Constitution of India, 1949
234.Reservation of seats and special
representation to cease after forty years.-
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing
provisions of this Part, the provisions of Constitution relating to -
(a) the reservation of seats for the Scheduled
Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People and in the
Legislative Assemblies of the States; and
(b) the representation of the Anglo-Indian
community in the House of the People and in the Legislative Assemblies of the
States by nomination, shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period
of [forty years] from the commencement of this Constitution:
Provided that nothing in this article shall
affect any representation in the House of the People or in the legislative
Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the then existing House or
Assembly, as the case may be.