 bill no lxxv of 2006 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2006 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment)  act, 2006short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force with immediate effect2  after article 371(i) of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted namely:—"371j (1) the president may by order made with respect to the hyderabad karnataka area of the state of karnataka provide, having regard to the requirements of that area as a whole, for equitable opportunities and facilities for the people belonging to different parts of the state, in the matter of public employment and in the matter of education, and different provisions may be made for various parts of the state(2) an order made under clause (1) may, in particular:—(a) require the state government to organize any class or classes of posts in a civil service of, any class or classes of civil posts under, the state into different local cadres for different parts of the state and allot in accordance with such principles and procedure as may be specified in the order the persons holding such posts to the local cadres so organized;insertion of newarticle 371jspecialprovisions withrespect to thehyderabadkarnatakaareaconsisting ofgulbarga,bidar,raichur,koppal andbellarydistricts of thestate ofkarnataka(b) specify the hyderabad karnataka area of the state which shall be regarded as the local area—(i) for direct recruitment to posts in any local cadre (whether organized in pursuance of an order under this article or constituted otherwise) under the state government;(ii) for direct recruitment to posts in any cadre under any local authority within the state; and(iii) for the purposes of admission to any university within the state or to any other educational institution which is subject to the control of the state government;(c) specify the extent to which, the manner in which and the conditions subject to  which preference or reservations shall be given or made—(i) in the matter of direct recruitment to posts in any such cadre referred to in sub-clause (b) as may be specified in this behalf in the order(ii) in the matter of admission to any such university or other educational institutions referred to in sub-clause (b) as may be specified in this behalf in the orders to or in favour of candidates who have resided or studied for any period specified in the order in the local area in respect of such cadre, university or other educational institutions, as the case may be (d) and to provide for required infrastructure for overall development of the hyderabad karnataka area (eg industries, education, roads, hospitals, employment, irrigation etc)" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsin order to overcome the imbalances prevailling in the field of employment and education among various regions of the state, the government of karnataka have proposed for regional reservation with a view to make available equitable opportunities and facilities to the people of different parts of the state by amending article 371 of the constitution hyderabad karnataka area consisting of gulbarga, bidar, raichur, koppal, a new district and bellary have been included in hyderabad karnataka region gulbarga has been considered as divisional headquarters since last 50 years development of these districts has been for behind old mysore and bombay karnataka region this hyderabad karnataka region is the most backward area in state of karnataka, as for as development of industries, education, roads, hospitals, employment, irrigation etc is concernedthe matter was raised on many occasions in both the houses of karnataka legislature and the members have unanimously demanded that the central government may have to be persuaded to bring the proposed amendment to the constitutionthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectiveskb shanappa financial  memorandumclause 2 of the bill seeks to insert a new article 371j in the constitution of india to provide for special provisions with respect to hyderabad karnataka areasub-clause (1) of clause 2 provides for equitable opportunities and facilities for the people belonging to different parts of the state in the matter of public employment and education para (d) of sub-clause 2 of clause (2) provides for required infrastructure for overall development of hyderabad karnataka areathe bill, therefore, if enacted would involve an estimated annual recurring expenditure of about rupees one thousand crore from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of rupees five thousand crore from the consolidated fund of india shall also be involved rajya   sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india ————(shri kb shanappa, mp)mgipmrnd—2594rs—25082006