_ 243 the tamil nadu lang reforms (fixation of ceiling on land) amendment act, 1981 (tamil nadu act 59 of 1981) 244 the tamil nadu land - reforms (fixation of ceiling on land) second amendment act, 1983 (tamil nadu act 2 of 1984) 245 the uttar pradesh land laws (amendment) act, 1982 5 (uttar pradesh act, 20 of 1982) { - ,246, thewest bengal lang reforms (amendment) et, 1965 (west bengal act 18 of 1965) ss ey oa 247 the west bengal land reforms (amendment) act, 1966 (west bengal act 11 of 1966) | 10 ) 248 the west bengal land reforms (second amendment) act, 1969 (west bengal act 23 of 1969) | | 249    | the    | west    | bengal       | estate    | acquisition    | (amendment)    | act,    ||---------|---------|---------|--------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|---------|| 1977    | (west   | bengal  | act36      | of        | 1977)         |                |         || 250    | the     | west)   | bengal       | land      | holding       | revenue       | act,    || bengal  | act     | 44      | of           | 1979)    |                |                |         || 251,    | the     | west    | rengal'leaud | reforms   | (amendment)   | act,           | 1980    |~ (west bengal act 41 of 1980) |             | 252    | the      | west    | bengal    | land         | holding    | revenue      | (amendment)    ||-------------|---------|----------|---------|-----------|--------------|------------|--------------|----------------|| act,        | 1981    | (west    | bengal  | act       | 33           | of         | 1981)       | 20             || 253        | the     | calcutta | thikka  | tenancy   | (acquisition | and        | regulaticn)  |                || act,        | 1981    | (west    | bengal  | act       | 37           | of         | 1981)       |                || 254        | the     | west     | bengal  | land      | holding      | revenue    | (amendment)  |                || act,        | 1982    | (west    | bengal  | act       | 23           | of         | 1982)       |               || 285        | the     | calcutta | thikka: | tenaney   | (acquisition | and        | regulation)  | 25             || (amendment) | act,    | 1984     | (west   | bengal    | act          | 41         | of           | 1984)         || 256        | the     | mahe     | land    | reforms'  | act;         | 1968       | (pondicherry | act            |1968)  257 the mahe land reforms (amendment) act, 1980 (pondicherry act 1 of 1981)7 30 statement of objects and reasonsarticle 31b of the constitution confers on the enactments included in the ninth schedule to the constitution immunity from legal challenge on the ground that they violate the fundamental rights enshrined in part iii of the constitution 2 in the past, whenever it was found that progressive legisiation, conceived in the interest of the public was imperilleq by litigation, recourse was taken to the ninth schedule several state enactments relating to land reforms ang ceiling on agricultural land holdings have already been included in the ninth schedule since the government is committed to give importance to land reforms, it is decided to include all land reform laws in the ninth schedule so that they are not challenged before the courts the state governments of andhra pradesh, bihar, gujarat, himachal pradesh, karnataka, kerala, madhya pradesh, maharashtra, orissa, rajasthan, uttar pradesh, west bengal, tamil nadu and administration of the union territory of pondicherry have suggested the inclusion of some of their acts relating to land reforms in the ninth schedule 3 since the amendment to acts which are already placed in the ninth schedule are not automatically immunized from legal challenge, some amending acts are also proposed to be included in the ninth schedule the acts which are proposed to be included in the ninth schedule have been examined in order to ensure that implementation of these acts is not adversely affected by litigation, it is proposed to include them in the ninth schedule 4 the bill seeks to achieve the above object devi lal new delhi; the 2nd apvii, 1990