Part XVI.—Special Provisions relating to certain
Classes.—Arts. 332—335
(4) The number of seats reserved for an autonomous district in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam shall bear to the total number of seats in that Assembly a proportion not less than the population of the district bears to the total population of the State.
(5) The constituencies for the seats reserved for any autonomous district of Assam shall not comprise any area outside that district except in the case of the constituency comprising the cantonment and municipality of Shillong.
(6) No person who is not a member of a Scheduled Tribe of any autonomous district of the State of Assam shall be eligible for election to the Legislative Assembly of the State from any constituency of that district except from the constituency comprising the cantonment and municipality of Shillong.
Representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
[१]333. Notwithstanding anything in article 170 the Governor [२]* * * of a State may, if he is of opinion that the Anglo-Indian community needs representation in the Legislative Assembly of the State and is not adquately represented therein nominate such number of members of the community to the Assembly as he considers appropriate.
Reservation of seats and special representation to cease after ten years.
[३]334. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the provisions of this Constitution relating to—
- (a) the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States; and
- (b) the representation of the Anglo-Indian community in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the States by nomination;
shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution :
Provided that nothing in this article shall affect any representation in the House of the People or in the Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the then existing House or Assembly, as the case may be.
Claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to services and posts.
[३]335. The claims of the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes shall be taken into consideration, consistently with the maintenance of efficiency of administration, in the making of appointments to services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of a State.
- ↑ Art. 333 shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- ↑ The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
- ↑ ३.० ३.१ In its application to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, in arts. 334 and 335, references to the State or States shall be construed as not including references to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.,
