THE NORTH-EASTERN AREAS (REORGANISATION) ACT, 1971 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

PART II 

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATES OF MANIPUR AND TRIPURA AND FORMATION OF THE STATE OF 
MEGHALAYA AND OF THE UNION TERRITORIES OF MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

3.  Establishment of the State of Manipur. 
4.  Establishment of the State of Tripura. 
5.  Formation of the State of Meghalaya. 
6.  Formation of the Union territory of Mizoram. 
7.  Formation of the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh. 
8.  Territories of  the State of the Assam. 
9.  Amendment of first Schedule to the Constitution. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

10.  Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. 
11.  Allocation of sitting members representing the existing Union territories of Manipur and Tripura. 
12.  Election to fill the seats allotted to the State of Meghalaya and the Union territories of Mizoram 

and Arunachal Pradesh. 

13.  Amendment of section 27A of Act 43 of 1950. 

The House of the People 

14.  Allocation of seats in the existing House of the People. 
15.  Parliamentary  constituencies  of  the  States  of  Manipur  and  Tripura  and  provision  as  to  sitting 

members. 

16.  Provision as to sitting members representing Cachar and Dhubri parliamentary constituencies in 
the  House  of  the  People  and  the  election  of  representative  from  Diphu  parliamentary 
constituency. 

17.  Parliamentary  constituencies  of  the  State  of  Meghalaya  and  provision  as  to  sitting  member 
representing the Autonomous Districts parliamentary constituency in the House of the People and 
the election of representative from Tura parliamentary constituency. 

18.  Parliamentary constituency of the Union territory of Mizoram. 
19.  Provision as to the member to represent Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People. 

20.  Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assemblies. 
21.  Amendment of Second Schedule to Act 43 of 1950. 

The Legislative Assemblies 

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22.  Delimitation of constituencies. 
23.  Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date. 
24.  Validation of acts done previous to the commencement of the Act. 
25. Amendment of Scheduled Castes Orders. 
26.  Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Orders. 
27.  Provision  as  to  Provisional  Legislative  Assembly  of the  State  of  Meghalaya  and  as to  Rules  of 
Procedure  and  Conduct  of  Business  of  the  Legislative  Assemblies  of  the  States  of  Meghalaya, 
Manipur and Tripura. 

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

28.  Common High Court for Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 
28A. Establishment of separate High Courts for the States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 
28B. Judges of High Courts of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 
28C. Jurisdiction of High Courts of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 
28D. Custody of seal of High courts of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 
28E. Practice and procedure in the High Courts of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 
28F. Forms of writs and other processes. 
28G. Powers of Judges. 
28H. Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court. 
28-I. Transfer of proceedings from common High Court to the High Courts of Meghalaya, Manipur 

and Tripura. 
28J. Interpretation. 
28K. Saving. 
29. Jurisdiction of the common High Court. 
30.  Abolition of certain Courts. 
31.   Principal seat and other places of sitting of the common High Court. 
32.  Extension  of  jurisdiction  of  the  common  High  Court  to  the  Union  territories  of  Mizoram  and 

Arunachal Pradesh. 

33.  Allocation of expenditure of the common High Court. 
34.  Special provisions relating to advocates and Bar Council. 
35.  Practice and procedure in the common High Court. 
36.  Custody of seal of the common High Court. 
37.  Form of writs and other processes. 
38.  Powers of Judges. 
39.  Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court. 
40.  Transfer  of  proceedings  from  the  High  Court  of  Assam  and  Nagaland  and  the  Courts  of  the 

Judicial Commissioners to the common High Court. 

41.  Interpretation. 
42.  Right to appear or act in proceedings transferred to the common High Court. 
43.  Savings. 

PART V 

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

44.   Authorisation of expenditure pending sanction by Legislatures. 
45.  Appropriation of moneys for expenditure to the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh. 
46.  Reports relating to the accounts of the Union territories of Manipur and Tripura. 

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47.  Reports relating to the accounts of the autonomous State of Meghalaya. 
48.  Allowances and privileges of the Governors of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura. 
49.  Distribution of revenues. 

PART VI 

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

50.  Property, assets, rights, liabilities, obligations, etc., of the States of Manipur and Tripura. 
51.  Assets and liabilities of the State of Meghalaya. 
52.  Assets and liabilities (including public debt) relating to the Mizo District. 

PART VII 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS 

53.  Provisions as to certain Corporations. 
54.  Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric power and supply  of 

water. 

55.  Provisions as to Assam State Financial Corporation. 
56.  General provisions as to statutory corporations. 
57.  Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits. 
58.  Special provision relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases. 
59.  Special provisions as to income-tax. 
60.  Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions. 

PART VIII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

61.  Provisions relating to All-India Services. 
62.  Provision relating to Services in Manipur and Tripura. 
63.  Special provisions relating to members of Central Health Service. 
64.  Provisions relating to Services in the existing State of Assam. 
65.  Provisions relating to Services in the autonomous State of Meghalaya. 
66.  Other provisions relating to Services. 
67.  Provisions as to continuance of officers in same posts. 
68.  Advisory Committees. 
69.  Power of Central Government to give directions. 
70.  Provisions as to State Public Service Commission. 

PART IX 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
71.  Amendment of articles 210, 239A, 244, 244A, 275, 332, 371B and Fifth and Sixth Schedules to 

the Constitution. 

72.  Amendment of Act 2 of 1934. 
73.  Amendment of Act 64 of 1950. 
74.  Amendment of Act 37 of 1956. 
75.  Amendment of Act 20 of 1963. 
76.  Amendment of Act 56 of 1955 and the Tripura (Courts) Order, 1950. 
77.  Territorial extent of laws. 
78.  Continuance of existing District Councils and Regional Council and members thereof. 

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79.  Power to adapt laws. 
80. Power to construe laws. 
81. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions. 
82. Legal proceedings. 
83. Rights of pleaders to practise in certain cases. 
84. Transfer of pending proceedings. 
85. Provisions as to continuance of courts, etc. 
86. Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws. 
87. Power to remove difficulties. 
87A. Power to remove difficulties. 
88. Power to make rules. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 

THE THIRD SCHEDULE. 

THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. 

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. 

THE SIXTH SCHEDULE. 

THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE. 

THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE. 

THE NINTH SCHEDULE. 

THE TENTH SCHEDULE. 

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THE NORTH-EASTERN AREAS (REORGANISATION) ACT, 1971 

ACT NO. 81 OF 1971 

An Act to provide for the establishment of the States of Manipur and Tripura and to provide for 
the  formation  of  the  State  of  Meghalaya  and  of  the  Union  territories  of  Mizoram  and 
Arunachal Pradesh by reorganisation of the existing State of Assam and for matters connected 
therewith. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[30th December, 1971.] 

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971. 

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

(a) “Administrator” means the administrator of a Union territory appointed by the President under 

article 239 of the Constitution; 

(b)  “appointed  day”  means  the  day1  which  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint; 

(c) “article” means an article of the Constitution; 

(d) “common High Court” means the Gauhati High Court (the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, 

Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura) referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 28: 

2[Provided  that  on  and  from  the  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation) 
and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, the provisions of this clause shall have effect as if 
for the brackets and words “(Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura)”, the brackets and 
words “(Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland)” had been substituted;] 

(e)  “Election  Commission”  means  the  Election  Commission  appointed  by  the  President  under 

article 324; 

(f)  “existing  State  of  Assam”  means  the  State  of  Assam  as  existing  immediately  before  the 

appointed day; 

(g) “law” includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification 
or other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or any 
part of the existing State of Assam or the autonomous State of Meghalaya or the Union territory of 
Manipur or the Union territory of Tripura, as the case may be; 

(h) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly of the 
existing State of Assam, means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of 
that House or that Assembly; 

(i)  “successor  State”,  in  relation  to  the  existing  State  of  Assam,  means  the  State  of  Assam  or 

Meghalaya, and includes also the Union in relation to the Union territory of Mizoram; 

(j) “treasury” includes a sub-treasury. 

1. 21st January, 1972, vide notification No. G.S.R. 18(E), dated 6th January, 1972,  see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,          

s. 3(i). 

2.  The proviso ins. by Act 26 of 2012, s. 2 (w.e.f. 23-3-2013).  

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PART II 

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATES OF MANIPUR AND TRIPURA AND FORMATION OF THE STATE OF 
MEGHALAYA AND OF THE UNION TERRITORIES OF MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

3.  Establishment  of  the  State  of  Manipur.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day  there  shall  be 
established  a  new  State,  to  be  known  as  the  State  of  Manipur,  comprising  the  territories  which 
immediately before that day were comprised in the Union territory of Manipur. 

4. Establishment of the State of Tripura.—On and from the appointed day there shall be established 
a new State, to be known as the State of Tripura, comprising the territories which immediately before that 
day were comprised in the Union territory of Tripura. 

5. Formation of the State of Meghalaya.—On and from the appointed day there shall be formed a 

new State, to be known as the State of Meghalaya, comprising— 

(a) the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in the autonomous State of 
Meghalaya formed under section 3 of the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969); 
and  

(b) so much of the territories comprised within the cantonment and municipality of Shillong as did 

not form part of that autonomous State, 

and thereupon the said territotries shall cease to form part of the existing State of Assam. 

6.  Formation  of the  Union  territory  of  Mizoram.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day  there  shall be 
formed a new Union territory, to be known as the Union territory of Mizoram, comprising the territories 
which immediately before that day were comprised in the Mizo District in the existing State of Assam and 
thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Assam. 

7. Formation of the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh.—On and from the appointed day there 
shall  be  formed  a  new  Union  territory,  to  be  known  as  the  Union  territory  of  Arunachal  Pradesh, 
comprising the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in the tribal areas specified 
in Part B of the table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (but excluding 
the  areas  covered  by  notification  No.  TAD/R/35/50/109,  dated  the  23rd  February,  1951  issued  by  the 
Governor  of  Assam  under the  proviso  to  sub-paragraph  (3)  of  the said  paragraph  20)  and  known as the 
North-East Frontier Agency and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State 
of Assam. 

8.  Territories  of  State  of  the  Assam.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day  the  State  of  Assam  shall 

comprise the territories of the existing State of Assam other than those specified in sections 5, 6 and 7. 

9. Amendment of first Schedule to the Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the First 

Schedule to the Constitution,—  

(a) under the heading “I. THE STATES”,— 

(i)  in  the  paragraph  relating  to  the  territories  of  the  State  of  Assam,  the  following  shall  be 

added at the end, namely:—  

“and  the  territories  specified  in  sections  5,  6  and  7  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas 

(Reorganisation) Act, 1971”; 

(ii) after entry 18 the following entries shall be inserted, namely:—  

“19. Manipur 

20. Tripura 

The  territory  which  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  this 
Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s 
Province under the name of Manipur. 

The  territory  which  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  this 
Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s 
Province under the name of Tripura. 

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21. Meghalaya  The  territories  specified  in  section  5  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas 

(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.”; 

(b) under the heading “II. THE UNION TERRITORIES”.—  

(i) entries 2 and 3 shall be omitted and entries 4 to 9 shall be re-numbered as entries 2 to 7 

respectively; 

(ii) after entry 7 as so re-numbered, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:—  

“8. Mizoram  The  territories  specified  in  section  6  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas 

(Reorganisation) Act, 1971. 

9. Arunachal  The  territories  specified  in  section  7  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas 

(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.”. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

10. Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the  Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the 

Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, in the Table,— 

(a) for entries 19 to 22, the following shall be substituted, namely:—  

“19. Manipur 

20. Tripura 

21. Meghalaya 

22. Delhi 

23. Pondicherry 

24. Mizoram 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

.. 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

1 

25. Arunachal Pradesh  .. 

1”; 

(b) for the figures “228”, the figures “231” shall be substituted.  

11.  Allocation  of  sitting  members  representing  the  existing  Union  territories  of  Manipur  and 
Tripura.—On and from the appointed day the sitting members of the Council of States representing the 
existing  Union  territories  of  Manipur  and  Tripura  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  duly  elected  under          
clause (4) of article 80 to fill the seat allotted to each of the States of Manipur and Tripura respectively in 
that Council and the term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered. 

12.  Election  to  fill  the  seats  allotted  to  the  State  of  Meghalaya  and  the  Union  territories  of 
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.—As soon as may be after the appointed day steps shall be taken to 
fill  the  seats  in  the  Council  of  States  allotted  to  the  State  of  Meghalaya  and  the  Union  territories  of 
Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. 

13. Amendment of section 27A of Act 43 of 1950. —On and from the appointed day, in section 27A 

of the Representation of the People Act, 1950,— 

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “For the purpose of filling any seat”, the words, brackets and 
figure  “Subject  to  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (5),  for  the  purpose  of  filling  any  seat”  shall  be 
substituted;  

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(b)  in  sub-section  (4),  for  the  words  “The  electoral  college  for  each  of  the  Union  territories  of 
Manipur,  Tripura  and  Pondicherry”,  the  words  “The  electoral  college  for  the  Union  territory  of 
Pondicherry” shall be substituted; 

(c) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— 

“(5) The  seat  allotted in  the  Council  of  State to each  of  the  Union territories  of  Mizoram  and 

Arunachal Pradesh shall be filled by a person nominated by the President in this behalf.”  

The House of the People 

14. Allocation of seats in the existing House of the People.— (1) On and from the appointed day and 
until the  dissolution  of  the  existing  House  of  the  People, the allocation  of  seats  to the  States  of  Assam, 
Manipur,  Tripura  and  Meghalaya  and  the  Union  territories  of  Mizoram  and  Arunachal  Pradesh  in  the 
House of the People and the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and for the 
Scheduled Tribes of each State and Union territory shall be as specified in the Table below and the First 
Schedule  to  the  Representation  of  the  People  Act,  1950  (43  of  1950),  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been 
amended accordingly.  

THE TABLE 

Name of the State/Union 
territory 

Number of seats in the existing House of the 
People 

Total 

2 

14 
2 
2 
2 

1 
1 

. 
. 
. 
. 

. 
. 

. 
. 
. 
. 

. 
. 

Reserved for 
the Scheduled 
Castes 

3 

Reserved for  
the Scheduled 
Tribes 
4 

1 
.. 
.. 
.. 

.. 
.. 

2 
1 
2 
2 

1 
1 

1 

I. STATES: 

1.  Assam 
2.  Manipur 
3.  Tripura 
4.  Meghalaya 

. 
. 
. 
. 
II. UNION TERRITORIES: 
. 
. 

1.  Mizoram  
2.  Arunachal 
Pradesh 

(2) On and from the appointed day and until the dissolution of the existing House of the People, Part A 
of Schedule II to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966 shall stand 
amended as directed in the First Schedule.  

15.  Parliamentary  constituencies  of  the  States  of  Manipur  and  Tripura  and  provision  as  to 
sitting members.—(1) On and from the appointed day and until the dissolution of the existing House of 
the People,— 

(a)  the  two  parliamentary  constituencies  of  the  existing  Union  territory  of  Manipur  shall  be 

deemed to be the two parliamentary constituencies of the State of Manipur; and 

(b) the two parliamentary constituencies of the existing Union territory of Tripura shall be deemed 

to be the two parliamentary constituencies of the State of Tripura, 

and  the  Delimitation  of  Parliamentary  and  Assembly  Constituencies  Order,  1966  shall  be  construed 
accordingly. 

(2) Every sitting member of the House of the People representing a parliamentary constituency which 
on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (1), becomes a parliamentary constituency 

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of the State of Manipur or Tripura, as the case may be, shall, as from that day, be deemed  to have been 
elected under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 81 to the House of the People from that constituency. 

16.  Provision  as  to  sitting  members  representing  Cachar  and  Dhubri  parliamentary 
constituencies  in  the  House  of  the  People  and  the  election  of  representative  from  Diphu 
parliamentary constituency.—(1) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the Cachar 
parliamentary constituency which on the appointed day, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (2) of 
section 14, stands altered shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been elected under sub-clause (a) of 
clause (1) of article 81 to the House of the People from that constituency as so altered. 

(2) The sitting member of the House of the People representing the Dhubri parliamentary constituency 
which  on  the  appointed  day,  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (2)  of  section  14,  stands  altered 
shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been elected under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 81 to 
the House of the People from that constituency as so altered. 

(3) As soon as may be after the appointed day election shall be held to the House of the People to elect 
a  representative  from  the  Diphu  parliamentary  constituency  as  if  the  seat  of  the  member  elected  to  the 
House of the People from that constituency has become  vacant and the provisions of section 149 of the 
Representation  of  the  People  Act,  1951  (43  of  1951)  shall,  so  far  as  may  be,  apply  in  relation  to  such 
election.  

