2. On Right to Property

Article 300-A should be recast as follows:

1. Deprivation or acquisition of property shall be by authority of law and only for a public purpose.

2. There shall be no arbitrary deprivation or acquisition of property.

3. No deprivation or acquisition of agricultural, forest and non- urban homestead land belonging to or customarily used by the SCs and STs shall take place except by authority of law which provides for suitable rehabilitation scheme before taking possession of such land. In brief, a right to 'suitable rehabilitation’ for the SCs and STs if their land is to be acquired.