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Power to remove difficulty STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Amending Act 25 of 2015.- It is considered necessary to prohibit refusal to work in certain essential services connected with production, generation, storage, transmission, supply or distribution of water or electricity, transport service for the carriage of passengers or goods by motor vehicles and any other service or employment or class thereof with respect to which the State Legislature has power to make laws. Accordingly, the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Bill, 2009 as passed by both the houses of the State Legislature was sent to Government of India to obtain the assent of His Excellency the President. The Government of India vide its letter No.17/24/2009-Judl & PP, dated: 17.05.2010 had communicated the observation notes of the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Labour and Employment in respect of the said Bill. The required clarifications were furnished to the Government of India vide letter No.DPAL.3.Shasana.2009, dated.20.10.2011. The Government of India vide its letter No.17/24/2009-Judl & PP, dated: 24.10.2011 had requested the State Government to consider withdrawing the 2 present Bill (LA Bill No.9 of 2009) and after carrying out necessary modifications to submit another Bill. Hence the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.12 of 2013, File No. Samvyashae 3 Shasana 2009] [entries 1,17 and 64 of List II and entries 2, 22, 35 and 38 of list III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] II Amendment Act 58 of 2025:- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Essential Services Maintenance Act, 2013 (Karnataka Act 25 of 2015) to extend the provisions of the said Act for a further period of ten years with effect from twenty seventh day of May 2025. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 45 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 63 SHASANA 2025] [Entries 1,17 and 64 of list II and entries 2, 22, 35 and 38 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.566 in part-IVA dated:10.09.2025] 3 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 25 OF 2015 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the twenty-eighth day of May, 2015) THE KARNATAKA ESSENTIAL SERVICES MAINTENANCE ACT, 2013 (Received the assent of the President on the nineteenth day of May, 2015) (As amended by Act 58 of 2025) An Act to provide for the maintenance of certain essential services. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the maintenance of certain essential services and for matters connected therewith for the purposes hereinafter appearing; Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty-fourth year of the Republic of India, as follows :-