17. Parliamentary constituencies of the State of Meghalaya and provision as to sitting member 
representing the Autonomous Districts parliamentary constituency in the House of the People and 
the  election  of  representative  from  Tura  parliamentary  constituency.—(1)  There  shall  be  two 
parliamentary  constituencies  in  the  State  of  Meghalaya  to  be  called  the  Shillong  parliamentary 
constituency and the Tura parliamentary constituency. 

(2)  The  area  falling  within  the  Garo  Hills  district  as  it  exists  immediately  before  the  appointed  day 
shall  form  the  Tura  parliamentary  constituency  and  the  remaining  area  in  the  State  of  Meghalaya  shall 
form  the  Shillong  parliamentary  constituency  and  the  said  two  parliamentary  constituencies  shall  be 
deemed to have been delimited accordingly. 

(3) The sitting member of the House of the People representing immediately before the appointed day 
the  Autonomous  Districts  parliamentary  constituency  shall,  as  from  that  day,  be  deemed  to  have  been 
elected  under  sub-clause  (a)  of  clause  (1)  of  article  81  to  the  House  of  the  People  from  the  Shillong 
parliamentary constituency. 

(4) As soon as may be after the appointed day election shall be held to the House of the People to elect 
a  representative  from  the  Tura  parliamentary  constituency  as  if  the  seat  of  the  member  elected  to  the 
House of the People from that constituency has become  vacant and the provisions of section 149 of the 
Representation  of  the  People  Act,  1951  (43  of  1951)  shall,  so  far  as  may  be,  apply  in  relation  to  such 
election. 

18.  Parliamentary  constituency  of  the  Union  territory  of  Mizoram.—The  whole  of  the  Union 
territory  of Mizoram  shall form  one  parliamentary  constituency  to  be  called the  Mizoram  parliamentary 
constituency  and  as  soon  as  may  be  after  the  appointed  day  election  shall  be  held  to  the  House  of  the 
People to elect a representative from that constituency, as if the seat of the member elected to the House of 
the  People  from  that  constituency  has  become  vacant  and  the  provisions  of  section  149  of  the 
Representation  of  the  People  Act,  1951  (43  of  1951)  shall,  so  far  as  may  be,  apply  in  relation  to  such 
election. 

19. Provision as to the member to represent Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People.—The 
sitting member nominated to fill the seat allotted in the House of the People to the Tribal Areas of Assam 
specified  in  Part  B  of  the  Table  appended  to  paragraph  20  of  the  Sixth  Schedule  to  the  Constitution, 
known as the North-East Frontier Agency, shall, on and from the appointed day, be deemed to have been 
nominated to fill the seat allotted to the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh in the House of the People.  

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The Legislative Assemblies 

20. Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assemblies.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the total 
number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam, to be filled by persons chosen by direct 
election from territorial constituencies, shall be reduced from one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred 
and  fourteen;  and every  sitting  member  of  that  Legislative  Assembly  representing  a  constituency  which 
ceases to be a constituency in the State of Assam by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (5) shall, as 
from the appointed day, cease to be a member of that Legislative Assembly. 

(2) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Manipur, to be constituted at 
any  time  after  the  appointed  day,  to  be  filled  by  persons  chosen  by  direct  election  from  territorial 
constituencies shall be sixty, out of which one seat shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and nineteen 
seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. 

(3) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tripura, to be constituted at 
any  time  after  the  appointed  day,  to  be  filled  by  persons  chosen  by  direct  election  from  territorial 
constituencies shall be sixty, out of which six seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and nineteen 
seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. 

(4) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya, to be constituted 
at  any  time  after  the  appointed  day,  to  be  filled  by  persons  chosen  by  direct  election  from  territorial 
constituencies shall be sixty, out of which fifty seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. 

(5)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  Part  B  of  Schedule  II  to  the  Delimitation of  Parliamentary  and 

Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966 shall stand amended as directed in the First Schedule. 

21.  Amendment  of  Second  Schedule  to  Act  43  of  1950.—(1)  In  the  Second  Schedule  to  the 

Representation of the People Act, 1950,— 

(i) under the heading “I. STATES:”,— 

(a) in item 2 relating to Assam, for the figures “126”, the figures “114” shall be substituted; 

(b) after item 17 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:— 

“18. 

19. 

20. 

Manipur 

Tripura 

Meghalaya 

.. 

.. 

.. 

60 

60 

60 

1 

6 

.. 

19 

19 

50”; 

(ii) under the heading “II. UNION TERRITORIES:” items 3 and 5 and the entries relating thereto 

shall be omitted. 

(2)  The  amendment  made  by  clause  (i)(a)  of  sub-section  (1)  shall  have  effect  on  and  after  the 
appointed day in relation to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam and the amendments made by 
clause (i)(b) and clause (ii) of sub-section (1) shall have effect in relation to  the Legislative Assemblies of 
the States of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya to be constituted at any time after the appointed day. 

22.  Delimitation  of  constituencies.—(1)  The  Election  Commission  shall,  in  the  manner  herein 
provided,  distribute,  whether  before  or  after  the  appointed  day,  the  seats  assigned  to  the  Legislative 
Assemblies of the States of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya under section 20 to single member territorial 
constituencies and delimit them on the basis of the latest census figures having regard to the provisions of 
the Constitution and to the following provisions:— 

(a)  all  constituencies  shall,  so  far  as  practicable,  be  geographically  compact  areas  and  in 
delimiting them, regard shall be had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative  units, 
facilities of communication and public convenience; 

(b)  every  assembly  constituency  shall  be  so  delimited  as  to  fall  only  within  one  parliamentary 

constituency; 

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(c)  constituencies  in  which  seats  are  reserved  for  the  Scheduled  Castes  shall  be  distributed  in 
different parts of the States and located, as far as practicable, in those areas where the proportion of 
their population to the total population is comparatively large; and 

(d) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes shall, as far as practicable, 
be located in those areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is the largest.  

Explanation.—In this section “latest census figures” means the census figures with respect to the State 

concerned ascertainable from the latest census of which the finally published figures are available. 

(2) For the purpose of assisting in the performance of its functions under sub-section (1), the Election 

Commission shall associate with itself as associate members,— 

(a)  in  respect  of  the  State  of  Manipur,  all  the  sitting  members  of  the  House  of  the  People 

representing  the  Union  territory  of  Manipur  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  State  of  Manipur  under            
sub-section (2) of section 15, and such six persons who were members of the Legislative Assembly of 
the Union territory of Manipur immediately before its dissolution by order of the President published 
in the Gazette of India, dated 16th October, 1969 with notification No. S. O. 4223, dated 16th October, 
1969  of  the  Government  of  India  in  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs,  as  the  President  may,  by  order, 
nominate; 

(b)  in  respect  of  the  State  of  Tripura,  all  the  sitting  members  of  the  House  of  the  People 

representing  the  Union  territory  of  Tripura  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  State  of  Tripura  under                 
sub-section (2) of   section 15, and such six persons, being members of the Legislative Assembly of 
the  Union  territory  of  Tripura  as  it  functioned  immediately  before  the  1st  November,  1971,  as  the 
President may, by order, nominate; 

(c) in respect of the State of Meghalaya, the member of the House of the People representing the 
Autonomous Districts parliamentary constituency or, as the case may be, the Meghalaya parliamentary 
constituency  under  section  17,  and  such  of  the  six  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the 
autonomous  State  of  Meghalaya  constituted  under  section  62  of  the  Assam  Reorganisation 
(Meghalaya) Act, 1969 ( 55 of 1969) or, as the case may be, of the Provisional Legislative Assembly 
of the State of Meghalaya referred to in section 27, as the President may, by order, nominate: 

Provided that none of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of the 

Election Commission. 

(3) If owing to death or resignation, the office of an associate member falls vacant, it shall be filled, if 

practicable, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2). 

(4) A member of any Legislative Assembly nominated under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (2) 
shall  continue  to  be  an  associate  member  notwithstanding  that  he  ceases  to  be  a  member  of  such 
Legislative Assembly, otherwise than consequent on the incurring of any disqualification. 

(5) The Election Commission shall— 

(a)  publish  its  proposals  for  the  delimitation  of  constituencies,  together  with  the  dissenting 
proposals, if any, of any associate member who desires publication thereof, in the Official Gazette and 
in  such  other  manner  as  the  Commission  may  consider  fit, together  with  a  notice  inviting  objections 
and suggestions in relation to the proposals and specifying a date on or after which the proposals will 
be further considered by it; 

(b) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date so 

specified; 

(c) after considering all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the 
date so specified, determine by one or  more orders the delimitation of constituencies and cause such 
order or orders to be published in the Official Gazette; and upon such publication, the order or  orders 
shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any court. 

(6)  As  soon  as  may  be  after  such  publication,  every  such  order  shall  be  laid  before  the  Legislative 

Assembly of the concerned State. 

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23. Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.—(1) The Election 

Commission may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette,— 

(a) correct any printing mistake in any order made under section 22 or any error arising therein 

from inadvertent slip or omission; 

(b) where the boundaries or name of any territorial division mentioned in any such order or orders 
are or is altered, make such amendment as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing such 
order up-to-date. 

(2) Every notification under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is issued, before the 

Legislative Assembly of the concerned State. 

24. Validation of acts done previous to the commencement of the Act.—All things done, and all 
steps taken, before the commencement of this Act with a view to delimiting the territorial constituencies of 
the States of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assemblies 
of  those  States  shall,  in  so  far  as  they  are  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  sections  22  and  23,  be 
deemed to have been done or taken under those sections as if those sections were in force at the time such 
things were done or such steps were taken.  

25. Amendment of Scheduled Castes Orders.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the Constitution 

(Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 shall stand amended as directed in the Second Schedule. 

(2)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  the  Constitution  (Scheduled  Castes)  (Union  Territories)  Order, 

1951 shall stand amended as directed in the Third Schedule. 

26. Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Orders.—(1) On and from the appointed day the Constitution 

(Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 shall stand amended as directed in the Fourth Schedule. 

(2)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  the  Constitution  (Scheduled  Tribes)  (Union  Territories)  Order, 

1951 shall stand amended as directed in the Fifth Schedule. 

27. Provision as to Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya and as to Rules of 
Procedure  and  Conduct  of  Business  of  the  Legislative  Assemblies  of  the  States  of  Meghalaya, 
Manipur  and  Tripura.—(1)  On  and from  the  appointed  day  and  until the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Meghalaya  has  been  duly  constituted  and  summoned  to  meet  for  the  first  session  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Constitution,  the  Provisional  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  autonomous  State  of 
Meghalaya,  excluding  the  members  nominated  thereto,  constituted  under  section  62  of  the  Assam 
Reorganisation  (Meghalaya)  Act,  1969  (55  of  1969)  and  functioning  immediately  before  the  appointed 
day,  shall  be  the  Provisional  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Meghalaya  and  that  Assembly  shall 
exercise all the powers and perform all the duties conferred by the provisions of the Constitution on the 
Legislative Assembly of that State: 

Provided that for the purposes of this sub-section, the member representing the autonomous District of 
United  Khasi-Jaintia  Hills  in  the  said  Provisional  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  autonomous  State  of 
Meghalaya shall be deemed also to represent the territories specified in clause (b) of section 5. 

(2)  The  term  of  office  of  the  members  of  the  Provisional  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Meghalaya shall, unless the said Legislative Assembly is sooner dissolved, expire immediately before the 
first meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya. 

(3) The persons who, immediately before the appointed day, are the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker 
of the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the autonomous State of Meghalaya shall be the  Speaker and 
the Deputy Speaker respectively of the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya. 

(4) The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Provisional Legislative Assembly of the 
autonomous State of Meghalaya, as in force immediately before the appointed day, shall, until rules are 
made  under  clause  (1)  of  article  208,  be  the  Rules  of  Procedure  and  Conduct  of  Business  of  the 
Provisional Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya and of the Legislative Assembly of the State 
of Meghalaya duly constituted under the provisions of the Constitution, subject to such adaptations as may 
be made therein by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, concerned. 

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(5)  The  Rules  of  Procedure  and  Conduct  of  Business  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union 
territory of Manipur, as in force immediately before its dissolution by order of the President published in 
the Gazette of India, dated the 16th October, 1969 with notification No. S.O. 4223, dated the 16th October, 
1969 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs, shall, until rules are made under clause 
(1) of article 208, be the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assembly of the 
State of Manipur, subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by the Governor 
of that State. 

(6)  The  Rules  of  Procedure  and  Conduct  of  Business  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union 
territory  of  Tripura  as  in  force  immediately  before  the  1st  November,  1971,  shall,  until  rules  are  made 
under  clause  (1)  of  article  208,  be  the  Rules  of  Procedure  and  Conduct  of  Business  of  the  Legislative 
Assembly of the State of Tripura, subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by 
the Governor of that State. 

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

28. Common High Court for Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.—(1) On and 

from the appointed day,— 

(a) the High Court of Assam and Nagaland shall cease to function and is hereby abolished; 

(b) there shall be a common High Court for the States of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur 
and  Tripura  to  be  called  the  Gauhati  High  Court  (the  High  Court  of  Assam,  Nagaland,  Meghalaya, 
Manipur and Tripura); 

(c) the Judges of the High Court of Assam and Nagaland holding office immediately before that 

day  shall,  unless  they  have  elected  otherwise,  become  on  that  day  the  Judges  of  the  common                
High Court:  

1[Provided that on and from the commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) 
and  Other  Related  Laws  (Amendment)  Act,  2012,  the  common  High  Court  shall  be  the  High 
Court for the States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland and shall cease to have 
its jurisdiction, powers and authority for the States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.] 

(2)  Nothing  in  clause  (a) of  sub-section  (1)  shall  prejudice  or  affect  the  continued  operation  of  any 
notice  served,  injunction  issued,  direction  given  or  proceedings  taken  before  the  appointed  day  by  the 
High Court of Assam and Nagaland under the powers then conferred upon that Court. 

2[28A.  Establishment  of  separate  High  Courts  for  the  States  of  Meghalaya,  Manipur  and 
Tripura.—(1)  On  and  from  the  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other 
Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, there shall be a High Court— 

(a) for the State of Meghalaya to be called the High Court of Meghalaya; 

(b) for the State of Manipur to be called the High Court of Manipur; 

(c) for the State of Tripura to be called the High Court of Tripura. 

(2) The principal seat of the High Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court 

of Tripura shall respectively be at such place as the President may, by notified order, appoint. 

(3)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-section  (2),  the  Judges  and  division  courts  of  the             

High Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura may sit at such other 
place or places in the States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura respectively, other than their principal 
seat as the Chief Justice of the respective High Court may, with the approval of the Governor of the State 
concerned, appoint. 

1. The proviso ins. by Act 26 of 2012, s. 3 (w.e.f. 23-3-2013). 
2. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 23-3-2013). 

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28B. Judges of High Courts of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.—(1) Such of the Judges of the 
common High Court holding office immediately before the commencement of the  North-Eastern Areas 
(Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 as may be determined by the President 
after ascertaining their option shall, on such commencement, cease to be the Judges of the common High 
Court and become a Judge of the High Court of Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High 
Court of Tripura, as the case may be. 

(2) Every person who by virtue of sub-section (1) become a Judge of the High Court of Meghalaya or 
the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura shall, except in the case where any such person is 
appointed to be the Chief Justice of any of those High Courts, rank in the respective High Court according 
to the priority of their respective appointments as Judges of the common High Court. 

28C.  Jurisdiction  of  High  Courts  of  Meghalaya,  Manipur  and  Tripura.—The  High  Court  of 
Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura shall have, in respect of any part of 
the  territories  included  in  the  State  of  Meghalaya,  the  State  of  Manipur  and  the  State  of  Tripura 
respectively, all such jurisdiction, powers and authority as, under the law in force immediately before the 
commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 
2012, are exercisable in respect of that part of the said territories by the common High Court. 

28D.  Custody  of  seal  of  High  Courts  of  Meghalaya,  Manipur  and  Tripura.—The  law  in  force 
immediately before the commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related 
Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 with respect to the custody of the seal of the common High Court shall, 
with  the  necessary  modifications,  apply  with  respect  to  the  custody  of  the  seal  of  the  High  Court  of 
Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura, as the case may be. 

28E. Practice and procedure in the High Courts of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.—The law 
in force immediately before the commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other 
Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 with respect to practice and procedure in the common High Court 
shall, with necessary modifications, apply in relation to the High Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of 
Manipur and the High Court of Tripura, and accordingly, the High Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of 
Manipur and the High Court of Tripura shall, respectively, have all such powers to make rules and orders 
with respect to practice and procedure as are immediately before the commencement of the North-Eastern 
Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related  Laws  (Amendment)  Act,  2012  exercisable  by  the  common 
High Court: 

Provided  that any  rules  or orders  which  are  in force  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  the 
North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 with respect to 
the  practice  and  procedure  in  the common  High  Court  shall,  until  varied or  revoked  by  rules  or  orders 
made by the High Court of Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, as the 
case may be, apply with the necessary modifications in relation to the practice and procedure in the High 
Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura respectively, as if such 
rules or orders were made by the respective High Court. 

