 the delimit a tion commission bill, 1962(as introduced in lox sabra on 16m november, 1962)  the delimitation commission bnl, 1962 (as introduced in loic sabha) a billto provide fen- the readjwtment of the allocation of seats in the howe of the people to the states the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of each state the division of each state into territorial constitueftcies for elections to the house of the people am legislative assemblies of the states and for matters connected thetewith bb it enacted by parliament in the thirteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the delimitation commission act, 1962 short tide i in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-definitions 5 (a) "article" means an article of the constitution; (b) "associate member" means a member nominated under aection 5; (c) "commission" means the delimitation commission constituted under section 3; 10 (d) "latest census figures" mean "the census figures as ascertained at the census held in 1961; (e) "member" means a member of the commission and includes the chairman; <i> "state" does not include the state of jammu and is kashmir and the state of nagaland constitution 3 (1) as soon as may be after the commencement of this ad, of dellmitatioa the central government shall constitute a commission to be called commiuion the delimitation commission which shall consist of three members as follows:-(4) two members, each of whom shall be a person who is 5 or has been a judge of the supreme court or of a high court, to be appointed by the central government, and (b) the chief election commissioner, ex officio (2) the central government shall nominate one of the members appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) to be the chairman of 10 the commission 4 it shall be the duty of the commission to readjust on the basis of the latest census figures the allocation of seats in the house of the people to the several states, the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of each state and the division of each stm' is into territorial constituencies for the purpose of elections to the house of the people and to the state legislative assembly aiiociate jdcmber 5 (1) the commission shall associate with itseli for the purpose of assisting it in its duties in respect of each state, seven pengilli three of whom shall be members of the house of the people repre- 20 senting that state and four shan be members of the legislative assembly of that state (2) the persons to be so associated from each state shall be nominated, in the case of members of the house of the people, by the speaker of that house, and in the case of members of a legis- 25 lative assembly, by the speaker of that assembly, having due regard to the composition of the house or, as the case may be, of the assembly (3) the first nominations to be made under sub-section (2)-(4) shall be made by the speakers of the several legis- 30 lative assemblies within one month, and by the speaker of the house of the people within two months, of the commencement of this act, and (b) shall be communicated to the chief election commissioner, and where the nominations are made by the speaker of 35 a legislative assembly, also to the speaker of the house of the people (4) none of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of the commission ' " t if owing to death or resignation the office of the chairman' or c-1 of a member or of an associate member falls vacant, it shall be 'ftcadc:tei ftlled as soon as may be practicable by the central government or the speaker concerned under and in accordance with the provisions 5 of section 3 or, as the case may be, of section 5 s of 1908 7 (1) the commission shall de~ermine its procedure and shall ~=ra in the performance of its functions have all the powers, of a civil ~!,,~jas1od court under the code of civil pro~edure, 1908, while trying a suit, in respect of the following matt~rs, namely:-10 (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses; (b) requiring the production of any document; and (c) requisitioning any public record from any court or oftlce (2) the commission shall have power to require any person to 15 furnish any information on such points or matters as in the opinion of the commission may be useful for, or relevant to, any matter under the consideration of the commission (3) the commission may authorise any of its members to exercise any of the powers conferred on it by clauses (a) to (c) of sub-20 section (1) and sub-section (2), and any order made or act done in exercise of any of those powers by the member authorised by the commissiorl in that behalf shall be deemed to be the order or act, as the case may be, of the commission (4) if there is a difference of opinion among the members, the 25 opinion of the majority shall prevail, and acts and orders of the commission shallbe expressed in terms of the views of the majority (5) the commission as well as any group of associate members shall have power to act notwithstanding the temporary absence of a member or associate member or the existence of a vacancy in the 30 commission or in that or any other group of associate members; and no act or proceeding of the commission or of any group of associate members shall be invalid or called in question on the ground merely of such temporary absence or of the existence of such vacancy (6) the commission shall be deemed to be a civil court for the 35 purposes of sections 480 and 482 of the code of criminal procedure, s of 18518 1898 expla:nation-for the purposes of enforcing the attendance of witnesses the lqcal limits of the jurisdiction of the commission shall be the limits of the territory of india readjustmedt of number of beats 8 the commission shall, on the basis of the latest census figures and having regard to the provisions of articles 81,170,330 and 332, by order determine-(a) the number of seats in the house of the ~eople to be allocated to each stat~ and number of seats, if any, to be reserv- s ed for the scheduled castes and for the scheduled tribes of the state: and (b) the total number of seats to be assigned to the legislative assembly of each state and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the scheduled castes and for the scheduled 10 tribes of the state: provided that the total number of seats assigned to the legislative assembly of any state under clause (b) shall be an integral multiple of the number of seats in the house of the people allocated to that state under clause (a) is de1ijnitatiod 9 (1) the commission shall, in the manner herein provided, of coi1sti· then distribute the seats in the house of the people allocated to each tuencies state and the seats assigned to the legislative assembly of each state to single-member territorial constituencies and delimit them on the basis of the latest census figures, having regard to the provi- 20 sions of the constitution and to the following provisions, namely:-(a) all constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas, and in delimiting them regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience; 25 (b) every assembly