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I think this should remain and the fixation of the minimum limit at 40 or 50 will be a further retrograde step. For clause (2) of article 150, I want my amendment No. 133 to be substituted, which runs as follows :-

That with reference to amendments Nos. 2268, 2270, 2271. 2272 and 2273 of the List of Amendments, for clauses (2), (3), (4) and (5) of article 150. the following be substituted :-

“(2) of the total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State-

(a) 15 per cent. shall be elected by an electoral college comprising all the members of the District Boards in the State;

(b) 15 per cent. shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of all the members of the learned professions and specialists in any branch of earning;

(c) 10 per cent. shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of all the persons holding the Bachelor’s degree of any university in the State or holding a degree recognised by the Government of the State to be equivalent thereto;

(d) 5 per cent shall be elected by an electoral college consisting if all the members of the Senates or the Courts of the various universities in the State;

(e) 5 per cent. shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of all the member of the Municipal Boards in the State;

(f) 5 per cent. shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of all the members of the trade Unions in the State registered with the Government;

(g) 5 per cent. shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of all the members of the various Chambers of Commerce recognised by the Government of the State;

(h) 30 per cent. shall be elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State; and

(i) the remainder 10 per cent. shall be nominated by the Governor.

(3) All elections in clause (2) of this article shall be in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

(4) the qualifications of voters and other details necessary for the formation of the electoral colleges for the elections mentioned in clause (2) of this article shall be defined by an Act of Parliament.“

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