28F. Forms of writs and other processes.—The law in force immediately before the commencement 
of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related  Laws  (Amendment)  Act,  2012  with 
respect to the form of writs and other processes used, issued or awarded by the common High Court shall, 
with the necessary modifications, apply with respect to the form of writs and other processes used, issued 
or awarded by the High Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura. 

28G.  Powers  of  Judges.—The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  the           

North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related  Laws  (Amendment)  Act,  2012  relating  to  the 
powers  of  the  Chief  Justice,  Single  Judges  and  division  courts  of  the  common  High  Court  and  with 
respect  to  all  matters  ancillary  to  the  exercise  of  those  powers  shall,  with  the  necessary  modifications, 
apply  in  relation  to  the  High  Court  of  Meghalaya,  the  High  Court  of  Manipur  and  the  High  Court  of 
Tripura. 

28H.  Procedure  as  to  appeals  to  Supreme  Court.—The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the 
commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 
2012 relating to appeals to the Supreme Court from the common High Court and the Judges and division 

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courts thereof shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the High Courts of Meghalaya, 
Manipur and Tripura. 

28-I.  Transfer  of  proceedings  from  common  High  Court  to  the  High  Courts  of  Meghalaya, 
Manipur and Tripura.—(1) Except as hereinafter provided, the common High Court shall, as from the 
commencement of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 
2012, have no jurisdiction in respect of the States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 

(2) Such proceedings pending in the common High Court immediately before the commencement of 
the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related  Laws  (Amendment)  Act,  2012  as  are 
certified, whether before or after that day, by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the 
place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances to be proceedings which ought to be heard 
and decided by the High Court of Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, 
as the case may be, shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of 
Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, as the case may be. 

(3)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-sections  (1)  and  (2)  or  in  section  28A,  but  save  as 
hereinafter  provided,  the  common  High  Court  shall  have,  and  the  High  Court  of  Meghalaya,  the  High 
Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura shall not have, jurisdication to entertain, hear or dispose 
of  appeals,  applications  for  leave  to  the  Supreme  Court,  applications  for  review  and  other  proceedings 
where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by  the common High Court 
before  the  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related  Laws 
(Amendment) Act, 2012: 

Provided  that  if  after  any  such  proceedings  have  been  entertained  by  the  common  High  Court,  it 
appears  to  the  Chief  Justice  of  that  High  Court  that  they  ought  to  be  transferred  to  the  High  Court  of 
Meghalaya or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, he shall order that they shall be so 
transferred, and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly. 

(4) Any order made by the common High Court— 

(a)  before  the  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related 
Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Meghalaya, or the 
High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura by virtue of sub-section (2); or 

(b) in any proceeding with respect to which the common High Court retains jurisdiction by virtue 

of sub-section (3), 

shall, for all purposes, have effect, not only as an order of the common High Court but also as an order 
made by the High Court of Meghalaya, or the High Court of Manipur or the High Court of Tripura, as the 
case may be. 

28J. Interpretation.—For the purposes of section 28H,— 

(a)  proceedings  shall  be  deemed  to  be  pending  in  a  Court  until  that  Court  has  disposed  of  all 
issues  between  the  parties,  including  any  issue  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; and 

(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. 

28K. Saving.—Nothing in sections 28A to 28J (both inclusive) shall affect the application to the High 
Court of Meghalaya, the High Court of Manipur and the High Court of Tripura of any provisions of the 
Constitution, and the provisions of these sections shall have effect subject to any provision that may be 
made  on  or  after  the commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related 
Laws  (Amendment)  Act,  2012  with  respect  to  the  respective  High  Court  by  any  Legislature  or  other 
authority having power to make such provisions.] 

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 29.  Jurisdiction  of  the  common  High  Court.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  the  common            

High  Court  shall  have,  in  respect  of  the  territories  comprised  in  the  States  of  Assam,  Manipur, 
Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura, all such jurisdiction, powers and authority as under the law in force 
immediately before the appointed day, are exercisable in respect of those territories by the High Court of 
Assam and Nagaland or the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Manipur, or the Court of the Judicial 
Commissioner for Tripura, as the case may be. 

30.  Abolition  of  certain  Courts.—(1)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  the  Courts  of  the  Judicial 

Commissioners for Manipur and Tripura shall cease to function and are hereby abolished. 

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall prejudice or affect the continued operation of any notice served, 
injunction  issued,  direction  given  or  proceedings  taken  before  the  appointed  day  by  any  of  the  Courts 
abolished by that sub-section, under the powers then conferred upon that Court. 

31. Principal seat and other places of sitting of the common High Court.—(1) The principal seat of 
the common High Court shall be at the same place at which the principal seat of the High Court of Assam 
and Nagaland is located immediately before the appointed day. 

(2)  The  President  may  by  notified  order  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  permanent  bench  or 
benches of the common High Court at one or more places within the territories to which the jurisdiction of 
the  High  Court  extends,  other  than  the  principal  seat  of  the  High  Court,  and  for  any  matters  connected 
therewith: 

Provided  that  before  issuing  any  order  under  this  sub-section,  the  President  shall  consult  the  Chief 
Justice of the common High Court and the Governor of the State in which the bench or benches is or are 
proposed to be established. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Judges and division 
courts  of  the  common  High  Court  may  also  sit  at  such  other  place  or  places  in  the  State  of  1[Assam, 
Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram or Nagaland] as the Chief Justice may, with the approval of the Governor of 
the State concerned, appoint. 

32. Extension of jurisdiction of the common High Court to the Union territories of Mizoram and 
Arunachal Pradesh.—On and from the appointed day, the jurisdiction of the common High Court shall 
extend to the Union territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh: 

2[Provided  that  on  and  from  the  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and 

Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, the provisions of this section shall cease to have effect.] 

 33. Allocation of expenditure of the common High Court.—The expenditure in respect of salaries 
and  allowances  of  the  Judges  of  the  common  High  Court  shall  be  allocated  amongst  the  States  of 
3[Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland] and the Union in such proportion as the President may, by 
order, determine. 

34.  Special  provisions  relating  to  advocates  and  Bar  Council.—(1)  Subject  to  any  rule  made  or 
direction  given  by  the  common  High  Court  in  this  behalf,  any  person,  who  immediately  before  the 
appointed day, is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Assam and Nagaland or in the Court 
of the Judicial Commissioner for Manipur or in the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Tripura, shall 
be entitled to practise as an advocate in the common High Court. 

(2) The  right  of  audience  in  the common  High  Court  shall  be  regulated  in  accordance  with the like 
principles as, immediately before the appointed day, are in force with respect to the right of audience in 
the High Court of Assam and Nagaland: 

Provided  that  as  among  the  Advocates-General  of  the  States  of  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya, 
Nagaland and Tripura, the right of audience shall be determined with reference to their dates of enrolment 
as advocates. 

1. Subs. by Act 26 of 2012, s. 5, for “Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland or Tripura” (w.e.f. 23-3-2013). 
2. The proviso ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 23-3-2013). 
3. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for “Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura” (w.e.f. 23-3-2013). 

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(3)  On  and from  the  appointed day,  in the  Advocates  Act,  1961 (25  of  1961) (hereafter  in  this  Part 

referred to as the Advocates Act), in section 3,— 

(a) in sub-section (1),— 

(i) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— 

“(b) for the States of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura and the Union 
territories  of  Mizoram  and  Arunachal  Pradesh,  to  be  known  as  the  Bar  Council  of  Assam, 
Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura.”; 

(ii) in clause  (e), for  the  words  “Union  territories  of Tripura and the  Andaman and  Nicobar 

Islands”, the words “Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands” shall be substituted; 

(b)  in  sub-section  (2),  in  clause  (b),  for  the  words  “Bar  Council  of  Assam”,  the  words  “Bar 

Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura” shall be substituted.  

(4) The provisions of section 17 of the Advocates Act shall have effect in respect of the roll of the Bar 

Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura subject to the modifications that,— 

(a)  for  clause  (a)  of  sub-section  (1)  of  the  said  section  17,  the  following  clause  shall  be 

substituted, namely:— 

“(a) all persons who were entered as advocates,— 

(i)  on  the  roll  of  the  Bar  Council  of  Assam  and  Nagaland  immediately  before  the  day 
appointed  under  clause  (b)  of  section  2  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  Act, 
1971; 

(ii) on the roll of the Bar Council of West Bengal immediately before that day and who, 
within three months from that day, express in such manner as the Bar Council of India may, 
by  rules,  prescribe  their  intention  in  writing  to  practise  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Bar 
Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura;”; 

(b) in clause (a) of sub-section (3) of the said section 17, for the words and figures “with his date 
of enrolment under the Indian Bar Councils Act, 1926,” (38 of 1926) the words “with his seniority on 
the roll of the Bar Council of Assam and Nagaland or, as the case may be, the Bar Council of West 
Bengal” shall be substituted. 

(5)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Advocates  Act,  as  amended  or  modified  by                 

sub-sections (3) and (4),— 

(a)  in  the  case  of  the  first  Bar  Council  of  Assam,  Nagaland,  Meghalaya,  Manipur  and  Tripura 
under  that  Act,  the  fifteen  members  required  to  be  elected  under  clause  (b)  of  sub-section  (2)  of 
section  3  of  that  Act,  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Chief  Justice  of  the  common  High  Court  from 
amongst the advocates who are entitled as of right of practise in that High Court and are ordinarily 
practising within the territories comprised in the States of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and 
Tripura  and  the  Union  territories  of  Mizoram  and  Arunachal  Pradesh  and  the  term  of  office  of  the 
members  so  nominated  shall  be  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  first  meeting  of  the  Council  or  until 
their  successors  are  duly  elected  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  said  Act,  whichever  is 
earlier; 

(b) the names of persons entered on the roll of the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, 
Manipur  and  Tripura  from  the  roll  of  the  Bar  Council  of  West  Bengal  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  clause  (a)  of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  17  of  the  Advocates  Act,  as  modified  by              
sub-section (4),  shall,  as from  the  date  or  dates  on  which the  names  are  so  entered,  stand  removed 
from the roll of the Bar Council of West Bengal; 

(c) any proceedings which were pending or which may be instituted against any person before or 
by the Bar Council of Assam and Nagaland or by the Bar Council of West Bengal immediately before 
his  name  is  entered  in  the  roll  of  the  Bar  Council  of  Assam,  Nagaland,  Meghalaya,  Manipur  and 

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Tripura  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  clause  (a)  of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  17  of  the 
Advocates  Act,  as  modified  by  sub-section  (4),  may,  after  such  entry,  be  continued  or  instituted 
before or by the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura; 

(d)  every  person  who,  immediately  before  his  name  stands  removed  from  the  roll  of  the            
Bar  Council  of  West  Bengal  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  clause  (b),  is  a  member  of  the              
Bar Council of West Bengal, shall cease to be a member of that Council as from the date on which his 
name stands so removed from the roll of that Bar Council; 

(e) the rules made or deemed to have been made by the Bar Council of Assam and Nagaland and 
in force immediately before the date on which the first Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, 
Manipur and Tripura is duly constituted in accordance with the provisions of clause (a), shall, subject 
to such modifications and adaptations as may be made therein by the Chairman of the Bar Council of 
Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura, be deemed to be rules made by that Bar Council 
and shall have effect accordingly. 

(6)(a) As from the appointed day, the assets and liabilities of the Bar Council of Assam and Nagaland 

shall pass to the Bar Council of Assam Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura. 

(b) The assets and liabilities of the Bar Council of West Bengal shall be apportioned between that Bar 
Council and the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura in such manner and 
proportion as may be agreed upon by the Bar Councils and in default of agreement with reference to any 
matter, the matter shall be referred to the Chairman of the Bar Council of India and his decision thereon 
shall be final. 

Explanation.—Expressions  used  in  this  section  but  not  defined in  this  Act  shall  have  the  meanings 

assigned to them respectively in the Advocates Act. 

35. Practice and procedure in the common High Court.—Subject to the provisions of this Part, the 
law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  with  respect  to  practice  and  procedure  in  the  High 
Court  of  Assam  and  Nagaland  shall,  with  the  necessary  modifications,  apply  in relation to  the  common 
High Court. 

36.  Custody  of  seal  of  the  common  High  Court.—The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the 
appointed day with respect to the custody of the seal of the High Court of Assam and Nagaland shall, with 
the necessary modifications, apply with respect to the custody of the seal of the common High Court. 

37.  Form  of  writs  and  other  processes.—The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day 
with respect to the form of writs and other processes used, issued or awarded by the High Court of Assam 
and  Nagaland shall,  with the  necessary  modifications,  apply  with  respect  to  the  form  of  writs  and  other 
processes used, issued or awarded by the common High Court. 

38. Powers of Judges.—The law in force immediately before the appointed day with respect to the 
powers of the Chief Justice, single Judges and division courts of the High Court of Assam and Nagaland 
and  with  respect  to  all  matters  ancillary  to  the  exercise  of  those  powers  shall,  with  the  necessary 
modifications, apply in relation to the common High Court. 

39. Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court.—The law in force immediately before the appointed 
day relating to appeals to the Supreme Court from the High Court of Assam and Nagaland and the Judges 
and division courts thereof shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the common High 
Court. 

40. Transfer of proceedings from the High Court of Assam and Nagaland and the Courts of the 
Judicial Commissioners to the common High Court.—(1) All proceedings pending in the High Court of 
Assam  and  Nagaland  and  in  the  Courts  of  the  Judicial  Commissioners  for  Manipur  and  Tripura 
immediately before the appointed day shall, from such day, stand transferred to the common High Court.  

(2)  Every  proceeding  transferred  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  be  disposed  of  by  the  common  High 

Court as if such proceeding was entertained by that High Court. 

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(3)  Any  order  made  before  the  appointed day  by  the  High  Court  of  Assam  and  Nagaland  or  by  the 
Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Manipur or by the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Tripura 
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of that High Court or, as the case may be, of that 
Court but also as an order of the common High Court. 

41. Interpretation.—For the purposes of section 40,— 

(a) proceedings shall be deemed to be pending in a court 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; and 

(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. 

42. Right to appear or act in proceedings transferred to the common High Court.—Any person 
who, immediately before the appointed day, is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Assam 
and  Nagaland  or  in the  Court  of  the Judicial  Commissioner  for  Manipur  or  in  the  Court  of the Judicial 
Commissioner for Tripura and was authorised to appear or to act in any proceedings transferred from the 
said  High  Court  or  Courts  of  the  Judicial  Commissioners  to  the  common  High  Court  under  section  40, 
shall have the right to appear or to act, as the case may be, in the common High Court in relation to those 
proceedings. 

43.  Savings.—Nothing  in  this  Part  shall  affect  the  application  to  the  common  High  Court  of  any 
provisions of the Constitution, and this Part shall have effect subject to any provision that may be made on 
or  after  the  appointed  day  with  respect  to  that  High  Court  by  any  Legislature  or  other  authority  having 
power to make such provisions. 

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

PART V 

44. Authorisation of expenditure pending sanction by Legislatures.—(1) The President may, at any 
time  before  the  appointed  day,  authorise  by  order  such  expenditure  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the 
State of Manipur or of the State of Tripura as he deems necessary for a period of not more than six months 
beginning with the appointed day pending the sanction of such expenditure by the Legislative Assembly of 
the State of Manipur or of the State of Tripura, as the case may be: 

Provided that the Governor of Manipur or of Tripura may, after the appointed day, authorise by order 
such further expenditure as he deems necessary from the Consolidated Fund of the State of Manipur or, as 
the case may be, of the State of Tripura for any period not extending beyond the said period of six months. 

(2)  The  President  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  Governor  of  the  concerned  State  shall  make  separate 

orders under sub-section (1) in respect of periods falling in different financial years. 

(3) The Governor of Assam, exercising the functions as Governor in relation to the autonomous State 
of  Meghalaya  by  virtue  of  the  Assam  Reorganisation  (Meghalaya)  Act,  1969  (55  of  1969),  may  at  any 
time,  before  the  appointed  day,  authorise  by  order  such  expenditure  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the 
State of Meghalaya as he deems necessary for a period of not more than six months beginning with the 
appointed day pending the sanction of such expenditure by the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya:  

Provided  that  the  Governor  of  Meghalaya  may,  after  the  appointed  day,  authorise  such  further 
expenditure as he deems necessary from the Consolidated Fund of the State of Meghalaya for any period 
not extending beyond the said period of six months. 

(4) The Governors referred to in sub-section (3) shall make separate orders under that sub-section in 

respect of periods falling in different financial years. 

