THE ANDHRA PRADESH AND MYSORE (TRANSFER OF TERRITORY) ACT, 1968 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 
3.  Transfer of territory from Mysore to Andhra Pradesh. 
4.  Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution. 
5.  Extent of parliamentary and assembly Constituencies. 
6.  Provision as to sitting members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies. 
7.  Extent of Council Constituencies. 
8.  Sitting Members of Legislative Councils. 
9.  Extension of jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh High Court. 
10.  Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territory under existing Appropriation 

Acts. 

11.  Assets and liabilities. 
12.  State Financial Corporations and State Electricity Boards. 
13.  Extension of laws. 
14.  Power to construe laws. 
15.  Legal proceedings. 
16.  Transfer of pending proceedings. 
17.  Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws. 
18.  Power to remove difficulties. 
19.  Power to make rules. 
THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE ANDHRA PRADESH AND MYSORE (TRANSFER OF TERRITORY) ACT, 1968 

ACT NO. 36 OF 1968 

[22nd August, 1968.] 

An Act to provide for the transfer of certain territory from the State of Mysore to the State of 

Andhra Pradesh and for matters connected therewith.  
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) 

Act, 1968. 

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “appointed day” means the 1st day of October, 1968;  

(b)  “assembly  constituency”,  “council  constituency”  and  “parliamentary  constituency”  have 

the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);  

(c) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State, 

means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House;  

(d) “transferred territory” means the territory specified in the Schedule and transferred from 

the State of Mysore to the State of Andhra Pradesh by section 3. 

3.  Transfer  of  territory  from  Mysore  to  Andhra  Pradesh.—(1)  As  from  the  appointed  day, 
there shall be added to the State of Andhra Pradesh the territory specified in the Schedule which shall 
thereupon cease to form part of the State of Mysore.  

(2)  The  transferred  territory  shall  be  included  in,  and  form  part  of  the  Hindupur  taluk  of 

Anantapur district in the State of Andhra Pradesh.  

(3)  Nothing  in  sub-section  (2)  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  the  power  of  the  State  Government  to 
alter, after the appointed day, the name, extent or boundaries of any district or taluk in the State of 
Andhra Pradesh.  

4. Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution.—As from the appointed day, in the First 

Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “I. THE STATES”,— 

(a) for the entry against “I. Andhra Pradesh”, the following shall be substituted, namely:— 

“The territories specified in  sub-section  (1)  of section  3  of the  Andhra  State  Act, 1953, 
sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the First Schedule to the 
Andhra  Pradesh  and  Madras  (Alteration  of  Boundaries)  Act,  1959,  and  the  Schedule  to  the 
Andhra  Pradesh  and Mysore  (Transfer  of Territory) Act,  1968, but  excluding  the  territories 
specified  in  the  Second  Schedule  to  the  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Madras  (Alteration  of 
Boundaries) Act, 1959.”; and  

(b)  in  the  entry  against  “9.  Mysore”,  after  the  words  and  figures  “States  Reorganisation                

Act, 1956”, the words, brackets and figures “but excluding the territory specified in the Schedule 
to the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968” shall be inserted. 

5.  Extent  of  parliamentary  and  assembly  Constituencies.—As  from  the  appointed  day,  the 
transferred  territory  shall  cease  to  be  part  of  Madhugiri  parliamentary  constituency  and  Bagepalli 
assembly  constituency  in  the  State  of  Mysore  as  delimited  in  Order  No.  11  of  the  Delimitation 
Commission made under section 10 of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962 (61 of 1962), and shall 
form part of Hindupur parliamentary constituency and Hindupur assembly constituency in the State of 
Andhra  Pradesh  as  delimited  in  Order  No.  3  of  the  Delimitation  Commission  made  under  the  said 
section. 

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6. Provision as to sitting members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.—(1) The sitting 
members of the House of the People representing Hindupur parliamentary constituency in the State of 
Andhra  Pradesh  and  Madhugiri  parliamentary  constituency  in  the  State  of  Mysore  shall, 
notwithstanding the alteration in the extent of those constituencies by virtue of the provisions of this 
Act, continue to be members of the House of the People.  

