law: Representation of the People Act, 1950 
  8. Consolidation of delimitation orders 
  (1) As soon as may be,
  
  after all the orders referred to in sub-section (5) of section 4 or in
  
  sub-section (3) of section 7 relating to the delimitation of parliamentary and
  
  assembly constituencies have been made by the Delimitation Commission or, as
  
  the case may be, the Election Commission and published in the Official Gazette,
  
  the Election Commission shall, after making such amendments as appear to it to
  
  be necessary for bringing up-to-date the description of the extent of the
  
  parliamentary and assembly constituencies as given in such orders, consolidate
  
  all such orders into one single order to be known as 36[the
  
  Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976] and
  
  shall send authentic copies of that Order to the Central Government and to the
  
  Government of each State having a Legislative Assembly ; and thereupon that
  
  order shall supersede all the orders referred to in sub-section (5) of section
  
  4 or in sub-section (3) of section 7 and shall have the force of law and shall
  
  not be called in question in any court.
  (2) As soon as may be,
  
  after the said Order is received by the Central Government or by the Government
  
  of a State, that Government shall cause it to be laid before the House of the
  
  People or, as the case may be, the Legislative Assembly of the State.
   30  [(3) The consolidation
  
  under sub-section (1) of the orders referred to in sub-section (5) of section 4
  
  or, as the case may be, sub-section (3) of section 7 shall not, as provided in
  
  sub-section (5) of section 10 of the Delimitation Act, 1972 (76 of 1972),
  
  affect the representation in, and the territorial constituencies of, the House
  
  of the People or the Legislative Assembly of the State existing on the date of
  
  publication in the Gazette of India of any such order or orders as may be
  
  relevant.]