(5)  The  President  may,  at  any  time,  before  or  after  the  appointed  day  authorise  by  order  such 
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India as he deems necessary for a period of not more than six 

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months  beginning  with  the  appointed  day  for  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  Union  territory  of 
Mizoram pending the sanction of such expenditure by Parliament. 

(6)  The  President  shall  make  separate  orders  under  sub-section  (5)  in  respect  of  periods  falling  in 

different financial years. 

45. Appropriation of moneys for expenditure to the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh.—Any 
Act  passed  by  Parliament  for  the  appropriation  of  any  money  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  India  to 
meet  the expenditure  in  respect  of  any  part  of the financial  year  1971-72  in,  or  for the  purposes  of,  the 
tribal areas of Assam specified in Part B of the Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to 
the Constitution shall, on and from the appointed day, have effect also in relation to the Union territory of 
Arunachal Pradesh and it shall be lawful for the President to spend any amount in, or for the purposes of, 
that Union territory out of the amounts authorised by such Act to be expended in, or for the purposes of, 
the said tribal areas. 

46. Reports relating to the accounts of the Union territories of Manipur and Tripura.—(1) The 
reports  of the  Comptroller and  Auditor-General  of  India referred to in  section 49  of the  Government  of 
Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963) relating to the accounts of the Union territory of Manipur or of 
the Union territory of Tripura in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be submitted to the 
Governor  of  Manipur  or  of  Tripura,  as  the  case  may  be,  who  shall  cause  them  to  be  laid  before  the 
Legislative Assembly of the State of Manipur or of the State of Tripura, as the case may be. 

(2) The Governor of Manipur or of Tripura, as the case may be, may, by order,— 

(a)  declare  any  expenditure  incurred  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of 
Manipur or of Tripura on any service in respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the 
financial year 1971-72 or in respect of any earlier financial year in excess of the amount granted for 
that service and for that year as disclosed in the reports referred to in sub-section (1) to have been duly 
authorised, and 

(b) provide for any action to be taken on any matter arising out of the said reports. 

47. Reports relating to the accounts of the autonomous State of Meghalaya.—(1) The reports of 
the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  relating  to  the  accounts  of  the  autonomous  State  of 
Meghalaya  in  respect  of  any  period  prior  to  the  appointed  day  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Governor  of 
Meghalaya who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State of Meghalaya. 

(2) The Governor of Meghalya may, by order,— 

(a)  declare  any  expenditure  incurred  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  autonomous  State  of 
Meghalaya on any service in respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the financial year 
1971-72 or in respect of any earlier financial year in excess of the amount granted for that service and 
for that year as disclosed in the reports referred to in sub-section (1) to have been duly authorised, and  

(b) provide for any action to be taken on any matter arising out of the said reports. 

48.  Allowances  and  privileges  of  the  Governors  of  Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya  and             

Tripura.—The allowances and privileges of the Governors of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura 
shall, until provision in that behalf is made by Parliament by law under clause (3) of article 158, be such as 
the President may, by order, determine. 

49.  Distribution  of  revenues.—The  President  shall,  by  order,  determine  the  grants-in-aid  of  the 
revenues of the States of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura and the share of each such State in the 
Union duties of excise, estate duty and taxes on income and for that purpose amend thereby the relevant 
provisions of the Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act, 1962 (3 of 1962), the Additional Duties of 
Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), the Estate Duty (Distribution) Act, 1962   
(9 of 1962) and the Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 1969 in such manner as he thinks fit.  

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PART VI 

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

50.  Property,  assets,  rights,  liabilities,  obligations,  etc.,  of  the  States  of  Manipur  and             

Tripura.—(1) All such property and assets within the Union territory of Manipur or of Tripura as are held 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day  by  the  Union  for  purposes  of  governance  of  that  Union  territory 
shall,  on  and  from  that  day,  pass  to  the  State  of  Manipur  or  of  Tripura,  as  the  case  may  be,  unless  the 
purposes for which such property and assets are so held are Union purposes: 

Provided that the cash balance in the treasuries in the Union territory of Manipur or of Tripura before 

the appointed day shall, as from that day, vest in the State of Manipur or of Tripura, as the case may be.  

(2) All rights, liabilities and obligations (other than those relatable to, or in connection with, a Union 
purpose), whether arising out of any contract or otherwise, which are, immediately before the appointed 
day,— 

(a) the rights liabilities and obligations of the Central Government arising out of, or in connection 

with, the governance of the Union territory of Manipur or of Tripura; or 

(b) the rights, liabilities and obligations of the Administrator of the Union territory of Manipur or 
of  Tripura  in  his  capacity  as  such  or  of  the  Government  of  the  Union  territory  of  Manipur  or  of 
Tripura,  

shall, on  and from  the  appointed  day,  be the  rights,  liabilities  and  obligations  of  the  Government  of  the 
State of Manipur or of Tripura, as the case may be. 

(3) The right to recover arrears of— 

(a) any tax or duty being a tax or duty enumerated in the state List in the Seventh Schedule to the 

Constitution, or  

(b) any duty referred to in article 268, or  

(c) any tax under the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (74 of 1956), 

which having fallen due in the Union territory of Manipur or of Tripura immediately before the appointed 
day shall, on and from that day, pass to the State of Manipur or of Tripura, as the case may be.  

(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to or in relation to,— 

 (a)  any  institution,  undertaking  or  project  the  expenditure  in  relation  to  which  is,  immediately 

before the appointed day, met from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India;  

(b) any property which has been placed by the Union at the disposal of the administration of the 
Union  territory  of  Manipur  or  of  Tripura  subject  to  the  condition  that  the  ownership  thereof  will 
continue to vest in the Union.  

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,— 

(a) “liability” includes liability in respect of any civil deposit, local fund deposit, charitable or 

other endowment, provident fund account, pension or actionable wrong; 

(b)  “Union  purposes”  mean  the  purposes  of  Government  relatable  to  any  of  the  matters 

mentioned in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. 

51.  Assets  and  liabilities  of  the  State  of  Meghalaya.—(1)  All  rights,  liabilities  and  obligations 
whether  arising  out  of  any  contract  or  otherwise,  which  are,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the 
rights, liabilities and obligations of the autonomous State of Meghalya, including the rights, liabilities and 
obligations apportioned or to be apportioned to the share of the autonomous State of Meghalaya by virtue 
of  section  58  of  the  Assam  Reorganisation  (Meghalaya)  Act,  1969  (55  of  1969),  shall,  on and from  the 
appointed day, be the rights, liabilities and obligations of the State of Meghalya. 

(2)  All  property  and  assets  held  by  the  autonomous  State  of  Meghalya  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day,  including  the  property  and  assets  apportioned  or  to  be  apportioned  to  the  share  of  the 

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autonomous  State  of  Mehgalya  by  virtue  of  section  58  of  the  Assam  Reorganisation  (Meghalaya)  Act, 
1969 (55 of 1969) shall, on and from that day, pass to the State of Meghalya. 

(3)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  sub-sections  (1)  and  (2)  of  this  section  and  section  52,  all  rights, 
liabilities and obligations whether arising out of any contract or otherwise, which are, immediately before 
the appointed day, the rights, liabilities and obligations of the existing State of Assam and all property and 
assets  held  by  the  existing  State  of  Assam  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  shall  be  apportioned 
between the State of Assam and the State of Meghalaya in accordance with the provisions contained in the 
Sixth Schedule. 

52.  Assets  and liabilities (including  public  debt) relating to  the  Mizo  District.—(1)  All  property 
and assets within the Mizo District which are, immediately before the appointed day, vested in the existing 
State of Assam shall, as from that day, vest in the Union. 

(2) Unless the Central Government otherwise directs, any stores, articles and other goods belonging to 
the existing State of Assam and situated outside the Mizo District immediately before the appointed day 
shall, as from that day, pass to the Union if such stores, articles or other goods are held for, or are relatable 
to, the administration of that District. 

(3) All rights, liabilities and obligations of the existing State of Assam in relation to the Mizo District 

shall, as from the appointed day, be the rights, liabilities and obligations of the Union. 

(4) The liability of the existing State of Assam to the Union in respect of the loans taken by that State 
from  the  Central  Government  shall  be  reduced  by  an  amount  which  bears  such  proportion  to  the  total 
public debt of that State immediately before the appointed day as the total expenditure on all capital works 
and other capital outlays incurred or deemed to have been incurred up to that day by the existing State of 
Assam  in  the  Mizo  District  bears  to  the  total  expenditure  on  all  capital  works  and  other  capital  outlays 
incurred or deemed to have been incurred by the existing State of Assam up to the appointed day:  

Provided that for the purposes of this sub-section the total public debt of the existing State of Assam 
shall exclude the public debt apportioned or apportionable to the autonomous State of Meghalaya under 
section 58 of the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969), and the total expenditure on 
all capital works and other capital outlays incurred or deemed to have been incurred by the existing State 
of  Assam  shall  exclude  such  outlays  incurred  or  deemed  to  have  been  incurred  for  the  purposes  of  the 
autonomous State under the said section. 

(5)  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  apply  to  any  amount  which  may  be  payable  by  the  Union  to  the 
existing  State  of  Assam  in  respect  of  the  expenditure  incurred  by  that  State  in  connection  with  internal 
disturbances in the Mizo District. 

PART VII 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS 

53. Provisions as to certain Corporations.—(1) The following bodies corporate constituted for the 

existing State of Assam, namely:— 

(a) the State Electricity Board constituted under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (54 of 1948); 

and  

(b) the State Warehousing Corporation established under the Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962 

(58 of 1962),  

shall, on  and from  the  appointed  day,  continue to function in those areas in respect  of  which they  were 
functioning immediately before that day, subject to the provisions of this section and to such directions as 
may, from time to time, be issued by the Central Government. 

(2) Any directions issued by the Central Government under sub-section (1) in respect of the Board or 
the  Corporation  may  include  a  direction  that  the  Act  under  which  the  Board  or  the  Corporation  was 
constituted shall, in its application to that Board or Corporation, have effect subject to such exceptions and 
modifications as the Central Government thinks fit. 

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(3) The  Board or the  Corporation  referred  to  in  sub-section (1)  shall  cease  to  function  as from,  and 
shall be deemed to be dissolved on, the expiry of a period of 1[thirty-eight months] from the appointed day 
or  such  earlier  date  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  order,  appoint;  and  upon  such  dissolution,  its 
assets, rights and liabilities shall be apportioned between the successor States in such manner as may be 
agreed upon among them within one year of the dissolution of the Board or the Corporation, as the case 
may  be,  or  if  no  agreement  is  reached,  in  such  manner  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  order, 
determine. 

(4)  Nothing  in  the  preceding  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  preventing  the 
Government of any of the successor States from constituting at any time on or after the appointed day, a 
State Electricity Board or a State Warehousing Corporation for that State under the provisions of the Act 
relating to such Board or Corporation; and if such a Board or a Corporation is so constituted in any of the 
successor States before the dissolution of the Board or the Corporation referred to in sub-section (1),— 

(a)  provision  may  be  made  by  order  of  the  Central  Government  enabling  the  new  Board  or  the 
new Corporation to take over from the existing Board or  Corporation all or any of its undertakings, 
assets, rights and liabilities in that State, and 

(b) upon the dissolution of the existing Board or Corporation,— 

(i)  any  assets,  rights  and  liabilities  which  would  otherwise  have  passed  to  that  State  by  or 
under the provisions of sub-section (3) shall pass to the new Board or the new Corporation instead 
of to that State; 

(ii) any employees who would otherwise have been transferred to or re-employed by that State 

under  sub-section  (3),  read  with  clause  (i)  of  sub-section  (5),  shall  be  transferred  to  or                  
re-employed by the new Board or the new Corporation instead of to or by that State. 

(5) An agreement entered into between the successor States under sub-section (3) and an order made 
by the Central Government under that sub-section or under clause (a) of sub-section (4) may provide for 
the  transfer  or  re-employment  of  any  employees  of  the  Board  or  the  Corporation  referred  to  in                 
sub-section (1),— 

(i)  to  or  by  the  successor  States,  in  the  case  of  an  agreement  under  sub-section  (3)  or  an  order 

made under that sub-section; 

(ii) to or by the new Board or the new Corporation constituted under sub-section (4), in the case of 

an order made under clause (a) of that sub-section,  

and, subject to the provisions of section 58, also for the terms and conditions of service applicable to such 
employees after such transfer or re-employment. 

54.  Continuance  of  arrangements  in  regard  to  generation  and  supply  of  electric  power  and 
supply of water.—If it appears to the Central Government that the arrangement in regard to the generation 
or supply of electric power or the supply of water for any area or in regard to the execution of any project 
for  such  generation  or  supply  has  been  or  is  likely  to  be  modified  to  the  disadvantage  of  that  area  by 
reason  of  the  fact  that  it  is,  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  Part  II,  outside  the  State  in  which  the  power 
stations  and  other  installations  for  the  generation  and  supply  of  such  power,  or  the  catchment  area, 
reservoirs  and  other  works  for  the  supply  of  water,  as  the  case  may  be,  are  located,  the  Central 
Government  may  give  such  directions  as  it  deems  fit,  to  the  State  Government  or  other  authority 
concerned for the maintenance, so far as practicable, of the previous arrangement. 

55.  Provisions  as  to  Assam  State  Financial  Corporation.—(1)  The  Assam  State  Financial 
Corporation established under the State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 (63 of 1951) shall, on and from 
the appointed day, continue to function in those areas in respect of which it was functioning immediately 
before that day, subject to the provisions of this section and to such directions as may, from time to time, 
be issued by the Central Government. 

1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1975, s. 2, for “three years” (w.e.f. 20-1-1975). 

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(2)  Any  directions  issued  by  the  Central  Government  under  sub-section  (1)  in  respect  of  the 
Corporation  may  include  a  direction  that  the  said  Act,  in  its  application  to  the  Corporation,  shall  have 
effect subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the direction. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Board of Directors of 
the Corporation may, with the previous approval of the Central Government and shall, if so required by 
the Central Government, convene at any time after the appointed day a meeting for the consideration of a 
scheme  for  the  reconstitution  or  reorganisation  or  dissolution,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the  Corporation, 
including  proposals  regarding  the  formation  of  new  Corporations,  and  the  transfer  thereto  of  the  assets, 
rights and liabilities of the existing Corporation, and if such a scheme is approved at a general meeting by 
a resolution passed by a majority of the shareholders present and voting, the scheme shall be submitted to 
the Central Government for its sanction.  

(4)  If  the  scheme  is  sanctioned  by  the  Central  Government  either  without  modifications  or  with 
modifications which are approved at a general meeting, the Central Government shall certify the scheme, 
and  upon  such certification  the  scheme  shall,  notwithstanding  anything  to  the contrary  contained in  any 
law  for  the  time  being  in  force,  be  binding  on  the  Corporations  affected  by  the  scheme  as  well  as  the 
shareholders and creditors thereof. 

(5) If the scheme is not so approved or sanctioned, the Central Government may refer the scheme to 
such Judge of the common High Court  as may be nominated in this behalf by the Chief Justice thereof, 
and  the  decision  of  the  Judge  in  regard  to  the  scheme  shall  be  final  and  shall  be  binding  on  the 
Corporations affected by the scheme as well as the shareholders and creditors thereof. 

(6)  Nothing  in  the  preceding  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  preventing  the 
Government of the State of Meghalaya from constituting, at any time after the appointed day and with the 
approval of the Central Government, a State Financial Corporation for that State under the State Financial 
Corporations Act, 1951 (63 of 1951). 

56. General provisions as to statutory corporations.—(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided by 
the foregoing provisions of this Part, where any body corporate constituted under a Central Act, State Act 
or Provincial Act for the existing State of Assam or any part thereof has, by virtue of the provisions of  
Part II, become an inter-State body corporate, then, the body corporate shall, on and from the  appointed 
day continue to function and operate in those areas in respect of which it was functioning and operating 
immediately before that day, subject to such directions as may from time to time be issued by the Central 
Government, until other provision is made by law in respect of the said body corporate. 

(2)  Any  directions  issued  by  the  Central  Government  under  sub-section  (1)  in  respect  of  any  such 
body corporate may include a direction that any law by which the said body corporate is governed shall, in 
its application to that body corporate, have effect, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be 
specified in the direction. 

57.  Temporary  provisions  as 

to  continuance  of  certain  existing  road 

transport                 

permits.—(1)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  63  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1939              
(4 of 1939), a permit granted by the State or a Regional Transport Authority in the existing State of Assam 
shall, if such permit was, immediately before the appointed day, valid and effective in any area therein, be 
deemed to continue to be valid and effective in that area after that day subject to the provisions of that Act 
as  for  the  time  being  in  force  in  that  area  and  it  shall  not  be  necessary  for  any  such  permit  to  be 
countersigned by any State or Regional Transport Authority for the purpose of validating it for use in such 
area:  

Provided  that  the  Central  Government  may,  after  consultation  with  the  State  Government  or 
Governments concerned, add to, amend or vary the conditions attached to the permit by the authority  by 
which the permit was granted. 

