Party Name : Congress (I)
Constituency : Ahmedabad
State : Gujarat
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 8
More Information :
MEHTA, SHRI HAROOBHAI, B.Sc., LL.B. [Congress (I)—Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 1984] s. of Shri Manshanker Shivshanker Mehta; b. at Tansa Village, Ghogha Taluk, Bhavnagar District, October 12, 1933; ed. at Samaldas College, Bhavnagar and A.M.P. Law College, Rajkot; m. Smt. Bharatiben, February 4, 1957; 1 s.; Advocate and Lecturer; Senior Central Government Standing Counsel in Gujarat High Court, 1980-84; Chairman, (i) State level Committee appointed by the Government of Gujarat for the study of problems concerning the Tribals and (ii) Committee to identify socially and educationally backward classes not included in Baxi Commission List; General Secretary, Indo-Soviet Cultural Society, Gujarat State till 1982; Member, (i) Gujarat State Legal Aid and Advice Board and (ii) Gujarat University Court; Active Member, Gujarat University Area Teachers' Association; Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, 1985-86. Social activities: Active worker in Trade Union Movement. Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading, Mushairas and other cultural programmes. Special interests: Advancement of backward classes. Books published: (1) Constitutional Dynamics of the Reservation Policy (English), (2) Lectures on Constitution of India (Gujarati—Text Book for Law Students), (3) Lectures on Administrative Law (Gujarati), (4) Workmen Compensation Act (Gujarati), (5) Rent Control Act (Gujarati) and (6) Service Law for Secondary School Employees (English). Travels abroad: East Africa, U.S.S.R. and Afghanistan. Permanent address: 51|304, Vijayanagar, Abmedabad-380013.
