Delimitation Act, 2002
10. Publication of
orders and their date of operation.-
1.
The
Commission shall cause each of its orders made under section 8 or section 9 to
be published in the Gazette of India and in the Official Gazettes of the States
concerned and simultaneously cause such orders to be published at least in two
vernacular newspapers and publicize on radio, television and other possible
media available to the public and after such publication in the Official
Gazettes of the States concerned, every District Election Officer shall cause
to be affixed, the Gazette version of such orders relating to the area under
his jurisdiction, on a conspicuous part of his office for public notice.
2.
Upon
publication in the Gazette of India, every such order shall have the force of
law and shall not be called in question in any court.
3.
As
soon as may be after such publication, every such order shall be laid before
the House of the People and the Legislative Assemblies of the States concerned.
4.
Subject
to the provisions of sub-section (5), the readjustment of representation of the
several territorial constituencies in the House of the People or in the
Legislative Assembly of a State and the shall apply in relation to every
election to the House or to the Assembly, as the case may be, held after the
publication in the Gazette of India of that order and shall so apply in
suppression of the provisions relating to such repress delimitation of those
constituencies provided for n any such order delimitation and delimitation
contained in any other law for the time being in force or any order or
notification issued under such law in so far as such representation and
delimitation are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
5.
Nothing
in this section shall affect the representation in the House of the People or
in the Legislative Assembly of a State until the dissolution of the House or of
the Assembly, as the case may be, existing on the date of publication in the
Gazette of India of the final order or orders of the Commission relating to the
delimitation of parliamentary constituencies or, as the case may be, of the
assembly constituencies of that State and any bye-election to fill any vacancy
in such House or in any such Assembly shall be held on the basis of the
provisions of the laws and orders superseded by sub-section (4) as if the said
provisions had not been superseded.
6.
The
Commission shall endeavour to complete and publish each of its orders referred
to in sub-section (1) in the manner provided in that sub-section, within two
years of the constitution of the Commission under section 3.