 bill no xxxvi of 2009 the constitution (amendment)  bill, 2009 a billfurther to amend the constitution of india be it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2009short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force at once2 in article 324 of the constitution, in clause (5) for the existing  provisos, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely:—amendment of  article 324''provided  that no election commissioner shall be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a  judge of  the supreme court and  the conditions of service of any election commissioner shall  not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment:provided further that a regional commissioner shall not be removed from office except on the recommendation of the chief election commissioner'' statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe founding fathers of our constitution have given us a parliamentary system of democracy as fair and free elections are the bedrock of democracy, provision has been made for an election commission which has been vested with superintendence direction and control of elections the commission at present is a  multi-member body, whereas the chief election commissioner can be  removed from office in like manner and on like grounds as a judge  of the supreme court and that his conditions of service cannot be  varied to his disadvantage after appointment, no such protection  has been given to other election commissioner on the contrary, an election commissioner can be removed from service  on the recommendation of the chief election commissioner in other  words, the status of other election commissioners is inferior and  subordinate to the chief election commissioner that means all  the election commissioners do not have equal rights and status this situation does not appear to be just and reasonablerecently, a controversy on this issue arose when the chief election commissioner recommended the removal of  one of his colleagues the recommendation was not accepted by the presidentin view of this position, it is necessary and appropriate  that the status of all the election commissioners in the matter of removal  from service and the protection of the service conditions after  appointment should be equal as in the case of the judges of the supreme court accordingly, the relevant provisions of article 324  are required to be suitably amendedhence this billrajeev chandrasekhar annexure extract from the constitution of india324(1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (5) subject to the provisions of any law made by parliament, the conditions of service and tenure of office of the election commissioners and the regional commissioners shall be such as the president may by rule determine:superintendence, direction  and control      of elections     to be  vested    in an   election commissionprovided that the chief election commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on the like grounds as a judge of the supreme court and the conditions of service of  the chief  election commissioner shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment:provided further that any other election commissioner or a regional commissioner shall not be removed from office except on the recommendation of the chief election commissioner        rajya  sabha—————a billfurther to amend the constitution of india—————(shri rajeev chandrasekhar,  mp)gmgipmrnd—4477rs(s5)—04-12-2009