 bill no  xx  of 2006 the delimitation (amendment) bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the delimitation act, 2002be it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:1 (1) this act may be called the delimitation (amendment) act, 2006short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint52 in the delimitation act, 2002, in section 5, after sub-section (3), following subsections shall be inserted namely:—amendment of section 5 of act 33 of 200210"(3a) the commission shall refer back to the speaker of the legislative assembly or to the speaker of the house of the people, as the case may be, the names of the associate members nominated and informed to the commission by the speakers of the respective houses, if in the opinion of the commission the number of associate members of a house recommended by the speaker of a house, is not in consonance with the composition of that house, upon which, the concerned speaker of the house shall, after giving due regards to the opinion of the commission, send the names back with or without modifications15(3b) the commission shall associate with itself one representative of every recognized national party and state party, in respect of  each state and the person to be associated as representative of political party, shall be nominated by the commission after obtaining the name from such political party, for the purpose" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsdelimitation of constituencies is a vital process in a democracy as the ratio of population increases, the delimitation has to be resorted to with respect to parliamentary and assembly constituencies the delimitation act, 2002 contains a mechanism for the purpose however, there are certain deficiencies in the legislation, which are proposed to be cured by this amendment billfor instance, the act does not provide for representation of political parties to act as associate members as a result, political parties have to depend upon members of parliament and members of state legislatures of their parties for presenting their views before the commission members of parliament and members of state legislatures of respective political parties remain engrossed and, are primarily interested in their respective constituencies they do not necessarily make required effort to present the views of the party which covers assembly and parliamentary constituencies of an entire state further, the view of the party may differ from the view of an mla or an mp with respect to the delimitation of a constituency, in which case, the mla or the mp may convey only his or her views with respect to the delimitation of the concerned constituency, and may not present the views of the party in that matter at all hence, representation of political parties is absolutely essential for a just and fair delimitationsecondly, although speaker of a legislature and speaker of the house of people are authorized by section 5 of the act to make nominations of  mlas and mps in the commission, as associate members, there is no provision for seeking remedy if the speaker of the house, inadvertently or otherwise, commits an error in nominating associate members by disregarding composition of the house or otherwise a provision, therefore, has been incorporated under which the commission can draw the attention of the concerned speaker and the speaker can consider the views of the commission the supremacy of the house, however, has been kept intact, while proposing the amendmentshantaram laxman naik rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the delimitation act, 2002————(shri shantaram laxman naik, mp)mgipmrnd—6488rs(s4)—16-03-2006