SEETHARAMA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) IN these two writ petitions the notification dated 24-1-1978 issued by the Election commission declaring salur Assembly constituency reserved for scheduled Tribes, is sought to be quashed. A brief back-drop to this impugned notification may be set out.

( 2 ) UPON the completion of each census, readjustment of constituencies in the house of the people to the states, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of each State, and so forth, is made under the Delimitation Act. The Delimitation commissions order No. 32 dated 1-1-1975 delimiting the state of Andhra pradesh into parliamentary and assembly constituencies, was based on the 1971 census figures published by the Registrar General of India This order has been incorporated in the Delimitation of parliamentary and Assembly constituencies order 1976, in virtue of sections 8 of the Representation of the people Act of 1950. The election commissions impugned notification dated 24-1-1978 seeks to amend the delimitation order, 1976. The Delimitation order dated 1-1-1975 inter alia constituted parvathipuram Loksabha constituency comprising seven Assembly constituencies; out of which two were reserved

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