolidated fund of' india  annexureextracts from the constitution or india -  - 81 (1) subject to the provisions of article 331, the house of the composition people shall consist ofof the houle oft he (a) not more than five hundred members chosen by direct people election from territorial constituencies in the states, and (b) not more than twenty members to represent the union territories, chosen in such manner as parliament may be law provide (2) for the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (1),-(a) there $hall be allotted to each state a number of seats in the house of the people in such manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the state is, so far as practicable, the same for all states; and (b) each state shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each cohstituency and the nwnber of seats allotted to it is, so far a~ practicable, the same throughout the' state (3) in this article, the expression "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census ot which the relevant figures have be'en published - - - 240 (1) the president may make regulations for the progress and good government of the union territory ofpeace, power of prcsidentto mate repl  tiodi for certain udiad territories (a) the andaman and nicobar islands; (b) the laccadive, minicoy and amindivi islands; (c)'dadra and nagar haveli; (d) goa, daman and diu (2) any regulation so made may repeal or amend any, act made by parliament or any existing law which is for the time beine applicable t,) the union territory and, when promulgated by the president, shall have the' same force and effect as an act of parliament which applies to that territory  - -  ii the union territoriesname extent i delhi 'ilte territory which immediately before the commencement of this constitution was comprised in the chief commissioner's province of delhi 2 himachal pradesh the territories which immediately before the commencement of this constitution were being administered as if they were chief commissioners' provinces under the names of himachal pradesh and bilaspur 3 manipur' the territory which immediately before the commencement of this constitution was being administered as if it were a chief commissioner's province under the name of manipur  4 tripura the territory which immediately before the commencement of this constitution was being administered as if it were a chief commissioner's province under the,name of tripura s· the andaman and nicobar islands the territory which immediately before the commencement of this constitution was comprised iri the chid" commissioner's province of the andaman and, nicobar islands 6 the la~dive, minicoy and amindivi islands the territory specified in section 6 of the states reorganisation act, 1956 7· dadra and nagar haveli the territory which immediately before the eleventh day of august, 1961 wac; comprised in free dadra and nagar haveli  8 goa daman and diu  | the                               ||-----------------------------------|| tbe'l,!wentieth day of december, || 1961                              || were                              || 1                                || comprised in goa, daman and       || diu                              | [artidcs 4(1) and 8o(2)j alloctjlion- of seals in the courrcil of statesto each state or union territory specified in the first colullll1 of the following table, there shall be- allotted the number of seats specified in the second colulllr thereof opposite to that state or that union territory, u the case may i andhra pradesh is 2 assam 7 3 bihar 22 4 gujarat ii , kcrala 9 6 madhya pradesh 16 7 madras  is s maharubtra 19 9 mysore 12 10 orissa 10 u punjab ii 12 raiasthan 10 j 3 uttar pradesh  3~ 14 west bengal 16 15 jammu and kuhmir  16 delhi 3 17 himachal pradcsb 2' is maaipur i 19 triplra  i ----total 224 -- --~- a bill funher to amend the constitution of indiathe president has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha the consideration of the bill mnkaul, secretary (shri lal bahadur shastri, minister of home affairs) 