The right to property was originally listed as a Fundamental Right under the Constitution but was subsequently downgraded. Which Constitutional Amendment effected this change, and what is its present status?

1. Originally, Article 31 guaranteed a Fundamental Right to property. 2. The **44th Constitutional Amendment, 1978** removed Article 31 from Part III. 3. The right to property now survives only as a **legal right** under Article 300A — a constitutional right outside Part III. The ICSI text records this in plain terms. 4. The 42nd Amendment is associated with sweeping Preamble and DPSP changes (Socialist, Secular added); 73rd added Panchayats; 86th made elementary education a Fundamental Right (21A). None of these did what the 44th did to Article 31. _Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 2, 'Inclusion of Fundamental Rights in Part III of the Constitution', p. 29 ¶2._