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17. I have given my considerate thought to the facts of the writ application and the submissions made by the learned counsel on behalf of the parties. At the very outset 1 must state that Mr. Chakraborty, the learned Counsel for the writ petitioner, while presenting his case and justifying the maintainability of the writ application has almost traversed through all the fact's stated in the writ application and made submissions thereon, but the learned Attorney-General strictly confined himself to the point of maintainability of the writ application and the jurisdiction of this Court to entertain the said application. The Constitution (Sixty-Fourth Amendment) Bill, 1989 is intended to be inserted as Part-IX of the Constitution under the caption 'The Panchayats'. This Part-IX is presently lying 'vacant' omitted by the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956. A glance through the Bill would lead to the conclusion that the entire constitution, administration and management of the village Panchayats will have a shake-up and to much extent go under the direct supervision and control of the Central Government. The proposed Articles 243A and 243B relate to the Constitution or Panchayats at the village, intermediate and district levels. Further the proposed Article 243E creates a new schedule being Eleventh Schedule after the Tenth Schedule specifying matters listing twenty-nine items. Apart from that, the proposed Articles 243H. 243I and 243J virtually make the Panchayats of the States subservient to the Central Government and, or the Central Agencies. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill, inter alia, states: "A review of the working of Pancha-yati Raj Institutions has shown thai in mam States they have become weak and ineffective owing to a variety of reasons, including the failure to hold regular and periodical elections, prolonged supersession, inadequate representation to the weaker sections like the Schedule Castes, the Schedule Tribes and women, lack of financial resources and inadequate devolution of powers and responsibilities on them". The aforesaid reference is laudable but indicates that this Bill will erode the powers and functions of the States as contained in Entn No. 5 of List-11 of the Seventh Schedule thereby changing the basic federal structure of the Constitution of India. But I do not agree with the contention of Mr. Chakraborty that the Statement of Objects and Reasons, a part of which is quoted hereinbefore, is a mere eye-wash. It will be too immature to pass such a remark at this stage and only time will testify the truth at the laudable objects of the Bill when iti becomes an act of Parliament and is enforced.