(2)  The  sitting  members  of  the  Legislative  Assemblies  of  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Mysore 
representing Hindupur assembly constituency and Bagepalli assembly constituency respectively shall, 
notwithstanding the alteration in the extent of those constituencies by virtue of the provisions of this 
Act, continue to be members of the said Assemblies.  

7.  Extent  of  Council  Constituencies.—(1)  Any  reference  in  the  Delimitation  of  Council 
Constituencies  (Andhra  Pradesh)  Order,  1957,  to  Anantapur  district  shall  be  construed  as  including 
the territory transferred to that district from the State of Mysore.  

(2) Any reference in the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Mysore) Order, 1951, to Kolar 
district  shall  be  construed  as  excluding  the  territory  transferred  from  that  district  to  the  State  of 
Andhra Pradesh. 

8. Sitting Members of Legislative Councils.—Every sitting member of the Legislative Council 
of Andhra Pradesh or of Mysore representing a council constituency the extent of which is altered by 
virtue  of  section  7  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  be  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to  the  said 
Council by that constituency as so altered. 

9.  Extension  of  jurisdiction  of  Andhra  Pradesh  High  Court.—(1)  As  from 

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appointed day,— 

(a)  the  jurisdiction  of  the  High  Court  of  Andhra  Pradesh  shall  extend  to  the  transferred 

territory; and  

(b) the High Court of Mysore shall have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territory.  

(2) If, immediately before the appointed day, there is any proceeding relatable to the transferred 

territory  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Mysore,  then,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in                      
sub-section (1), such proceeding shall be heard and disposed of by that High Court.  

(3) Any order made by the High Court of Mysore in any proceeding with respect to which that 
High Court exercises jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (2) shall, for all purposes, have effect, not 
only  as  an  order  of  the  High  Court  of  Mysore  but  also  as  an  order  made  by  the  High  Court  of               
Andhra Pradesh.  

(4) For the purposes of this section,— 

(a) proceedings shall be deemed to be pending in the High Court of Mysore until that Court 
has disposed of all issues between the parties, including any issues with respect to the taxation of 
the  costs  of  the  proceedings  and  shall  include  appeals,  applications  for  leave  to  appeal  to  the 
Supreme Court, applications for review, petitions for revision and petitions for writs;  

(b)  references  to  a  High  Court  shall  be  construed  as  including  references  to  a  Judge  or 
division court thereof, and references  to an order made by a court or a Judge shall be construed as 
including references to a sentence, judgment or decree passed or made by that court or Judge. 

10.  Appropriation  of  moneys  for  expenditure  in  transferred  territory  under  existing 
Appropriation  Acts.—As  from  the  appointed  day,  any  Act  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  Andhra 
Pradesh before that day for the appropriation of any money out of the Consolidated Fund of the State 
to meet any expenditure in respect of any part of the financial year 1968-69 shall have effect also in 
relation  to  the  transferred  territory,  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  State  Government  to  spend  any 
amount for that territory out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for any services in 
that State. 

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11. Assets and liabilities.—(1) All land and all stores, articles and other goods in the transferred 
territory  belonging  to  the  State  of  Mysore  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  pass  to  the  State  of       
Andhra Pradesh.  

Explanation.—In  this  sub-section,  the  expression  “land”  includes  immovable  property  of  every 
kind and any rights in or over such property and the expression “goods” does not include coins, bank 
notes and currency notes.  

(2)  All  rights,  liabilities  and  obligations,  whether  arising  out  of  a  contract  or  otherwise,  of  the 
State of Mysore in relation to the transferred territory shall, as from the appointed day, be the rights, 
liabilities and obligations, respectively, of the State of Andhra Pradesh. 

12. State Financial Corporations and State Electricity Boards.—As from the appointed day,— 

(a)  the  Financial  Corporations  constituted  under the State  Financial  Corporations  Act,  1951 

(63 of 1951), for the States of Mysore and Andhra Pradesh, and  

(b) 

the  State  Electricity  Boards 

constituted  under 

the  Electricity 

(Supply)                                     

Act, 1948 (54 of 1948), for the said States.  

shall be deemed to have been constituted for those States with their areas as altered by the provisions 
of section 3. 

