152 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
*** Clause 10**
Clause 10 was added to the Bill
Clause 11
(Delimitation of Council Constituencies)
Amendment made :
“Omit ‘after consulting the Election Commission’.”
—[ Dr. Ambedkar ]
Clause, as amended, was added to the Bill.
Clause 12
(Power to alter or amend orders)
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya : I cannot understand what is the necessity for this clause, because over and above all these Advisory Committees this gives the President power to alter the whole thing after consulting the Election Commission. I want to understand the position. It runs counter to what we agreed to.
Mr. Speaker : Perhaps, the idea is to vest the President with power to revise his own orders from time to time.
Dr. Ambedkar : Once the orders have been finalised by Parliament there will be no power to amend them.
Mr. Speaker : But are the words “after consulting the Election Commission” necessary ?
Dr. Ambedkar : That is before they have been finalised by Parliament.
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya : There will be this Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee and the Election Commission will jointly send a prticular proposal to the President. The President accepts it and passes orders under clauses 6, 9 or 11. After that the election goes on.
Dr. Ambedkar : After that the order is placed before Parliament. The recommendation is made by the Advisory Committee to the President. The President may make an
- P. D., Vol. 4, Part II, 20th April 1950, p. 3072-74.