 bill no  326 of  2015 the  andhra  pradesh  reorganisation  (amendment) bill, 2015 by shri vinod kumar boianapalli, mp a billfurther to amend the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the andhra pradesh reorganisation (amendment) act,2015substituted statement  of  objects  and  reasonsundivided andhra pradesh had a vast population of around nine crores and the successor states of telangana and andhra pradesh have populations of approximately 4 and 5 crores, respectively section 26 of the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014 guarantees that this huge population be given enhanced representation through an increase in the number of assembly seats from 119 to 153 in the case of the state of telangana and from 175 to 225 in the case of the state of andhra pradesh, respectively however, this increase in assembly seats cannot take place as section 26 is "subject to the provisions of article 170 of the constitution", which puts a freeze on delimitation of assembly constituenciesthis has become a real deterrent to the legitimate rights of the people of the states of andhra pradesh and telangana who are entitled to an increase in representation in the state assemblies what makes the fulfillment of this promise more imperative is that the act has been enacted under the provisions of article 2, 3, and 4 of the  constitution, articles so powerful that they can amend any part of the constitution while forming a new state article 4(1) specifically mentions changes in representation in the state legislature: "(1) any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall contain such provisions for the amendment of the first schedule and the fourth schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions as to representation in parliament and in the legislatures of the state or states affected by such law) as parliament may deem necessary"thus, the  very purpose of including section 26 (1) in the act is to increase the assemblies seats in both states if the provisions of article 170 of the constitution were to be followed, then there was no need for inserting section 26 in the act as states are going to receive an increased number of assemblies seats after 2026 in any case therefore, it is highly likely that the drafting error where section 26 begins with the words 'subject to' instead of 'notwithstanding' needs to be correctedhence this bill new delhi;vinod kumar boianapallijuly 21, 2015 annexure extract from the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014 (6  of  2014)      delimitation of constituencies26(1) subject to the provisions contained in article 170 of the constitution and without prejudice to section 15 of this act, the number of seats in the legislative assembly of the successor states of andhra pradesh and telangana shall be increased from 175 and 119 to 225 and 153, respectively, and delimitation of the constituencies may be determined by the election commission in the manner hereinafter provided— [10] m c gonzalez-garcia, m c gonzalez-garcia, m lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the andhra pradesh reorganisation act, 2014————(shri vinod kumar boianapalli, mp)gmgipmrnd—3181ls(s3)—08-12-2015