14. (1) The Council of States shall consist of—
(i) not more than 10 members nominated by the President in consultation with universities and scientific bodies;
(ii) representatives of the units on the scale of 1 representative for every whole million of the population of the unit up to 5 millions plus 1 representative for every additional 2 millions of the population, subject to a total maximum of 20 .
Explanation .—(a) A unit means a Province or Indian State which returns in its own individual right members to the Federal Parliament In Indian States which are grouped together for the purpose of returning representatives to the Council of States, a unit means the group so formed.
(b) The representatives of each unit in the Council of States shall be elected by the members of the Lower House of the Legislature of such unit
(c) The House of the People shall consist of representatives of the people of the territories of the Federation in the proportion of not less than 1 representative for every million of the population and not more than 1 representative for every 750,000 of the population.
(d) The ratio between the number of members to be elected at any time for each constituency and the population of that constituency, as ascertained at the last preceding census, shall, as far as practicable, be the same throughout the territories of the Federation.
(2) The said representatives shall be chosen in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in Schedule… :
Provided that the elections to the House of the People shall be on the basis of adult suffrage.
(3) Upon the completion of each decennial census, the representation of the several Provinces and Indian States or groups of Indian States in the two Houses shall be readjusted by such authority, in such manner and from such time as the Federal Parliament may by Act determine.
(4) The Council of States shall be a permanent body not subject to dissolution; but, as near as may be, one-third of the members thereof shall retire in every second year in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in Schedule…
(5) The House of the People, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for four years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of the said period of four years shall operate as a dissolution of the House:
Provided that the said period may, during an emergency, be extended by the President for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not exceeding in any case beyond the period of six months from the expiry of the period of the emergency.
[Note: Taking into account only the “willing” Provinces, this clause gives the Council of States a maximum strength of about 200 members and the House of the People a maximum strength of between 300 and 400 members. The following tabular statement will serve to give a general picture of the com¬ position of the Upper House under the above scheme. (The composition of the Lower House will be on a purely population basis.)
FRAMING OF INDIAS CONSTITUTION
Council of States
Provinces
| Madras | 20 |
| Bombay | 12 |
| Bengal (W) | 12 |
| U. P. | 20 |
| Punjab (E) | 9 |
| Bihar | 20 |
| C. P. | 10 |
| Assam | 7 |
| Orissa | 6 |
| TOTAL | 116 |
STATES
|
Hyderabad |
10 |
| Mysore | 6 |
| Travancore | 5 |
| Baroda | 3 |
| Gwalior | 4 |
| Jaipur | 3 |
| Kashmir | 4 |
| Jodhpur | 2 |
| Udaipur | 2 |
| Patiala | 2 |
| Rewa | 2 |
| Cochin | 1 |
| Bikaner | 1 |
| Kolhapur | 1 |
| Indore | 1 |
| TOTAL | 47 |
| For the groups of the remaining States whose population individually does not amount to one million | 24 |
| TOTAL | 71 ] |