13. Extension of laws.—All laws which, immediately before the appointed day, extend to, or are 
in force in, the Hindupur taluk of Anantapur district in the State of Andhra Pradesh but do not extend 
to, or are not in force in, the transferred territory, shall, as from that day, extend to, or as the case may 
be, come into force in, the transferred territory; and all laws which, immediately before the appointed 
day, are in force in the transferred territory but not in the Hindupur taluk of Anantapur district in the 
State of Andhra Pradesh shall, on that day, cease to be in force in the transferred territory, except as 
respects things done or omitted to be done before that day.  

Explanation.—In  this  section,  “law”  includes  any  enactment,  ordinance,  regulation,  order,                  

bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any 
part of the State of Andhra Pradesh or Mysore. 

14. Power to construe laws.—Any court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce 
any  law  extended  to  the  transferred  territory  by  section  13  may,  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating  its 
application in relation to the transferred territory, construe the law in such manner, without affecting 
the  substance,  as  may  be  necessary  or  proper  in  regard  to  the  matter  before  the  court,  tribunal  or 
authority. 

15. Legal proceedings.—Where, immediately before the appointed day, the State of Mysore is a 
party to any legal proceedings with respect to any property, rights or liabilities transferred to the State 
of Andhra Pradesh under this Act, the State of Andhra Pradesh shall be deemed to be substituted for 
the State of Mysore as a party to those proceedings, or added as a party thereto, as the case may be, 
and the proceedings may continue accordingly. 

16.  Transfer  of  pending  proceedings.—(1)  Every  proceeding  pending  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day  before  any  court  (other than  a  High  Court),  tribunal,  authority  or  officer in  any  area 
which on that day falls within the State of Mysore shall, if it is a proceeding relating exclusively to 
any part of the transferred territory, stand transferred to the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or 
officer in the State of Andhra Pradesh.  

(2)  If  any  question  arises  as  to  whether  any  proceeding  should  stand  transferred  under                          

sub-section (1), it shall be referred to the High Court of Mysore and the decision of that High Court 
shall be final.  

(3) In this section,— 

(a) “proceeding” includes any suit, case or appeal; and  

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(b) 

“corresponding 
Andhra Pradesh means— 

court, 

tribunal, 

authority  or  officer” 

in 

the  State  of                                     

(i)  the  court,  tribunal,  authority  or  officer  in  which,  or  before  whom,  the  proceeding 

would have lain if the proceeding had been instituted after the appointed day, or  

(ii)  in  case  of  doubt,  such  court,  tribunal,  authority  or  officer  in  that  State  as  may  be 
determined  after  the  appointed  day  by  the  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  or  before  the 
appointed  day  by  the  Government  of  Mysore,  to  be  the  corresponding  court,  tribunal, 
authority or officer. 

17.  Effect  of  provisions  inconsistent  with  other  laws.—The  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  have 

effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law. 

18. Power to remove difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act (including any difficulty in relation to the transition under section 13 from one law to another 
law), the President may by order do anything not inconsistent with any such provision which appears 
to him to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty. 

19.  Power  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 

Gazette, make rules to give effect to the provisions of this Act.  

(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each 
House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in 
one  session  or  1[in  two  or  more  successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session 
immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid], both Houses agree in making 
any  modification  in  the  rule  or  both  Houses  agree  that  the  rule  should  not  be  made,  the  rule  shall 
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however 
that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of  anything 
previously done under that rule. 

1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and the Schedule, for certain words (w.e.f. 15-5-1986). 

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THE SCHEDULE 

[See sections 2(d) and 3] 

TERRITORY TRANSFERRED FROM THE STATE OF MYSORE TO THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH 

Area  comprised  in  survey  number  19  of  “Abakavaripalli”  village  of  Bagepallitaluk  in                      

Kolar district. 

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