Jharkhand Assembly once again passes 1932 Khatiyan Bill
The Hindu
After passing the Bill on Wednesday, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the Attorney General’s advice was not logical.
The Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the 1932 Khatiyan Bill without amendment. The Bill was passed last year also. However, then it was returned by the Governor and suggestions were sought from the Attorney General. After passing the Bill on Wednesday, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the Attorney General’s advice was not logical.
The Bill deals with the Jharkhandi identity and land records of 1932 would be the criteria to verify the State’s domicile and employment policy. The Bill also has a provision to reserve grade 3 and grade 4 government jobs to locals.
Mr. Soren proposed that the Bill passed on November 11, 2022, should be approved again in the same form. He said the Attorney General’s advice was not logical, claiming that the opinion from the Advocate General was taken on the Bill. He urged that the Bill be included in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
The Chief Minister said the message given by the Governor quoting the Attorney General had nothing to do with this Bill.
“The Governor has attached the legal advice of the Attorney General with his message and has accordingly directed reconsideration of the Bill. But in relation to the order of the Supreme Court in Satyajit Kumar vs. State of Jharkhand, I would like to say that the decision is not relevant in the context of the present Bill,” Mr. Soren said.
The Chief Minister said, “In the order, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Governor does not have the right to make laws or amend them under paragraph 5 (1) of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution. The Legislative Assembly of the State has this power to make rules under Article 309 of the Constitution. For this reason, we decided to prepare a Bill and obtained the consent of the Legislative Assembly.”
Mr. Soren added that the State government had also passed the Bill related to increasing the reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) and Backward Classes from 50 to 67% and sent it to the Governor.
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