lucknow the uttar pradesh legislative assembly is likely all set to become the first in the country to replace the archaic rules of procedure and conduct of business of the uttar pradesh legislative assembly 1958 with a new rule book which is likely to come into effect next yearthe uttar pradesh vidhan sabha has decided that it would be prudent to bring in a new rule book instead of making amendments to the existing one as it would be a tedious processknown for doing away with obsolete traditions and introducing new initiatives up assembly speaker satish mahana is of the view that new rules are the need of the hour to run the vidhan sabha he has formed a 10member drafting committee to lay out a new draft of rules and procedures the drafting committee headed by principal secretary vidhan sabha pradeep dubey includes retired officer from the law department sn srivastava and retired special secretary finance department shankeshwar tripathi as membersthe committee is likely to submit the draft for new rules to the speaker in january said principal secretary vidhan sabha pradeep dubey need for replacing old rules felt after evidhan was introduced in the legislaturethe speaker will then put it before the 13member rules committee of the up vidhan sabha said principal secretary vidhan sabha pradeep dubey mahana himself couldnt be contacted as he is out leading a delegation to various countries to conduct roadshows in the run up to the global investors summitthe rules committee is chaired by the speaker himself and has mlas from various political partiesonce approved by the rules committee the draft would be tabled before the house for approval dubey said the need for replacing the 64yearold rules of procedure and conduct of business of the up legislative assembly was felt after new technology was introduced in the vidhan sabha it became more important after evidhan was introduced in the legislature the principal secretary saidsources privy to the process of drafting of new rules said that earlier there was a provision that the house would be convened on a notice period of not less than 14 days however in the era of technological advancements dissemination of any information is just one click away hence the notice period to convene the house would be around seven daysthe language of the rules would be simplified as it has been felt that legislators especially the firsttimers find it difficult to understand the rules similarly several other rules and procedures would not only be simplified but also clarifiedciting an example sources said there was confusion on rule 311 most of the members believe that under this rule any issue can be taken up however the fact is that under the rule only some specific issues can be taken up under special provisionssimilarly there are more than 15 categories which clarify why questions cannot be asked this would be included in a single category and written in simple language sources said adding that under rule 56 several members