GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Leg.-Publication) Department

NOTIFICATION

No. 18111/Leg.Pbn.2/2013/Law.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 12th September 2013.

The following Act of Parliament published in the Gazette of India

Extraordinary, Part II, Section I dated 2nd day of January, 2013 is hereby

republished for general information. The Bill as passed by the Houses of

Parliament received the assent of the President on 1st January, 2013.

By order of the Governor,

C. P. RAMARAJA PREMA PRASAD,

Law Secretary.

Kerala Gazette No. 43 dated 29th October 2013.

PART I Section i

2

THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY-EIGHTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2012

AN

ACT

further to amend the Constitution of India.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India

as follows:—

1.

Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the

Constitution (Ninety-eighth Amendment) Act, 2012.

(2)

It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government

may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2.

Insertion of new article 371J.—After article 371-I of the Constitution,

the following article shall be inserted, namely:—

“371J. Special provisions with respect to State of Karnataka.—

(1)

The President may, by order made with respect to the State of

Karnataka, provide for any special responsibility of the Governor for—

(a)

establishment of a separate development board for Hyderabad-

Karnataka region with the provision that a report on the working of the

board will be placed each year before the State Legislative Assembly;

(b)

equitable allocation of funds for developmental expenditure over

the said region, subject to the requirements of the State as a whole; and

(c)

equitable opportunites and facilities for the people belonging to

the said region, in matters of public employment, education and

vocational training, subject to the requirements of the State as a whole.

(2)

An order made under sub-clause (c) of clause (1) may provide for—

(a)

reservation of a proportion of seats in educational and

vocational training institutions in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region for s

tudents who belong to that region by birth or by domicile; and

(b)

identification of posts or classes of posts under the

State Government and in any body or organisation under the control of

the State Government in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region and reservation

of a proportion of such posts for persons who belong to that region by

birth or by domicile and for appointment thereto by direct recruitment or

by promotion or in any other manner as may be specified in the order”.