Section 8. The Commission shall, on the basis of the latest census

(2) Upon publication in the Gazette of India, every such order shall ti,,, 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 delimitation of those constituencies provided for in any such order 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 i 1 shall so apply in supersession of the provisions relating to such repreI 1 sentation and delimitation contained in the Representation of the People ,950. Act, 1950, and the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Consti1 tuencies Order, 1966, and any final orders of the Election Commission I relating to the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies or, as the case may be, of assembly constituencies of any State made in pursuance i of the provisions of any other Acts. 1 (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 1 on the date of publication in the Gazette of India of the final order or I 1 orders of the Commission relating to the delimitation $of parliamentary : constituencies or, as the case may be, of the assembly constituencies of (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any vacancy in such House or in any such Assembly shall be held on the basis of the provisions of the laws and orders superseded by sub-section (4) as if the said provisions had not been superseded. 8. The Commission shall, on the basis of the latest census `figures` and having regard to the provisions of articles 81, 170, 330 cnd 332, and also, in relation to the State of Nagaland clause (2) (h) of article 371A and sub-section (1) of section 11 of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, in rela- 27 tion to the Union territories except Delhi sections 3 and 39 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 and in relation to the Union 20 territory of Delhi section 3 and sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Delhi Administration Act, 1966, by order determine- Readjust. merit of of seats. 27 `1962.` Union 20 of `1963. 19 of 1966.` (a) the number of seats in the House of the People to be allocated to each State and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and for the Scheduled Tribes of the State; and (b) the total number of seats to be assigned to the Legislative Assembly of each State and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and for the Scheduled Tribes of the State: 3 . Provided that the total number of seats assigned to the Legislative Assembly of any State under clause (b) shall be an integral multiple of (the number of seats in the House of the People allocated to that State under clause (a). .' . 9. (1) The Commission shall, in the manner herein provided, then distribute the seats in the House of the People allocated to each State and the seats assigned to the Legislative Assembly of each State to single-member territorial constituencies and delimit them on the basis of the latest census figures, having regard to the provisions of the Constitution and the provisions `qf` the Acts specified in section 8 and also to the following provisions, namely: - Delimitstionof Constitu- (a) all constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas, and in delimiting them regard shall be had to physical feature, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience; (b) every assembly constituency shall. be so delimited as to fall wholly within one parliamentary constituency; (c) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes shall be distributed in different pards of the State and located, as far as practicable, in those areas where the proportion of their population to the total is comparatively large; and ( d ) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled l'ribes shall, as far as practicable, be located in areas where the proportion of their population to the total is the largest.