29th April, 2002
Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs  


GUIDELINES REGARDING RESERVED LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCIES


Under Article 334 of the Constitution, the reservation of seats in Lok Sabha for the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of sixty years from the commencement of Constitution. That is upto January 25, 2010.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley in a written reply to a question from Dr. Abrar Ahmed in the Rajya Sabha today.