 the representation of thb people (amendment) bill, 1962(as introotjcbd in lolt sabha on sm december, 1962) ,  (amendment) bill, 1962 (as introduced in lox: saara)a bill further to amend the representation of the people act, 1950 be it enacted by parliament in the thirteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the representation of the people short title (amendment) act, 1962  s 2 in the fourth schedule to the representation of the people act, amend-~-~~ 10 is , founh  schedule (a) under the heading "madras", for the entry "4 class i act 43 of panchayats, that is to say, panchayats notified by the state gov- 19so• ernment in the official gazette as panchayats which exercise jurisdiction over an area containing a population of not less than five thousand and whose income for the financial year immediately preceding the date of the notification was not less than ten thousand rupees", the following entry shall be substituted, namely:--"4 town panchayats notified under the madras panchayats act, 1958 (madras act xxxv of 1958), that is to say, panchayats having a population estimated at not less than five thousand and an annual income estimated at not less than ten thousand rupees"; (b) under the heading "maharashtra", for the existing entries, the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-"i municipalities 2 cantonment boards 3 town committees 4 zilla parishads"; (c) under the heading "utl'ar pradesh", after the entry "5 notified area committee", the entry "6 kshettra samitis" shall be inserted s  statement of objects and reasonsthe local authorities specified in the fourth schedule to the representation of the people act, 1950, in pursuance of article 171 (3) of the constitution read with section 27(2) of the above-mentioned act form tne basis of the electorate of local authoritirs' constituencies of the state legislative councils unless the lists of these local authorities are kept up-to-date, there are difficulties in the holding of bye-elections from the local authorities' constituencies recently there have been changes in the lists of local authorities for maharashtra, madras and uttar pradesh with the inauguration of panchayat raj in maharashtra, district boards, district local boards and janapada sabhas (rural circle) have been replaced by zilla parishads in madras "class i panchayats" have been reclassified as "town panchayats" and in uttar pradesh "kshettra srmitis" have been introduced by the up kshettra samitis and zilla parishads act, 1961 the state governments concerned want these new local bodies to be mentioned in their respective lists of local authorities in the fourth schedule any change in the lists of these local authorities can only be effected by parliament by law accordingly the bill seeks to make the necessary changes in the lists of local authorities in the fourth schedule to give effect to the above proposals for the state governments b misra i , ' new dblri; the 29th november, 1963 - - - - the fourth schedule - - - - 1 municipalities 2 panchayat union cowlcils 3 cantonment boards 4 class i panchayats, that is to say, panchayats notified by the state government in the official gazette as panchayats which exercise jurisdiction over an area containing a population of not less than five thousand and whose income for the financial year immediately preceding the date of the notification was not less than ten thousand rupees  maharashtra1 municipal committees 2 district local boards 3 cantonment boards 4 district boards 5 town committees 6 janpada sabhas (rural circle) - - - -  uttar pradesh1 municipalities 2 zilla parishads including antarim zilla parishads 3 cantonment boards 4 town area' committees 5 notified area committees - - - - a bill  furtjl:r to amead tile repl'clclltatiol1 of the people act, 1950 (shri bibudhendra misra, deputy minister in the ministry of law) 