(2) No tolls, entrance fees or other charges of a like nature shall be levied after the appointed day in 
respect of any transport vehicle for its operations in any of the successor States under any such permit, if 
such vehicle was immediately before that day exempt from the payment of any such tolls, entrance fees or 
other charges for its operations within the existing State of Assam: 

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Provided  that  the  Central  Government  may,  after  consultation  with  the  State  Government  or 
Governments concerned, authorise the levy of any such tolls, entrance fees or other charges, as the case 
may be. 

58. Special provision relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases.—Where, on account 
of the reorganisation of the existing State of Assam under this Act, any body corporate constituted under a 
Central  Act,  State  Act  or  Provincial  Act,  any  co-operative  society  registered  under  any  law  relating  to          
co-operative  societies  or  any  commercial  or  industrial  undertaking  of  that  State  is  reconstituted  or 
reorganised  in  any  manner  whatsoever  or  is  amalgamated  with  any  other  body  corporate,  co-operative 
society  or  undertaking,  or  is  dissolved,  and  in  consequence  of  such  reconstitution,  reorganisation, 
amalgamation  or  dissolution,  any  workman  employed  by  such  body  corporate  or  any  such  co-operative 
society  or  undertaking,  is  transferred  to,  or  re-employed  by,  any  other  body  corporate,  or  in  any  other           
co-operative  society  or  undertaking,  then,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  25F,  25FF  or 
25FFF of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), such transfer or re-employment shall not entitle 
him to any compensation under that section: 

Provided that— 

(a)  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  applicable  to  the  workman  after  such  transfer  or                     

re-employment  are  not  less  favourable  to  the  workman  than  those  applicable  to  him  immediately 
before the transfer or re-employment; and 

(b)  the  employer  in  relation  to  the  body  corporate,  the  co-operative  society  or  the  undertaking 
where the workman transferred or re-employed is, by agreement or otherwise, legally liable to pay to 
the workman, in the event of his retrenchment, compensation under section 25F, 25FF or 25FFF of the 
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), on the basis that his service has been continuous and has 
not been interrupted by the transfer or re-employment. 

59.  Special  provisions  as  to  income-tax.—Where  the  assets,  rights  and  liabilities  of  anybody 
corporate  carrying  on  business  are,  under  the  provisions  of  this  Part,  transferred  to  any  other  bodies 
corporate which after the transfer carry on the same business, the losses or profits or gains sustained by the 
body  corporate  first  mentioned  which,  but  for  such  transfer,  would  have  been  allowed  to  be  carried 
forward  and  set-off  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Chapter  VI  of  the  Income-tax  Act,  1961             
(43 of 1961), shall be apportioned amongst the transferee bodies corporate in accordance with the rules to 
be made by the Central Government in this behalf and, upon such appointnment, the share of loss allotted 
to each transferee body corporate shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI of 
the said Act as if the transferee body corporate had itself sustained such loss in a business carried on by it 
in the years in which these losses were sustained. 

60.  Continuance  of  facilities  in  certain  State  institutions.—(1)  The  Government  of  the  State  of 
Assam or Meghalaya or, as the case may be, the Central Government in relation to the Union territory of 
Mizoram  shall,  in  respect  of  the  institutions  specified  in  the  Seventh  Schedule  located  in  that  State  or 
Union  territory,  continue  to  provide  facilities  to  any  other  Government  aforesaid  and  the  people  of  the 
States and Union territory aforesaid which shall not, in any respect, be less favourable to such Government 
and  people  than  what  were  being  provided to  them  before  the  appointed  day,  for  such  period  and  upon 
such terms and conditions (including those relating to any contributions to be made for the provision of 
such facilities) as may be agreed upon between the said Governments before the expiry of a period of one 
year from the appointed day or, if no agreement is reached before such expiry, as may be fixed by order of 
the Central Government. 

(2)  The  Central  Government  may  at  any  time  before  the  expiry  of  a  period  of  one  year  from  the 
appointed day, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in the Seventh Schedule any other institution 
existing on the appointed day in the said States and Union territory and on the issue of such notification, 
the said Schedule shall be deemed to be amended by the inclusion of the said institution therein. 

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PART VIII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

61. Provisions relating to All-India Services.—(1) In this section, the expression “joint cadre”,— 

(a) in relation to the Indian Administrative Service, has the meaning assigned to it in the Indian 

Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954; 

(b)  in  relation  to  the  Indian  Police  Service,  has  the  meaning  assigned  to  it  in  the  Indian  Police 

Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954; and 

(c)  in  relation  to  the  Indian  Forest  Service,  has  the  meaning  assigned  to  it  in  the  Indian  Forest 

Service (Cadre) Rules, 1966. 

(2) On and from the appointed day, there shall be constituted for the States of Assam and Meghalaya a 
joint cadre of the Indian Administrative Service, a joint cadre of the Indian Police Service and a joint cadre 
of the Indian Forest Service. 

1[(3) On and from the appointed day, there shall be constituted for the States of Manipur and Tripura 
and joint cadre of the Indian Administrative Service, a joint cadre of the Indian Police Service and a joint 
cadre of the Indian Forest Services.] 

(4) The initial strength and composition of each of the joint cadres referred to in sub-sections (2) and 

(3) shall be such as the Central Government may, by order, determine before the appointed day. 

(5) The members of each of the said Services borne on the Assam cadre thereof immediately before 
the appointed day shall be allocated to the joint cadre of the same Service constituted under sub-section (2) 
and to the Union territories cadre of that Service in such manner and with effect from such date or dates as 
the Central Government may, by order, specify. 

(6)  Such  members  of  each  of  the  said  Services  borne  on  the  Union  territories  cadre  thereof 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  order,  specify,  shall  be 
allocated  to  the  joint  cadre  of  the  same  Service  constituted  under  sub-section  (3)  with  effect  from  such 
date or dates as may be specified in the order. 

(7) Every person who, being a member of a State Civil Service of the existing State of Assam, is borne 
on  a  Select  List  for  promotion  to  the  Assam  cadre  of  an  All-India  Service  immediately  before  the 
appointed day shall, unless he is deemed to have been allocated to the Union under section 64, be deemed 
to have been included in the same order as in that List, in the Select List for promotion to the joint cadre of 
the same Service constituted under sub-section (2). 

(8) Every person who, being a person deemed to have been allocated under section 62 for service in 
connection with the affairs of the State of Manipur or the State of Tripura, is borne on a Select List for 
promotion  to  the  Union  territories  cadre  of  an  All-India  Service  immediately  before  the  appointed  day, 

1. Sub-section (3) shall stand substituted (date to be notified) by Act 39 of 2012, s. 2 to read as under: 

“(3)  On  and  from  the  date  of  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  Amendment  Act,  2012,  there 
shall  be  constituted  each  for  the  State  of  Manipur  and  for  the  State  of  Tripura  a  separate  cadre  of  the  Indian  Administrative 
Service, a separate cadre of the Indian Police Service and a separate cadre of the Indian Forest Service. 

(3A)  The  initial  strength  and  composition  of  the  State  cadres  referred  to  in  sub-section  (1)  shall  be  such  as  the  Central 
Government  may,  by  order,  determine  before  the  date  of  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation) 
Amendment Act, 2012. 

(3B)  The  members  of  each  of  the  said  services  borne  on  the  joint  cadre  for  the  States  of  Manipur  and  Tripura  in  each 
category  of  the  All-India  Services  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation) 
Amendment Act, 2012 shall be allocated to the State cadres of the same service constituted under sub-section (1) in such manner 
and with effect from such date or dates as the Central Government may, by order, specify. 

(3C) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the operation, on or after the commencement of the North-Eastern 
Areas  (Reorganisation)  Amendment  Act,  2012,  of  the  All-India  Services  Act,  1951  (61  of  1951),  or  the  rules  and  regulations 
made thereunder.” 

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shall be deemed to have been included in the same order as in that List, in the Select List for promotion to 
the joint cadre of the same Service constituted under sub-section (3). 

(9) Every person who, being a person deemed to have been allocated to the Union under section 64, is 
borne on a Select List for promotion to the Assam cadre of an All-India Service immediately before the 
appointed  day,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  included  in  the  Select  List  for  promotion  to  the  Union 
territories  cadre  of  the  same  Service  and  his  position  in  the  said  Select  List  shall  be  determined  by  the 
Central Government in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission. 

(10)  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  the  operation  after  the  appointed  day  of  the          

All-India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), or the rules or regulations made thereunder. 

62. Provision relating to Services in Manipur and Tripura.—Every person who immediately before 
the appointed day is serving in connection with the affairs of the Union under the administrative control of 
the Administrator of the Union territory of Manipur, or the Administrator of the Union territory of Tripura 
(including  a  person  who  has  been  placed  on  deputation  by  the  Administrator  concerned  with  any  other 
authority),  shall,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  an  order  of  the  Central  Government,  be  deemed  to  have 
been allocated for service as from that day in connection with the affairs of the State of Manipur or, as the 
case may be, of the State of Tripura: 

Provided that no direction shall be issued under this section after the expiry of a period of one year 

from the appointed day. 

63.  Special  provisions  relating  to  members  of  Central  Health  Service.—Notwithstanding  the 
provisions  of  section  62,  every  member  of  the  Central  Health  Service  who  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day  is  holding  any  post  in  the  Union  territory  of  Manipur  or  the  Union  territory  of  Tripura, 
being  a  post  included  in  the  authorised  strength  of  that  Service,  shall,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the 
Central Government, be deemed to be on deputation on and from the appointed day, to the Government of 
the State of Manipur or, as the case may be, of the State of Tripura on the same terms and conditions of 
service as are applicable to him under the Central Health Service Rules, 1963, but without any deputation 
allowance: 

Provided that the period of such deputation shall in no case extend beyond a period of three years from 

the appointed day. 

Explanation.—In this section, “Central Health Service” means the Central Health Service constituted 

under the Central Health Service Rules, 1963. 

64.  Provisions  relating  to  Services  in  the  existing  State  of  Assam.—(1)  Such  persons  serving  in 
connection with the affairs of the existing State of Assam (including persons borne on any cadre of that 
State and serving under the Government of the autonomous State of Meghalaya or on deputation to any 
other Government or authority) as may be determined at any time before or after the appointed day,— 

(a) by agreement between the Government of the existing State of Assam and the Government of 
the  autonomous  State  of  Meghalaya  or  between  the  Government  of  the  State  of  Assam  and  the 
Government of the State of Meghalaya, as the case may be, or 

(b) in default of any such agreement, by the Central Government,  

may, notwithstanding anything in their terms of appointment or their conditions of service,— 

(i) in a case referred to in clause (a), by one or more orders made by the Government of the 

existing State of Assam or the Government of the State of Assam, as the case may be, or 

(ii) in a case referred to in clause (b), by one or more orders made by the Central Government,  

be required to serve in connection with the affairs of the State of Meghalaya and every such person shall 
accordingly be deemed to have been allocated to that State with effect from such date as may be specified 
in the order. 

(2)  Such  persons  serving  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam  (including 
persons  borne  on  any  cadre  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam  and  serving  under  the  Government  of  the 

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autonomous State of Meghalaya or on deputation to any other Government or authority), as the Central 
Government  may,  at  any  time  before  or  after  the  appointed  day,  determine  after  consultation  with  the 
Government of the existing State of Assam or the Government of the State of Assam, as the case may be, 
may, notwithstanding anything in the terms of their appointment or their conditions of service, by one or 
more orders made by the Central Government, be required to serve in connection with the administration 
of  the  Union  territory  of  Mizoram,  and  every  such  person  shall,  accordingly,  be  deemed  to  have  been 
allocated to the Union with effect from such date as may be specified in the order: 

Provided that every person borne on any cadre of the existing State of Assam and serving in the Mizo 
District immediately before the appointed day shall, unless otherwise directed by the Administrator of the 
Union  territory  of  Mizoram,  continue  to  serve  on  and  from  the  appointed  day,  in  connection  with  the 
administration  of  that  Union  territory  until  any  order  is  made  under  this  sub-section  in  respect  of  such 
person or the expiry of a period of three years from the appointed day, whichever is earlier. 

65.  Provisions  relating  to  Services  in  the  autonomous  State  of  Meghalaya.—Every  person  who 
immediately before the appointed day is serving in connection with the affairs of the autonomous State of 
Meghalaya (including a person on deputation from the Government of that autonomous State to any other 
Government or authority), not being a person to whom section 64 applies, shall be deemed to have been 
allocated to serve as from that day in connection with the affairs of the State of Meghalaya. 

66.  Other  provisions  relating  to  Services.—(1)  Nothing  in  this  section  or  sections  62  to  65  (both 
inclusive)  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  on  or  after  the  appointed  day  the  operation  of  the  provisions  of 
Chapter I of Part XIV of the Constitution in relation to determination of conditions of service of persons 
serving in connection with the affairs of the State of Manipur, Meghalaya or Tripura or the Union territory 
of Mizoram: 

Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day in the case of 
any person deemed to have been allocated to the State of Manipur or the State of Tripura under section 62 
or  to  the  State  of  Meghalaya  under  sub-section  (1)  of  section  64  or  section  65  or  to  the  Union  under             
sub-section (2) of section 64 shall not be varied to his disadvantage except with the previous approval of 
the Central Government. 

(2) All services prior to the appointed day rendered by a person— 

(a)  if  he  is  deemed  to  have  been  allocated  to  any  State  under  section  62  or  section  64  or              

section 65, shall be deemed to have been rendered in connection with the affairs of that State,  

(b) if he is deemed to have been allocated to the Union in connection with the administration of 
the Union territory of Mizoram, shall be deemed to have been rendered in connection with the affairs 
of the Union, 

for the purposes of the rules regulating his conditions of service. 

(3) The provisions of sections 62, 64 and 65 shall not apply in relation to members of any All-India 

Service. 

67.  Provisions  as  to  continuance  of  officers  in  same  posts.—(1)  Every  person  who,  immediately 
before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the 
administration of the Union territory of Manipur or Union territory of Tripura, shall continue to hold the 
same post or office in the State of Manipur, or, as the case may be, in the State of Tripura and shall be 
deemed, on and from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office by the Government of, or 
other appropriate authority in the State concerned. 

(2) Where a person who immediately before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of 
any post or office in connection with the affairs of the existing State of Assam and, as from the appointed 
day, such duties become duties in connection with the affairs of the State of Meghalaya or administration 
of the Union territory of Mizoram, then, he shall continue to hold the same post or office in that State or 
Union  territory  and  shall  be  deemed,  on  and  from  that  day,  to  have  been  duly  appointed  to  the  post  or 
office  by  the  Government  or  Administrator  of,  or  other  appropriate  authority  in,  that  State  or  Union 
territory, as the case may be. 

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(3) Where a person who immediately before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of 
any post or office in connection with the affairs of the autonomous State of Meghalaya and, as from the 
appointed day, such duties become duties in connection with the affairs of the State of Meghalaya, then, he 
shall continue to hold the same post or office in the State of Meghalaya and shall be deemed, on and from 
that  day,  to  have  been  duly  appointed  to  the  post  or  office  by  the  Government  of,  or  other  appropriate 
authority in, the State of Meghalaya. 

(4)  Nothing  in  sub-section  (1)  or  sub-section  (2)  or  sub-section  (3)  shall  be  deemed  to  prevent  a 
competent authority, on and from the appointed day, from passing in relation to any person referred to in 
that sub-section any order affecting his continuance in such post or office. 

68. Advisory Committees.—The Central Government may, by order, establish one or more Advisory 

Committees for the purpose of assisting it in regard to— 

(a) the discharge of any of its functions under this Part; and 

(b) the ensuring of fair and equitable treatment to all persons affected by the provisions of this 

Part and the proper consideration of any representations made by such persons. 

69.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  give  directions.—The  Central  Government  may  give  such 
directions to the State Governments of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura and to the Administrator 
of the Union territory of Mizoram as may appear to it to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to 
the foregoing provisions of this Part and the State Governments and the Administrator shall comply with 
such directions. 

70. Provisions as to State Public Service Commission.—(1) The Public Service Commission for the 
existing  State  of  Assam  shall,  on  and  from  the  appointed  day,  be  deemed  to  be  the  Public  Service 
Commission for the State of Assam. 

(2) Every person holding office immediately before the appointed day as Chairman or other member 
of the Public Service Commission for the existing State of Assam shall, as from the appointed day, be the 
Chairman  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  other  member  of  the  Public  Service  Commission  for  the  State  of 
Assam. 

