Vol. 15 · pages 436–440

419PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES *PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDERS The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): I beg to lay on the Table the following Orders made by the President on the 15th May, 1951, under sub-section(3) of section 13 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950: (1) The Delimitation of parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Assam) Order, 1951. (2) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Bihar) Order, 1951. (3) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order, 1951. (4) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (West Bengal) Order, 1951. (5) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Hyderabad) Order, 1951. (6) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Madhya Bharat) Order, 1951. (7) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Patiala and East Punjab States Union) Order, 1951. (8) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Rajasthan) Order, 1951. (9) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Saurashtra) Order, 1951. (10) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Travancore-Cochin) Order, 1951. (11) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Part C States) Order, 1951. [Placed in Library. See No. P-169/51 ]. *P.D., Vol. 12, Part II, 16th May 1951, pp. 8810-11.

420 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES * PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Orders The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): Under sub-section (3) of section 13 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. I beg to lay on the Table the following Orders made by the President on the 18th May, 1951; (1) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Bombay) Order, 1951. (2) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Madhya Pradesh) Order, 1951. (3) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Madras) Order, 1951. (4) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Madras) Order,1951. (5) The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951. (6) Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Mysore) Order, 1951 . [Placed in Library, See No. p. 169/51]. Mr. Speaker: That exhausts all the Orders. I believe? Dr. Ambedkar: Yes. Mr. Speaker: I have to inform hon. Members that copies of certain Orders made by the President regarding Delimitation of Constituencies, which have just now been laid on the Table, will be placed in the parliamentary Notice Office as soon as they are received from the Press, hon. Members may obtain a copy each of these Orders on request. zz * P.D., Vol. 12, Part II, 18th May 1951, pp. 9065-66.

421PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE *Mr. Speaker: I will see what is possible in this direction. I do not promise anything. The House may adjourn now……… Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava (Punjab): It will be very difficult to finish the Bill by 1 o’clock. If the work is not finished by 11 o’clock. I have never seen a Bill being guillotined. Mr. Speaker: If there is no agreement. If there is agreement certainly, we can finish. Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava: I would therefore beg of you to give more time to come to an agreement. Mr. Speaker: If the hon. Members are so agreed that they will finish the whole Bill by 1 o’clock, they may assemble at five minutes to one and finish. I do not mind. The only point is there must be some time limit. We must sit with an effort to finish. Otherwise, the discussions will be unending. The Minister of law (Dr. Ambedkar): I do not know what the arrangement is. Mr. Speaker: We are now adjourning and meeting again at 11-30. Dr. Ambedkar: My view is this. That may not prove to be an easier solution. Therefore, the suggestion that I was making was this. I should be prepared to get on with some of the clauses about which there is no dispute at all. There is one clause, only one I think about which there is not yet any agreement. I am afraid it will take a pretty long time to reach an agreement. I thought the better course would be to proceed with the clauses about which there was no dispute at all. There, we shall see whether after a short adjournment, we are able to reach an agreement or whether we would require postponement of the consideration of that particular clause to some other date. * P.D., Vol. 12, Part II, 28th May 1951, pp. 9476-77.

422 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES Mr. Speaker: Anyway, there is a strong desire in the House to adjourn now to have informal discussions. I have accepted that position. It has not yet been declared as a decision from the Chair, but it has been unnounced from the Chair. Dr. Ambedkar: I would press on the House to reconsider the matter. Mr. Speaker: Let us not now take it. Dr. Ambedkar: There are some clauses which can just be gone through without any speech. Mr. Speaker: In respect of them too. If the clauses can be gone through immediately, there is no special point in not adjourning now. When we meet at 11-30 those clauses may be put through. The House will now adjourn and reassemble at 11-30. The House then adjourned till Half Past Eleven of the Clock. zz

SECTION V 18TH APRIL 1951 TO 19TH MAY 1951