982 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: “Exclude” also we are giving. To “diminish” means really “exclude”.
Mr. President: “Diminish” means “exclude”.
[Paragraph 19, as amended and the Table, Parts I and II were added to the Sixth Schedule.]
( Paragraph 20 )
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move:
“That after paragraph 19, the following new paragraph be inserted :—
‘20. Amendment of the Schedule.—(1) Parliament may from time to time by law amend by way of addition, variation or repeal any of the provisions of this Schedule and when the Schedule is so amended, any reference to this Schedule in this Constitution shall be construed as a reference to such Schedule as so amended.
(2) No such law as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall be deemed to be an amendment of this Constitution for purpose of article 304 thereof.”
†The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I do not accept the amendment (to paragraph 20 of Sibban Lal Saksena).
[The motion of Dr. Ambedkar was adopted. Paragraph 20 was added to the Sixth Schedule. Schedule VI, as amended, was added to the Constitution.]
ARTICLE 281
‡Mr. President: Then we go to Article 281.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I move :
“That for article 281 the following be substituted :—
‘281. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression ‘State’ means a State for the time being specified Interpretation in Part I or Part III of the First Schedule.’ ”
(Article 281 was added to the Constitution.)
ARTICLE 282 TO 282-C
The Honourable B. R. Ambedkar : Sir, I move
“That with reference to amendment No. 3034 of the List of Amendments (Volume II), for article 282, the following articles be substituted :—
- Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Acts of the appropriate
Legislature may regulate the recruitment and ‘Recruitment and conditions of service conditions of service of persons appointed to of persons serving public services, and to posts in connection the Union or a State.’ with the affairs of the Union or of any State.
*CAD, Vol. IX, 7th September 1949, p. 1079.
† Ibid., pp. 1081-1082.
‡ Ibid., p. 1082.