law: Representation of the People Act, 1950 
  27. Preparation of electoral rolls for Council
  
  constituencies
  (1) In this section,
  
  "local authorities' constituency", "graduates'
  
  constituency" and "teachers' constituency" mean a constituency
  
  for the purpose of elections to a Legislative Council under sub-clause (a),
  
  sub-clause (b) and sub-clause (c), respectively, of clause (3) of article 171.
   70  (2) For the purpose of
  
  elections to the Legislative Council of a State in any local authorities'
  
  constituency:-
  (a) the electorate shall consist of members of
  
  such local authorities exercising jurisdiction in any place or area within the
  
  limits of that constituency as are specified in relation to that State in the
  
  Fourth Schedule;
  (b) every member of each such local authority
  
  within a local authorities' constituency shall be entitled to be registered in
  
  the electoral roll for that constituency;
  (c) the electoral registration officer for
  
  every local authority’s constituency shall maintain in his office in the
  
  prescribed manner and form the electoral roll for that constituency corrected
  
  up-to-date;
  (d) in order to enable the electoral
  
  registration officer to maintain the electoral roll corrected up-to-date, the
  
  chief executive officer of every local authority (by whatever designation such
  
  officer may be known) shall immediately inform the electoral registration
  
  officer about every change in the membership of that local authority; and the
  
  electoral registration officer shall, on receipt of the information, strike off
  
  from the electoral roll the names of persons who have ceased to be, and include
  
  therein the names of persons who have become, members of that local authority;
  
  and
  (e) the provisions of sections 15, 16, 18, 22
  
  and 23 shall apply in relation to local authorities' constituencies as they
  
  apply in relation to assembly constituencies.]
  (3) For the purpose of
  
  elections to the Legislative Council of a State in the graduates'
  
  constituencies and the teachers' constituencies, the State Government concerned
  
  may, with the concurrence of the Election Commission, by notification in the
  
  Official Gazette, specify :-
  (a) the qualifications which shall be deemed
  
  to be equivalent to that of a graduate of a university in the territory of
  
  India, and
  (b) the educational institutions within the
  
  State not lower in standard than that of a secondary school.
   71  (4) The provisions of
  
  sections 15, 16, 18, 21, 22 and 23 shall apply in relation to graduates'
  
  constituencies and teachers' constituencies as they apply in relation to
  
  assembly constituencies.]
  (5) Subject to the
  
  foregoing provisions of this section,-
   72  [***]
   73  [(a)] every person who 74[is]
  
  ordinarily resident in a graduates' constituency and has, for at least three
  
  years 75[before the qualifying date], been either a graduate of a university
  
  in the territory of India or in possession of any of the qualifications
  
  specified under clause (a) of sub-section (3) by the State Government
  
  concerned, shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll for that
  
  constituency; and
   76  [(b)] every person who 74[is]
  
  ordinarily resident in a teachers' constituency, and has, within the six years
  
  immediately 75[before the qualifying date] for a total period of at
  
  least three years, been engaged in teaching in any of the educational
  
  institutions specified under clause (b) of sub-section (3) by the State
  
  Government concerned shall be entitled to be registered in the electoral roll
  
  for that constituency.
   77  [(6) For the purposes
  
  of sub-sections (4) and (5) the qualifying date shall be the 1st day
  
  of November of the year in which the preparation or revision of the electoral
  
  roll is commenced.]