(3) Every person who becomes Chairman or other member of the Public Service Commission for the 

State of Assam on the appointed day under sub-section (2) shall— 

(a) be entitled to receive from the Government of the State of Assam conditions of service not less 
favourable  than  those  to  which  he  was  entitled  under  the  provisions  applicable  to  him  immediately 
before the appointed day; and 

(b) subject to the proviso to clause (2) of article 316, hold office or continue to hold office until 
the expiration of his term of office as determined under the provisions applicable to him immediately 
before the appointed day.  

PART IX 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

71. Amendment of articles 210, 239A, 244, 244A, 275, 332, 371B and Fifth and Sixth Schedules 

to the Constitution.—On and from the appointed day— 

(a) in article 210, in the proviso to clause (2), for the words “Legislature of the State of Himachal 
Pradesh”,  the  words  “Legislatures  of  the  States  of  Himachal  Pradesh,  Manipur,  Meghalaya  and 
Tripura” shall be substituted; 

(b) in article 239A, in clause (1), the words “Manipur, Tripura,” shall be omitted; 

(c) in article 244,— 

(i)  in  clause  (1),  for  the  words  “the  State  of  Assam”,  the  words  “the  States  of  Assam  and 

Meghalaya” shall be substituted; 

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(ii)  in  clause  (2),  for  the  words  “the  State  of  Assam”,  the  words  “the  States  of  Assam  and 

Meghalaya and the Union territory of Mizoram” shall be substituted; 

(d) in article 244A, in clause (1), for the word and letter  “Part A”, the word and figure  “Part I” 

shall be substituted; 

(e) in article 275, in clause (a) of the second proviso to clause (1), for the word and letter “Part A”, 

the word and figure “Part I” shall be substituted; 

(f) in article 332,— 

(i) in clause (5), the words “except in the case of the constituency comprising the cantonment 

and municipality of shillong” shall be omitted; 

(ii)  in  clause  (6),  the  words  “except  from  the  constituency  comprising  the  cantonment  and 

municipality of Shillong” shall be omitted; 

(g)  in  article  371B,  for  the  word  and  letter  “Part  A”,  the  word  and  figure  “Part  I”  shall  be 

substituted;  

(h) in the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, in paragraph 1, for the words “State of Assam”, the 

words “States of Assam and Meghalaya” shall be substituted; 

(i) the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution shall stand amended as directed in the Eighth Schedule. 

72. Amendment of Act 2 of 1934.—On and from the appointed day, in section 21A of the Reserve 
Bank of India Act, 1934, in sub-section (1), the brackets and words “(including the autonomous State of 
Meghalaya)” shall be omitted. 

73.  Amendment  of  Act  64  of  1950.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  in  section  47A  of  the  Road 
Transport  Corporations  Act,  1950,  in  the  Explanation  to  sub-section  (1),  after  clause  (ii),  the  following 
clause shall be inserted, namely:— 

“(iii) in relation to the Assam State Road Transport Corporation, shall mean the Government 
of the State of Assam or of Meghalaya as formed under the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) 
Act, 1971.”. 

74. Amendment of Act 37 of 1956. —On and from the appointed day, in the States Reorganisation 

Act, 1956,— 

(a) for clause (c) of section 15, the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— 

“(c) the Eastern Zone, comprising the States of Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa;”; 

(b) in sub-section (1) of section 16, clause (d) shall be omitted. 

75. Amendment of Act 20 of 1963.—On and from the appointed day, in the Government of Union 

Territories Act, 1963,— 

(a) in clause (h) of sub-section (1) of section 2, the words “Manipur, Tripura,” shall be omitted; 

(b) in section 44, sub-section (2) shall be omitted; 

(c) section 52 shall be omitted. 

76.  Amendment  of  Act  56  of  1955  and  the  Tripura  (Courts)  Order,  1950.—On  and  from  the 

appointed day,— 

(a) the Manipur (Courts) Act, 1955 shall stand amended as directed in the Ninth Schedule; 

(b) the Tripura (Courts) Order, 1950 shall stand amended as directed in the Tenth Schedule. 

77. Territorial extent of laws.—The provisions of Part II shall not be deemed to have effected any 
change  in  the  territories  to  which  any  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  extends  or 
applies,  and  the territorial references  in  any  such  law  to  the  existing  State  of  Assam  or the  autonomous 
State of Meghalaya or the Union territory of Manipur or the Union territory of Tripura or the North-East 

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Frontier Agency shall, until otherwise provided by a competent Legislature or other competent authority, 
be construed as meaning the territories within that State or autonomous State or Union territory or Agency 
immediately before the appointed day. 

78. Continuance of existing District Councils and Regional Council and members thereof.—For 
the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that all District Councils and the Regional Council constituted 
under  the  provisions  of  the  Sixth  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  and  functioning  immediately  before  the 
appointed day in the respective autonomous districts and in the autonomous region shall, as from that day, 
be deemed to have been constituted under the said Schedule as amended by clause (i) of section 71, read 
with the Eighth Schedule and accordingly,— 

(a) every such District Council and the Regional Council shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue 
to function in the respective autonomous districts and in the autonomous region, notwithstanding that 
any such district or region ceases to be comprised in the territories of the State of Assam, by virtue of 
the provisions of Part II; and 

(b)  every  member  of  such  District  Council  or  Regional  Council  shall  continue  to  be  a  member 

thereof for the unexpired term of his office as such. 

79. Power to adapt laws.—For the purpose of facilitating the application of any law in relation to any 
of  the  States  of  Union  territories  formed  or  established  by  the  provisions  of  Part  II,  the  appropriate 
Government  may,  before  the  expiration  of  two  years  from  the  appointed  day,  by  order,  make  such 
adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or 
expedient, and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so 
made until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.  

Explanation.—In this section, the expression “the appropriate Government” means— 

(a) as respects any law relating to a matter enumerated in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule 

to the Constitution, the Central Government; and 

(b) as respects any other law,— 

(i) in its application to a State, the State Government, and 

(ii) in its application to a Union territory, the Central Government. 

80.  Power  to  construe  laws.—(1)  Notwithstanding  that  no  provision  or  insufficient  provision  has 
been made under section 79 for the adaptation of a law made before the appointed day, any court, tribunal 
or authority required or empowered to enforce such law may, for the purpose of facilitating its application 
in relation to the State of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya or Tripura or to the Union territory of Mizoram or 
Arunachal Pradesh 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. 

(2)  Any  reference to  the  High  Court  of  Assam  or  the  High  Court  of  Assam  and  Nagaland  or  to  the 
Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Manipur or the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Tripura in 
any  law  shall,  unless  the  context  otherwise  requires,  be  construed,  on  and  from  the  appointed  day,  as  a 
reference to the common High Court. 

81. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions.—The Central Government, 
as  respects the  Union territory  of  Mizoram  or  Arunachal  Pradesh  and the  State Government  as  respects 
any  new  State  established  or  formed  by  the  provisions  of  Part  II  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 
Gazette,  specify  the  authority,  officer  or  person  who,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  shall  be  competent  to 
exercise  such  functions  exercisable  under  any  law  in  force  on  that  day  as  may  be  mentioned  in  that 
notification and such law shall have effect accordingly. 

82. Legal proceedings.—(1) Where immediately before the appointed day the Union is a party to any 
legal  proceedings  with  respect  to  any  property,  right  or  liability  and  such  property,  right  or  liability 
devolves on the State of Manipur or the State of tripura under this Act, then, the State of Manipur or, as 
the case may be, the State of Tripura shall be deemed to be substituted for the Union as a party to those 
proceedings and the proceedings may continue accordingly. 

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(2) Where immediately before the appointed day the autonomous State of Meghalaya is a party to any 
legal proceedings with respect to any property, right or liability of that State, and such property, right or 
liability devolves on the State of Meghalaya under this Act, then, the State of Meghalaya shall be deemed 
to  be  substituted  for  the  autonomous  State  of  Meghalaya  as  a  party  to  those  proceedings  and  the 
proceedings may continue accordingly. 

(3) Where immediately before the appointed day the existing State of Assam is a party to any legal 
proceedings with respect to any property, rights or liabilities subject to apportionment under this Act, the 
successor  State,  which  succeeds  to,  or  acquires  a  share  in,  that  property  or  those  rights  or  liabilities  by 
virtue of any provision of this Act, shall be deemed to be substituted for the existing State of Assam as a 
party  to  those  proceedings  or  added  as  a  party  thereto,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  proceedings  may 
continue accordingly. 

83.  Rights  of  pleaders  to  practise  in  certain  cases.—Any  person  who,  immediately  before  the 
appointed day, is enrolled as a pleader entitled to practise in any subordinate courts in the existing State of 
Assam  shall,  for  a  period  of  one  year  from  that  day,  continue  to  be  entitled  to  practise  in  those  courts, 
notwithstanding that the whole or any part of the territories within the jurisdiction of those courts has been 
transferred to the State of Meghalaya or to a Union territory. 

84.  Transfer  of  pending  proceedings.—(1)  Every  proceeding  pending  immediately  before  the 
appointed day before a court (other than a High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any area which on 
that  day  falls  within  a  State  or  Union  territory  shall,  if  it  is  a  proceeding  relating  exclusively  to  the 
territories which as from that day are the territories of another State or Union territory, stand transferred to 
the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer in that other State or Union territory, as the case may 
be. 

(2) If any question arises as to whether any proceeding should stand transferred under sub-section (1), 

it shall be referred to the common High Court and the decision of that High Court shall be final. 

(3) In this section,— 

(a) “proceeding” includes any suit, case or appeal; and 
(b) “corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer” in a State or a Union territory means— 

(i) the court, tribunal, authority or officer in that State or Union territory in which or before 

whom the proceeding would have lain if it had been instituted after the appointed day; or 

(ii) in case of doubt, such court, tribunal, authority or officer in that State or Union territory as 
may  be  determined  after  the  appointed  day  by  the  Government  of  that  State  or  the  Central 
Government, as the case may be, or before the appointed day by the Government of the existing 
State  of  Assam  or  the  Government  of  the  autonomous  State  of  Meghalaya  or  the  Central 
Government, as the case may be, to be the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer. 

85.  Provisions  as  to  continuance  of  courts,  etc.—All  courts  and  tribunals  and  all  authorities 
discharging lawful functions throughout the existing State of Assam or the Union territory of Manipur or 
the  Union  territory  of  Tripura  or  any  part  of  such  State  or  Union  territory  immediately  before  the 
appointed day shall, unless their continuance is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or until other 
provision  is  made  by  a  competent  Legislature  or  other  competent  authority,  continue  to  exercise  their 
respective functions. 

86. Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws.—The provisions of this Act shall 

have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law. 

87. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this 
Act, the President may, by order, do anything not inconsistent with such provisions which appears to him 
to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament. 
1[87A. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, as amended by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) 

1. Ins. by Act 26 of 2012, s. 8 (w.e.f. 23-3-2013). 

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Act, 2012, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions 
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a period of two years 
from  the  commencement  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas  (Reorganisation)  and  Other  Related  Laws 
(Amendment) Act, 2012. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament.] 

88. 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 1[which may be comprised in one 
session  or  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  8  of  1974,  s. 3, for  “which  may  be  comprised  in  one  session or  in  two  successive  sessions  and  if,  before  the 

expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following”  (w.e.f. 19-1-1974). 

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

[See sections 14 (2) and 20 (5)] 

AMENDMENTS TO THE DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY  
CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 1966 

In Schedule II to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966,— 

(1) in PART A.—PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES,— 

(a)  for  serial  No.  1  and  the  entries  relating  thereto,  the  following  shall  be  substituted, 

namely:— 

“1.  Cachar.—(11)  Silchar,  (12)  Sonai,  (13)  Dholai,  (14)  Lakhipur,  (15)  Udharbond,           

(16) Borkhola.”; 

(b)  for  serial  No.  3  and  the  entries  relating  thereto,  the  following  shall  be  substituted, 

namely:— 

“3. Diphu (S.T.).—(18) Haflong, (19) Bokajan, (20) Howraghat, (21) Baithalangso.”; 

(c)  for  serial  No.  4  and  the  entries  relating  thereto,  the  following  shall  be  substituted, 

namely:— 

“4.  Dhubri.—(31)  Mankachar,  (32)  South  Salmara,  (33)  Dhubri,  (34)  Gauripur,             

(35) Golakganj, (36) Bilasipara.”; 

(2) in PART B.—ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES, serial Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 22 to 30 (both inclusive) 

and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted. 

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

[See section 25 (1)] 

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950 

In the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950,— 

(1) in paragraph 2, for the figures “XIV”, the figures “XVII” shall be substituted; 

(2) in paragraph 4,— 

(a)  for  the  words  and  figures  “and  any  reference  in  Part  XIV”,  the  words  and  figures  “any 

reference in Part XIV” shall be substituted; 

(b) the following shall be added at the end, namely:— 

“and any reference in Parts XV, XVI and XVII to a State shall be construed as a reference to 
the  State  constituted  as  from  the  day  appointed  under  clause  (b)  of  section  2  of  the              
North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971”; 

(3) in the Schedule, after Part XIV, the following Parts shall be inserted, namely:— 

“PART XV—Manipur 

Throughout the State:— 

1. Dhupi or Dhobi 

2. Lois 

3. Muchi or Ravidas 

4. Namasudra 

5. Patni 

6. Sutradhar 

7. Yaithibi. 

Throughout the State:— 

PART XVI—Meghalaya 

  Bansphor 
Bhuinmali or Mali 

   Kaibartta or Jaliya 

9. 
10.    Lalbegi 

Brittial-Bania or Bania 

11.    Mahara 

Dhupi or Dhobi 

Dugla or Dholi 

Hira 

Jalkeot 

Jhalo, Malo or Jhalo-Malo 

12.    Mehtar or Bhangi 

13.    Muchi or Rishi 

14.    Namasudra 

15.    Patni 

16.    Sutradhar. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

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Throughout the State:— 

1. 

  Bagdi 

2. 

  Baiti 

3. 

  Bhuimali 

4. 

  Bhunar 

5. 

  Chamar or Muchi 

6. 

  Dandasi 

7. 

  Dhenuar 

8. 

  Dhoba 

9. 

  Duai 

10.    Dum 

11.    Ghasi 

12.    Gour 

13.    Gunar 

14.    Gur 

15.    Gorang 

16.    Jalia Kaibartta 

17.    Kahar 

18.    Kalindi 

19.    Kan 

PART XVII—Tripura 

20.    Kanda 

21.    Kanugh 

22.    Keot 

23.    Khadit 

24.    Kharia 

25.    Khemcha 

26.    Koch 

27.    Koir 

28.    Kol 

29.    Kora 

30.    Kotal 

31.    Mahisyadas 

32.    Mali 

33.    Mehtor 

34.  Musahar 

35.    Namasudra 

36.    Patni 

37.  Sabar.”. 

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THE THIRD SCHEDULE 

[See section 25 (2)] 

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) (UNION TERRITORIES)  

In the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951,— 

(1) for paragraph 4, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— 

ORDER, 1951 

“4.  Any  reference in this Order  to  a  Union  territory in  Part  I  of  the  Scheduled shall  be 
construed as a reference to the territory constituted as a Union territory as from  the 1st 
day of November, 1956, any reference to a Union territory in Part II of the Schedule shall 
be construed as a reference to the territory constituted as a Union territory as from the 1st 
day of November, 1966 and any reference to a Union territory in Parts III and IV of the 
Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the territory constituted as a Union territory 
as  from  the  day  appointed  under  clause  (b)  of  section  2  of  the  North-Eastern  Areas 
(Reorganisation) Act, 1971.”; 

(2) in the Schedule,— 

(a) Parts III and IV shall be omitted; 

(b) Part V shall be re-numbered as Part II and after that Part as so re-numbered, the following 

Parts shall be inserted, namely:— 

Throughout the Union territory:— 

“PART III—Mizoram 

1. 

  Bansphor 

2. 

  Bhuinmali or Mali 

3. 

  Brittial-Bania or Bania 

4. 

  Dhupi or Dhobi 

5. 

  Dugla or Dholi 

6. 

  Hira 

7. 

  Jalkeot 

8. 

  Jhalo, Malo or Jhalo-Malo 

9. 

  Kaibartta or Jaliya 

Throughout the Union territory:— 

PART IV—Arunachal Pradesh 

1. 

  Bansphor 

2. 

  Bhinmali or Mali 

3. 

  Brittial-Bania or Bania 

4. 

  Dhupi or Dhobi 

5. 

  Dugla or Dholi 

6. 

  Hira 

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10.   

Lalbegi 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

Mahara 

Mehtar or Bhangi 

Muchi or Rishi 

Namasudra 

Patni 

Sutradhar. 

10.   

11.   

