Sir, in the proposed article 150, it may be noted that clause (3) gives representation to University graduates. The wording of the clause as it is, raises some difficulty. The expression “consisting of persons who have been for at least three years graduates of any university in the State” means that for graduates to be electors two conditions are necessary : that must be in the State. It may be seen that this would cause much difficulty. For instance in Central India there is no university located. Therefore any university graduate in Central India may not be able to vote under this clause. The other difficulty is that before 1904 there was no University Act prescribing territorial jurisdiction to the universities. Therefore any person who was desirous to appear outside his province. For instance, a Bombay student was allowed to appear for the examination held by the Calcutta University. So there may be now in Bombay many persons who are graduates of the Calcutta University. It may also happen that persons who were first residents of Calcutta and have become Calcutta graduates may have migrated to other provinces and become residents there. Such persons, being graduates of a university located outside the State i.e., the province may not be able to vote in that province or State. To avoid this difficulty, I beg permission to move two amendments which bring out the, intention of the Mover in a more consistent way. I hope Dr. Ambedkar would accept them. The first amendment that I propose is this:
