Section 6
Re-adjustment of constituencies by the Election Commission.
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976
About this Act
An Act to provide for the inclusion in, and the exclusion from, the lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, of certain castes and tribes, for the re-adjustment of representation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in so far as such re-adjustment is necessitated by such inclusion or exclusion and for matters connected therewith.
(1) After the population figures
have been notified for any State under section 5, it shall be the duty of the Commission to make such
amendments as may be necessary in the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
Order, 1976, (without altering the extent of any constituency as given in such Order) having regard to the
provisions of articles 81, 170, 330 and 332 of the Constitution, of section 8 of the Delimitation Act, and
of this Act, for the purpose of giving proper representation to the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be,
to the Scheduled Tribes of that State on the basis of the number of reserved seats as specified in that
Order as hereunder amended by the Commission, and the First Schedule and Second Schedule to the
Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly.
(2) In making any amendments under sub-section (1), the Commission shall, as far as may be necessary, have regard to the provisions of clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Delimitation Act.
(3) The Commission shall—
(a) publish its proposals for the amendments in the Gazette of India and the Official Gazette of the State concerned and also in such other manner as it thinks fit;
(b) specify a date on or after which such proposals will be further considered by it;
(c) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified; and
(d) thereafter make the necessary amendments in the order.
(2) In making any amendments under sub-section (1), the Commission shall, as far as may be necessary, have regard to the provisions of clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Delimitation Act.
(3) The Commission shall—
(a) publish its proposals for the amendments in the Gazette of India and the Official Gazette of the State concerned and also in such other manner as it thinks fit;
(b) specify a date on or after which such proposals will be further considered by it;
(c) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so specified; and
(d) thereafter make the necessary amendments in the order.