Lalbegi 

 Mahara 

12.    Mehtar or Bhangi 

13.    Muchi or Rishi 

14.   

15.   

Namasudra 

Patni 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. 

  Jalkeot 

8. 

  Jhalo, Malo or Jhalo-Malo 

9. 

  Kaibartta or Jaliya 

16.   

Sutradhar.”. 

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THE FOURTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 26 (1)] 

AMENDMENTS TO THE COSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER, 1950 

In the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950,— 

(1) in paragraph 2, for the figures “XIII”, the figures “XVI” shall be substituted; 

(2) in paragraph 3,— 

(a)  for  the  words  and  figures  “and  any  reference in Part XIII”,  the  words  and figures  “any 

reference in Part XIII” shall be substituted; 

(b) the following shall be added at the end, namely:— 

“and any reference in Parts XIV to XVI to a State shall be construed as a reference to the 
State  constituted  as  from  the  day  appointed  under  clause  (b)  of  section  2  of  the              
North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971”; 

(3) in the Schedule,— 

(a) in PART  II—Assam, paragraph 2 shall be omitted and in paragraph 3, for the words 
“excluding  the  Tribal  areas”,  the  words  “excluding  the  autonomous  districts”  shall  be 
substituted; 

(b) after Part XIII, the following Parts shall be inserted, namely:— 

“PART XIV—Manipur 

Throughout the State:— 

19  Moyon 

20. 

Paite 

21.    Purum 

22.    Ralte 

23.    Sema 

24. 

25. 

Simte 

Suhte 

26.    Tangkhul 

27.    Thadou 

28.    Vaiphui 

29.    Zou. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

  Aimol 

  Anal 

  Angami 

 Chiru 

  Chothe 

  Gangte 

  Hmar 

8. 

  Kabui 

9. 

  Kacha Naga 

10.    Khoirao 

11.  Koireng 

12.  Kom 

13.  Lamgang 

14. 

 Any Mizo (Lushai) tribes 

15.  Maram 

16.  Maring 

17.  Mao 

18.  Monsang 

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Throughout the State:— 

PART XV—Meghalaya 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

  Chakma 
Dimasa (Kachari) 

Garo 

Hajong 

Hmar 

Khasi and Jaintia (including Khasi, 
Synteng or Pnar, War, Bhoi or 
Lyngngam) 
Any Kuki tribes, including: 

Biate or Biete 

Changsan 

Chongloi 

Doungel 

Gamalhou 

Gangte 

Guite 

Hanneng 

Haokip or Haupit 

Haolai 

Hengna 

Hongsungh 

Hrangkhwal or Rangkhol 

Jongbe 

Khawchung 

(i) 

(ii) 

(ii) 

(iv) 

(v) 

(vi) 

(vii) 

(viii) 

(ix) 

(x) 

(xi) 

(xii) 

(xiii) 

(xiv) 

(xv) 

(xvii)   Khelma 
(xviii)   Kholhou 

(xix)   Kipgen 

(xx)   Kuki 

(xxi)   Lengthang 

(xxii)   Lhangum 

(xxiii)  Lhoujem 

(xxiv)  Lhouvum 

(xxv)   Lupheng 

(xxvi)   Mangjel 

(xxvii)   Misao 

(xxviii)   Riang 

(xxix)   Siarhem 

(xxx)   Selnam 

(xxxi)   Singson 

(xxxii)   Sitlhou 

(xxxiii)   Sukte 

(xxxiv)   Thado 

(xxxv)   Thangngeu 

(xxxvi)   Uibuh 

(xxxvii)   Vaiphei 

(xvi)  Khanwathlang or Khothalong 

8.  Lakher 

9.  Man (Tai-Speaking) 

10.  Any Mizo (Lushai) tribes 

11.  Mikir 

12.  Any Naga tribes 

13.  Pawi 

14.  Synteng. 

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(vii)  Khareng 

(xi)   Lentei 

(xii)   Mizel 

(xiii)   Namte 
(xiv)   Paitu, Paite 
(xv)  Rangchan 

(xvi)  Rangkhole 

(xvii)  Thangluya 
(xiv)   Paitu, Paite 

Throughout the State:— 

PART XVI—Tripura 

1. 

2. 

3. 

  Lushai 

  Mag 

  Kuki, including the following sub-tribes:— 

(i)   Balte 
(ii)   Belalhut 
(iii)   Chhalya 
(iv)   Fun 
(v)   Hajango 
(vi)   Jangtei 
 (vii)  Khareng 
(viii)  Khephong 
 (ix)  Kuntei 
  (x)  Laifang 

4.  Chakma 
5.  Garoo 
6.  Chaimal 
7.  Halam 
8.  Khasia 
9.  Bhutia 
10.  Munda including Kaur 
11.  Orang 
12.  Lepcha 
13.  Santal 
14.   Bhil 
15.   Tripura or Tripuri, Tippera 
16.   Jamatia 
17.   Noatia 
18.   Riang 
19.   Uchai.”. 

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THE FIFTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 26(2)] 

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) (UNION TERRITORIES) ORDER, 1951 

In the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951,— 

(1) in paragraph 2, for the words and figures “Parts I to IV”, the words and figures “Parts I to III” 

shall be substituted; 

(2) for paragraph 3, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— 

“3.  Any  reference  in  this  Order  to  a  Union  territory  in  Part  I  of  the  Scheduled  shall  be 
construed as a reference to that territory constituted as a Union territory as from the 1st day of 
November, 1956 and any reference to a Union territory in Parts II and III of the Schedule shall be 
construed as a reference to the territory constituted as a Union territory as from the day appointed 
under clause (b) of section 2 of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.”; 

(3) in the Schedule,— 

(a) Parts II and III shall be omitted; 

(b)  Part  IV  shall  be  re-numbered  as  Part  I  and  after  that  Part  as  so  re-numbered,  the 

following Parts shall be inserted, namely: — 

Throughout the Union territory:— 

“PART II—Mizoram 

1. 

2. 

  Chakma 
  Dimasa (Kachari) 

3. 

  Garo 

4. 

  Hajong 

5. 

  Hmar 

6. 

  Khasi  and  Jaintia  (including  Khasi, 
Synten  or  Pnar,  War,  Bhoi  or 
Lyngngam) 

7.  Any Kuki tribes, including: 

(i) 

 Biate or Biete 

(ii)  Changsan 

(iii)  Chongloi 

(iv)  Doungel 

(v)  Gamalhou 

(vi)   Gangte 

(vii)   Guite 

 (viii)   Hanneng 

 (ix)   Haokip or Haupit 

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(xi)  Hengna 

 (xii)   Hongsungh 

(xiii)   Hrangkhwal or Rangkhol 

(xiv)   Jongbe 

(xv)   Khawchung 

(xvi)   Khawathlang or Khothalong 

(xvii)  Khelma 

(xviii)   Kholhou 

(xix)  Kipgen 

(xx)   Kuki 

(xxi)   Lengthang 

(xxii)  Lhangum 

(xxiii)  Lhoujem 

(xxiv)  Lhouvun 

(xxv)  Lupheng 
(xxvi)  Mangjel 

(xxvii)   Missao 

 
 
 
 
 (xxviii)   Riang 

(xxix)  Sirphem 

(xxx)  Selnam 

(xxxi)  Singson 
(xxxii)   Sitlhou 

(xxxiii)   Sukte 

(xxxiv)   Thado 

(xxxv)   Thangngeu 

(xxxvi)  Uibuh 

  (xxxvii)  Vaiphei 

8.   Lakher 

9.   Man (Tai-Speaking) 

10.   Any Mizo (Lushai tribes) 

11.   Mikir 

12.   Any Naga tribes 

13.   Pawi 

14.  Synteng. 

PART III—Arunachal Pradesh 

Throughout the Union territory:— 

All tribes of the Union territory including: 

1.   Abor 

2.   Aka 

3.   Apatani 

4.  Dafla 

5.   Galong 

6.  Khampti 

7.  Khowa 

8.   Mishmi 

9.  Momba 

10.   Any Naga tribes 

11.   Sherdukpen 

12.   Singpho.”. 

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THE SIXTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 53 (3)] 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

1. Definitions.—In this Schedule,— 

(a)  “population  ratio”,  in  relation  to  the  States  of  Assam  and  Meghalaya  means  the  ratio  of 

93.58 to 6.42; and 

(b) “transferred territories” means the territories which, as from the appointed day, become the 

territories of the State of Meghalaya under section 5. 

2.  Provisions  of  the  Schedule  to  be  applied  to  the  apportionment  of  certain  assets  and 
liabilities.—Where  any  asset  or  liability  is  required  to  be  apportioned  to  the  autonomous  State  of 
Meghalaya by virtue of section 58 of the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969), but 
has  not  been  so  apportioned  before  the  appointed  day,  the  provisions  of  this  Schedule  shall  be  applied 
after apportionment under the said section has been effected. 

3.  Apportionment  of  land,  stores,  etc.—(1)  Subject  to  the  other  provisions  contained  in  this 
Schedule, all land and all stores, articles and other goods belonging to the existing State of Assam shall, 
on and from the appointed day,— 

(a) in a case where such land, stores, articles and other goods are situated within the transferred 

territories, pass to the State of Meghalaya; and 

(b) in any other case, pass to the State of Assam; 

Provided that where the Central Government is of the opinion that any goods or class of goods should 
be distributed among the States of Assam and Meghalaya otherwise than according to the situation of the 
goods,  the  Central  Government  may  issue  such  directions,  as  it  thinks  fit,  for  a  just  and  equitable 
distribution of the goods and the goods shall pass to the States of Assam and Meghalaya accordingly. 

(2) (a) Such of those lands and buildings as are held by the existing State of Assam, within the limits 
of the cantonment and municipality of Shillong immediately before the appointed day as may be agreed 
upon between the States of Assam and Meghalaya shall be available for the use of the State of Assam on 
the appointed day and thereafter for such period as may be agreed upon between the said States. 

(b) Where no agreement is reached between the States of Assam and Meghalaya on any of the matters 
referred to in clause (a), the Central Government shall decide such matter and the decision of the Central 
Government thereon shall be binding on the said States. 

(c) Different periods may be agreed upon under clause (a) or decided under clause (b) for different 

lands and buildings. 

(d) Where any land or building is made available to the State of Assam under this sub-paragraph on 
or after the appointed day, then, notwithstanding  anything contained in this Schedule, the debt or other 
liabilities in respect of such land or building shall pass to the State of Meghalaya only from the date from 
which possession of the land or building is given to the State of Meghalaya and the amount of such debt 
or  other  liability  shall  be  determined  by  agreement  between the  States  of  Assam  and  Meghalaya  or,  in 
default of any such agreement, by the Central Government. 

(e) For so long as any land or building referred to in clause (a) is held by the State of Assam for its 
use,  it  shall  be  the  responsibility  of  that  State  to  properly  maintain  such  land  or  building  from  its  own 
funds. 

(3) Stores relating to the Secretariat and the offices of Heads of departments having jurisdiction over 
the  areas  comprised  partly  in  the  transferred  territories  and  partly  in  the  State  of  Assam  and  unissued 
stores shall be divided between the States of Assam and Meghalaya in accordance with such directions as 
the Central Government may think fit to issue for a just and equitable distribution thereof. 

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

4. Arrears of Taxes.—The State of Meghalaya shall have the right to recover the arrears of any tax or 
duty, including the arrears of land revenue, on property situate in the transferred territories, and shall also 
have the right to recover the arrears of any other tax or duty if the place of assessment of that tax or duty 
is located in the transferred territories. 

5. Right to recover loans and advances.—(1) Save as provided in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 6, 
the right to recover any loans or advances made before the appointed day by the existing State of Assam 
to  any  local  body,  society,  agriculturist  or  other  person  in  the  transferred  territories  shall  belong  to  the 
State of Meghalaya. 

(2) The right to recover loans and advances of pay and travelling allowances to a Government servant 
made  before  the  appointed  day  by  the  existing  State of  Assam  shall  pass to  the  State  of  Meghalaya  if, 
after  the  appointed  day,  that  Government  servant  is  required  to  serve  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of 
Meghalaya. 

6.  Investments.—(1)  The  investments  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day  in  any  company  or  private  commercial  or  industrial  undertaking,  in  so  far  as  such 
investments  have  not  been  made  or  deemed  not  to  have  been  made  from  the  Cash  Balance  Investment 
Account,  shall  pass  to  the  State  of  Meghalaya,  if  the  principal  seat  of  business  of  the  company  or 
undertaking is located in the transferred territories and where on that day the principal seat of business of 
the  company  or  undertaking  is  located  outside  the  territories  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam,  such 
investments shall be divided between the States of Assam and Meghalaya in the population ratio: 

Provided that such investments in any Government company shall be divided between the States  of 

Assam and Meghalaya in such proportion as may be agreed upon between those States or— 

(a) in default of such agreement; or 

(b) at the expiry of a period of one year from the appointed day,  

whichever is earlier, in such proportion as the Central Government may, by order, determine: 

Provided  further  that  nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  apply  to  any  investment  made  by  the  existing 
State of Assam on or after the 2nd day of April, 1970 in any company or private commercial or industrial 
undertaking located outside the territories of the existing State of Assam. 

(2)  Where  any  body  corporate  constituted  under  a  Central  Act,  State  Act  or  Provincial  Act  for  the 

existing  State  of  Assam  or  any  part  thereof  has,  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  Part  II,  become  an              
inter-State body corporate, the investments in, or loans or advances to, any such body corporate by the 
existing State of Assam made before the appointed day shall, save as otherwise expressly provided by or 
under this Act, be divided between the State of Assam and Meghalaya in the same proportion in which 
the assets of the body corporate are divided under the provisions of Part VII. 

7.  Assets  and  liabilities  of  State  undertakings.—(1)  The  assets  and  liabilities  relating  to  any 
commercial or industrial undertaking of the existing State of Assam shall pass to the State of Meghalaya 
if the undertaking is located in the transferred territories. 

(2)  Where  a  depreciation  reserve  fund  is  maintained  by  the  existing  State  of  Assam  for  any 
commercial or industrial undertaking, the securities held in respect of investments made from that fund 
shall pass to the State of Meghalaya if the undertaking is located in the transferred territories. 

(3)  Where  any  such  undertaking  is  located  partly  in  the  State  of  Assam  and  partly  in  the  State  of 
Meghalaya,  the  assets  and  liabilities  and  the  securities  referred  to  in  sub-paragraphs  (1)  and  (2) 
respectively shall be divided in such manner as may be agreed upon between the Governments of the two 
States  within  one  year  from  the  appointed  day,  or  in  default  of  such  agreement,  as  the  Central 
Government may, by order, direct. 

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8. Public debt.—(1) The public debt of the existing State of Assam attributable to loans raised by the 
issue  of  Government  securities  and  outstanding  with  the  public  immediately  before  the  appointed  day 
shall continue to be the public debt of the State of Assam, and the State of Meghalaya shall be liable to 
pay to the State of Assam a share of the sums due from time to time for the servicing and repayment of 
the debt and for the purpose of determining the said share, the debt shall be deemed to be divided between 
the States of Assam and Meghalaya as if it were a debt referred to in sub-paragraph (5). 

Explanation.—In this sub-paragraph, “the public debt of the existing State of Assam”, excludes the 
portion of such public debt the liability for servicing and repayment of which has been apportioned to the 
autonomous State of Meghalaya by virtue of section 58 of the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act, 
1969 (55 of 1969). 

(2)  Where  a  sinking  fund  or  depreciation  fund  is  maintained  by  the  existing  State  of  Assam  for 
repayment of any loan raised by it, the securities held in respect of investments made from that fund shall 
be divided between the States of Assam and Meghalaya in the same proportion in which the total public 
debt is divided between the two States under this paragraph. 

(3)  The  public  debt  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam  attributable  to  loans  taken  from  the  Central 
Government,  the  National  Co-operative  Development  Corporation  or  the  Central  Warehousing 
Corporation  or  the  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  Commission  or  from  any  other  source  for  the  express 
purpose of re-lending the same to a specific institution and outstanding immediately before the appointed 
day shall,— 

(a)  if  re-lent  to  the  Assam  State  Electricity  Board,  or  any  other  institution  which  becomes  an 
inter-State  body  corporate  on  the  appointed  day,  be  divided  between  the  States  of  Assam  and 
Meghalaya in the same proportion in which the assets of such body corporate are divided under the 
provisions of Part VII; 

(b) if re-lent to any local body, body corporate or other institution in any local area, be the debt of 

the State in which the local area is included on the appointed day. 