constituency shall be so delimited as to fall wholly within one parliamentary constituency; (c) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the scheduled castes shall be distributed in different parts of the 'state and located, as far as practicable, in those areas where the 30 proportion of their population to the total is  comparatively large; and (d) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the scheduled tribes shall, as far as practicable, be located in areas where the proportion of their population to the total is the 35 largest (2) the commission shall-(a) publish its proposals for the delimitation of constituencies, together with the dissenting proposals, if any, of an associate member who desires publication thereof, in the gazette of india and official gazettes of all the states concerned and also in such other manner as it thinks fit; (b) specify a date on or after which the proposals will be further considered by it; s (c) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified, and for the purpose of such consideration, hold one or more public sittings at such place or places as it thinks fit; and 10 (d) thereafter by one or more orders determine-(i) the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, and (ii) the delimitation of assembly constituencies of each state 10 (1) the commission shall cause each of its orders made under public:atiod is section 8 or section 9 to be published in the gazette of india and in of order~ the official gazettes of the states concerned ~:'e ~;ar -(2) upon publication in the gazette of india, every such order operatiod shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any court 20 (3) as soon as may be after such publication, every such order shall be laid before the house of the people and the legislative assemblies of the states concerned (4) subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), the readjustment of representation of the several territorial constituencies in the 2s house of the people or in the legislative assembly of a state and the delimitation of those constituencies provided for in any such order shall apply in relation to every election to the house or to the assembly, as the case may be, held after the publication in the gazette of india of that order and shall so apply in supersession of 30 the provisions relating to such representation and delimitation con-43 of 1950 tained in the representation of the people act, 1950, and the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 1961 (5) nothing in this section shall affect the representation in the house of the people or in the legislative assembly of a state until 3s the dissolution of the house or of the assembly, as the case may be, existing on the date of publication in the gazette of india of the final order of the commission relating to the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies or, as the case may be, of the assembly constituencies of that state po!er ~ 11 the election commission may, from time to time, by notiftca-==a:tioa tion in the gazette of india and in the official gazette of the state ord~  _ up-t""""'te concerned,-(a) correct any printing mistake in any of the orders made by the delimitation commission under section 9 or any s error arising therein from an inadvertent slip or omissioni and (b) where the boundaries or name of any district or any territorial division mentioned in any of the said orders are or is altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or ~ent for bringing the orders up-to-date 10  statement of objects and reasonsarticles 82 and 170 (3) of the constitution provide that upon the completion of each census-(a) the allocation of seats in the house of the people to the states, (b) the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of each state, (c) the div~sion of each state into territorial constituencies for electing members to the house of the people and the legislative assembly, shall be readjusted by such authority and in such manner as parliament may by law determine 2 the present delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies is based on the population figures of the 1951-census as the 1961-census has been completed, a readjustment of the several matters specified above is, therefore, necessary the object of the bill is to set up a delimitation commission for the purpose of effect-ing such readjustment on the basis of the population as ascertained at the census of 1961 the bill also seeks to lay down certain instructions as to the manner in which such readjustment will be made for the guidance of the delimitation commission these instructions are generally based on the provisions of articles 81 and 170 of the constitution and the procedure followed in delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies under the delimitation commission act of 1952 it has also been provided in the bill that the readjustment which will be made by the delimitation commission will apply to every general election to the house of the people or to a state legislative assembly held after the final orders of the commission have been published and to every bye-election arising from such general election new delm: a k sen the 6th november, 1962 the delimitation commission bill contemplates the setting up of a delimitation commission for the purpose of effecting readjustment of the allocation of seats in the house of the people to the states, the total number of seats in the legislative assembly of each state and the division of each state into territorial constituencies for electing members to the house of the people and the legislative assembly on the basis of the population ascertained at the census held in 1961 as required by articles 82 and 170 (3) of the constitution 2 the commission is to consist of three members of whom two shall be appointed from among persons who are or have been judges of the supreme court or of a high court and the chief election commissioner shall be an ex officio member of the commission the commission shall also associate with itself for the purpose of assisting it in its duties in respect of each state seven persons, three of whom shall be members of the house of the people representing that state nominated by the ~peaker of that house and four shall be members of the legislative assembly of that state nominated by the speaker of that assembly the commission will also have a small office staff as far as can be anticipated, the cost involved will be about rs 1,50,000 (non-recurring) for a period of about six months the estimate is necessarily a rough one a hal to provide for the readjustment of the allocation of seats in the house of the people to the states, the tota] number of seats in the legislative assembly of each state, the division of each state into territorial constituencies for elections to the house of the people and legislative assemblies of the state s and for matters connected therewith  - the president has, in pursuance of clause (3) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha the consideration of the bill mn kaul, secretary (shri asoke k sen, minister 0/ law) 