(4)  Out  of  so  much  of  the  public  debt  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam,  other  than  the  public  debt 
referred  to  in  sub-paragraphs  (1)  and  (3),  as  is  equal  to  loans  and  advances  made  by  that  State  and 
outstanding  on  the  appointed  day,  the  share  of  the  liability  of  the  State  of  Meghalaya  shall  be  for  an 
amount equal to the loans and advances [not being re-lent amounts referred to in sub-paragraph (3) and 
outstanding  immediately  before  the  appointed  day]  recoverable  by  the  State  of  Meghalaya  under 
paragraph 5. 

(5)  The  remaining  public  debt  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam  attributable  to  loans  taken  from  the 
Central  Government,  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  or  any  other  body  or  bank  outstanding  immediately 
before the appointed day, shall be divided between the States of Assam and Meghalaya in proportion to 
the  total  expenditure  on  all  capital  works  and  other  capital  outlays  incurred  or  deemed  to  have  been 
incurred by the existing State of Assam up to the appointed day in the territories remaining in the State of 
Assam and the total expenditure on all capital works and other capital outlays incurred or deemed to have 
been incurred by the existing State of Assam up to the appointed day in the transferred territories, other 
than  such  outlays  incurred  or  deemed  to  have  been  incurred  before  the  2nd  day  of  April,  1970  in  the 
autonomous State of Meghalaya for the purposes of the autonomous State as defined in paragraph 1 of the 
Third Schedule to the Assam Re-organisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 (55 of 1969). 

(6) For the purpose of this paragraph, “Government security” means a security created and issued by 
the existing State of Assam for the purpose of raising a public loan and having any of the forms specified 
in, or prescribed under, clause (2) of section 2 of the Public Debt Act, 1944 (18 of 1944). 

(7) For the purpose of this paragraph, “the public debt of the existing State of Assam attributable to 
the loan taken from the Central Government” means the public debt of the State as reduced in accordance 
with the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 52. 

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9. Refund of taxes collected in excess.—After the appointed day it shall be the liability of the State 
of Meghalaya to refund any tax or duty on property, including land revenue, collected in excess on any 
property situate in the transferred territories or any other tax or duty collected in excess, if the place of 
assessment of that tax or duty is situate in the transferred territories. 

10. Deposits, etc.—(1) The liability of the existing State of Assam in respect of any civil deposit or 
local fund deposit, made before the appointed day in any place situate in the transferred territories, shall 
become the liability of the State of Meghalaya. 

(2) The liability of the existing State of Assam in respect of any charitable or other endowment shall, 
as  from  the  appointed  day,  be  the  liability  of  the  State  or  Meghalaya  if  the  institution  entitled  to  the 
benefit of the endowment is located in the transferred territories, or if the objects of the endowment, under 
the terms thereof, are confined to the transferred territories. 

11. Arrears of pay and allowances.—The liability of the existing State of Assam in respect of any 
arrears  of  pay  or  allowances  due  to  any  Government  servant  for  the  period  prior  to  the  appointed  day 
shall,  if  the  Government  servant  is  required  to  serve  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of  the  State  of 
Meghalaya, be the liability of the State of Meghalaya. 

12.  Provident  Fund,  etc.—The  liability  of  the  existing  State  of  Assam  in  respect  of  the  Provident 
Fund and Special Deposit Fund accounts of a Government servant required to serve in connection with 
the affairs of the State of Meghalaya shall, on and from the appointed day, be the liability of the State of 
Meghalaya. 

13. Pensions.—The liability of the State of Assam or the State of Meghalaya in respect of pensions 
shall be apportioned between the two States in such manner as may be agreed upon between them or in 
default of such agreement, in such manner as the Central Government may, by order, specify. 

14.  Contracts.—(1)  Where,  before  the  appointed  day,  the  existing  State  of  Assam  has  made  any 
contract in exercise of its executive power for any purposes of that State, that contract shall be deemed to 
have been made in the exercise of the executive power,— 

(a) if such  purposes  are, as  from  the  appointed day,  exclusively  purposes  of  either the  State  of 
Assam  or  the  State  of  Meghalaya,  of  the  State  of  Assam  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the  State  of 
Meghalaya; and 

(b) in any other case, of the State of Assam,  

and all rights and liabilities which have accrued or may accrue under any such contract shall, to the extent 
to which they would have been rights or liabilities of the existing State of Assam, be rights or liabilities of 
the State of Assam or, as the case may be, of the State of Meghalaya: 

Provided  that  in  any  such  case  as  is  referred  to  in  clause  (b),  the  initial  allocation  of  rights  and 
liabilities made under this sub-paragraph shall be subject to such financial adjustment as may be agreed 
upon  between  the  States  of  Assam  and  Meghalaya  or,  in  default  of  such  agreement,  as  the  Central 
Government may, by order, direct. 

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, there shall be deemed to be included in the liabilities which 

have accrued or may accrue under any contract,— 

(a) any liability to satisfy an order or award made by any court or tribunal in proceedings relating 

to the contract; and 

(b) any liability in respect of expenses incurred in, or in connection with, any such proceedings. 

(3)  This  paragraph  shall  have  effect  subject  to  the  other  provisions  of  this  Schedule  relating  to  the 
apportionment  of  liabilities  in  respect  of  loans,  guarantees  and  other  financial  obligations;  and  bank 
balances and securities shall, notwithstanding that they partake of the nature of contractual rights, be dealt 
with under those provisions. 

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15.  Liability  in  respect  of  actionable  wrong.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the 
existing State of Assam is subject to any liability in respect of any actionable wrong, other than breach of 
contract, that liability shall,— 

(a)  if  the  cause  of  action  arose  wholly  within  the  territories,  which  as  from  that  day,  are  the 
territories of the State of Assam or the State of Meghalaya, be the liability of the State of Assam or, as 
the case may be, of the State of Meghalaya; and 

(b) in any other case, be initially the liability of the State of Assam, but subject to such financial 
adjustment as may be agreed upon between the States of Assam and Meghalaya or, in default of any 
such agreement, as the Central Government may, by order, direct. 

16.  Liability  as  guarantor.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the  existing  State  of 
Assam is liable as guarantor in respect of any liability of a registered co-operative society or other person, 
that liability shall,— 

(a) if the area of operation of such society or person is limited to the territories which, as from 
that  day,  are  the  territories  of  the  State  of  Assam  or  the  State  of  Meghalaya,  be  the  liability  of  the 
State of Assam or as the case may be, of the State of Meghalaya; and 

(b)  in  any  other  case,  be  initially  the  liability  of  the  State  of  Assam,  subject  to  such  financial 
adjustment as may be agreed upon between the States of Assam and Meghalaya or, in default of such 
agreement, as the Central Government may, by order, direct. 

17. Items in suspense.—If any item in suspense is ultimately found to affect an asset or liability of 
the  nature  referred  to  in  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Schedule,  it  shall  be  dealt  with  in 
accordance with that provision. 

18.  Residuary  provisions.—The  benefit  or  burden  of  any  asset  or  liability  of  the  existing  State  of 
Assam not dealt with in the foregoing paragraphs of this Schedule shall pass to the State of Assam in the 
first instance, subject to such financial  adjustment as may be agreed upon between the States of Assam 
and Meghalaya within one year from the appointed day or, in default of such agreement, as the Central 
Government may, by order, direct. 

19.  Apportionment  of  assets  and  liabilities  by  agreement.—Where  the  States  of  Assam  and 
Meghalaya  agree  that  the  benefit  or  burden  of  any  particular  asset  or  liability  should  be  apportioned 
between them in a manner other than that as provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Schedule, 
then, notwithstanding anything contained therein, the benefit or burden of that asset or liability shall be 
apportioned in the manner so agreed upon. 

20. Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases.—Where, 
by  virtue  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Schedule,  the  State  of  Assam  or  the  State  of  Meghalaya  is 
entitled  to  any  property,  or  obtains  any  benefits  or  becomes  subject  to  any  liability,  and  the  Central 
Government is of opinion, on a reference made to it within a period of three years from the appointed day 
by the State of Assam or the State of Meghalaya, as the case may be, that it is just and equitable that that 
property or those benefits should be transferred to one of the two States or shared between them, or that a 
contribution  towards  that  liability  should  be  made  by  either  of  the  States,  the  said  property  or  benefits 
shall be allocated in such manner, or the State of Meghalaya or the State of Assam shall make to the other 
State  primarily  subject  to  the  liability  such  contribution  in  respect  thereof,  as  the  Central  Government 
may,  after  consultation  with  the  Government  of  Assam  and  the  Government  of  Meghalaya,  by  order, 
determine. 

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THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 60(1)] 

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS WHERE EXISTING FACILITIES SHALL BE CONTINUED 

1.   Assam Forest Training School, Jhalukbari. 

2.   Survey School for Mandals, Gauhati. 

3.   Assam Survey Training School, Gauhati. 

4.   Assam Co-operative Training Centre, Joysagar. 

5.   Grain Sevikas Training Centre, Jorhat. 

6.   Police Training College, Dergaon. 

7.   Forensic Science Laboratory, Gauhati. 

8.   Finger Print Bureau, Shillong. 

9.   Public Health Laboratory, Shillong. 

10.   Administrative Training School, Gauhati. 

11.   Reid Chest T. B. Hospital, Shillong. 

12.   Gauhati Medical College, Gauhati. 

13.   Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh. 

14.   Medical College, Silchar. 

15.   Pasteur Institute, Shillong. 

16.   State Malaria Institute, Shillong. 

17.   Ayurvedic College, Gauhati. 

18.   Mental Hospital, Tezpur. 

19.   Primary Health Centre, Chabua. 

20.   Assam Engineering College, Jhalukbari. 

21.   Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat. 

22.   Assam Government Press, Shillong. 

23.   Assam Agricultural College.    

24.  

Assam Veterinary College. 

Under the Agricultural  
University, Jorhat 

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THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 71 (i)] 

AMENDMENTS TO THE SIXTH SCHEDULE TO THE CONSTITUTION 

1.  In  the  Sixth  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  (hereinafter  in  this  Schedule  referred  to  as  the  Sixth 
Schedule), in the heading, for the word “Assam”, the words “the States of Assam and Meghalaya and in 
the Union territory of Mizoram” shall be substituted. 

2. In paragraph 1 of the Sixth Schedule,— 

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for the word and letter “Part A”, the words and figures “Parts I and II 
and in Part III” shall be substituted; 

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3),— 

(i) in clauses (a) and (b), for the word and letter “Part A”, the words “any of the Parts” 
shall be substituted; 

(ii) after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— 

“Provided further that any order made by the Governor under this sub-paragraph may 
contain  such  incidental  and  consequential  provisions  (including  any  amendment  of 
paragraph 20 and of any item in any of the Parts of the said table) as appear to the 
Governor to be necessary for giving effect to the provisions of the order.”. 

3.  In  paragraph  3  of  the  Sixth  Schedule,  in  the  proviso  to  clause  (a)  of  sub-paragraph  (1),  for  the 
words “by the Government of Assam or the Government of Meghalaya”, the words “by the Government 
of the State concerned” shall be substituted. 

4. In paragraph 4 of the Sixth Schedule,— 

(i) in sub-paragraph (3), the words “of Assam” shall be omitted; 

(ii) in sub-paragraph (5), for the words “after consulting the Government of Assam or, as the 
case may be, the Government of Meghalaya”, the words “after consulting the Government of 
the State concerned” shall be substituted. 

5. In paragraph 6 of the Sixth Schedule, in sub-paragraph (2), the words “of Assam or Meghalaya, as 

the case may be,” shall be omitted. 

6. In paragraph 8 of the Sixth Schedule, in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “by the Government of 
Assam in assessing lands for the purpose of land revenue in the State of Assam generally”, the words “by 
the  Government  of  the  State  in  assessing  lands  for  the  purpose  of  land  revenue  in  the  State  generally” 
shall be substituted. 

7.  In  paragraph  9  of  the  Sixth  Schedule,  in  sub-paragraph  (1),  for  the  words  “the  Government  of 
Assam”,  in  both  the  places  where  they  occur,  the  words  “the  Government  of  the  State”  shall  be 
substituted. 

8. In paragraph 12 of the Sixth Schedule,— 

(i) for the heading, the following heading shall be substituted, namely:— 

“Application  of  Acts  of  Parliament  and  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Assam  to 
autonomous districts and autonomous regions in the State of Assam.”; 

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1), — 

(a) in clause (a), for the words “Legislature of the State”, in both the places where they occur, 
the  words  “Legislature  of  the  State  of  Assam”  shall  be  substituted  and  after  the  words  “any 
autonomous district or autonomous region”, the words “in that State” shall be inserted; 

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(b) in clause (b), for the words “Legislature of the State”, the words “Legislature of the State 
of  Assam”  shall  be  substituted  and  after  the  words  “an  autonomous  district  or  an  autonomous 
region”, the words “in that State” shall be inserted. 

9. For paragraph 12A of the Sixth Schedule, the following paragraphs shall be substituted, namely:— 

“12A. Application of Acts of Parliament and of the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya to 
autonomous  districts  and  autonomous  regions  in  the  State  of  Meghalaya.—Notwithstanding 
anything in this Constitution,— 

(a)  if  any  provision  of  a  law  made  by  a  District  or  Regional  Council  in  the  State  of 
Meghalaya  with  respect  to  any  matter  specified  in  sub-paragraph  (1)  of  paragraph  3  of  this 
Schedule or if any provision of any regulation made by a District Council or a Regional Council 
in that State under paragraph 8 or paragraph 10 of this Schedule, is repugnant to any provision of 
a law made by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya with respect to that matter, then, the law 
or regulation made by the District Council or, as the case may be, the Regional Council whether 
made  before  or  after  the  law  made  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Meghalaya,  shall,  to  the 
extent  of  repugnancy,  be  void  and  the  law  made  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Meghalaya 
shall prevail; 

(b)  the  President  may,  with  respect  to  any  Act  of  Parliament,  by  notification,  direct  that  it 
shall not apply to an autonomous district or an atonomous region in the State of Meghalaya, or 
shall  apply  to  such  district  or  region  or  any  part  thereof  subject  to  such  exceptions  or 
modifications as he may specify in the notification and any such direction may be given so as to 
have retrospective effect. 

12B.  Application  of  Acts  of  Parliament  and  other  Acts  to  autonomous  districts  and 
autonomous  regions  in  the  Union  territory  of  Mizoram.-—Notwithstanding  anything  in  this 
Constitution, the President may with respect to any Act of Parliament and the Administrator may with 
respect to any other Act, by notification, direct that it shall not apply to an autonomous district or an 
autonomous region in the Union territory of Mizoram or shall apply to such district or region or any 
part thereof subject to such exceptions or modifications as he may specify in the notification and any 
such direction may be given so as to have retrospective effect”. 

10. In paragraph 13 of the Sixth Schedule, the words “of Assam” shall be omitted. 

11. In paragraph 14 of the Sixth Schedule, in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “the Government of 

Assam”, the words “the Government of the State” shall be substituted. 

12. In paragraph 17 of the Sixth Schedule, for the words “the Legislative Assembly of Assam”, the 
words  “the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Assam  or  Meghalaya”  shall  be  substituted  and  after  the  words 
“autonomous  district”,  the  words  “in  the  State  of  Assam  or  Meghalaya,  as  the  case  may  be,”  shall  be 
inserted. 

13. Paragraph 18 of the Sixth Schedule shall be omitted. 

14. For paragraphs 20 and 20A of the Sixth Schedule, the following paragraphs shall be substituted, 

namely:— 

“20.  Tribal  areas.—(1)  The  areas  specified  in  Parts  I,  II  and  III  of  the  table  below  shall 
respectively  be  the  tribal  areas  within  the  State  of  Assam,  the  State  of  Meghalaya  and  the  Union 
territory of Mizoram. 

(2)  Any  reference  in  the  table  below  to  any  district  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the 
territories comprised within the autonomous district of that name existing immediately before the day 
appointed under clause (b) of section 2 of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971: 

Provided  that  for  the  purposes  of  clauses  (e)  and  (f)  of  sub-paragraph  (1)  of  paragraph  3, 

paragraph  4,  paragraph  5,  paragraph  6,  sub-paragraph  (2),  clauses  (a),  (b)  and  (d)  of                            
sub-paragraph  (3)  and  sub-paragraph  (4)  of  paragraph  8  and  clause  (d)  of  sub-paragraph  (2)  of 

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paragraph 10 of this Schedule, no part of the area comprised within the Municipality of Shillong shall 
be deemed to be within the United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District. 

1. The North Cachar Hills District. 

2. The Mikir Hills District. 

TABLE 

PART I 

PART II 

1. The United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District. 

2. The Jowai District. 

3. The Garo Hills District. 

The Mizo District. 

PART III 

20A. Interpretation.—Subject to any express provision made in this behalf, the provisions of 

this Schedule shall, in their application to the Union territory of Mizoram, have effect— 

(1)  as  if  references  to  the  Governor  and  Government  of  the  State  were  references  to  the 
Administrator of the Union territory appointed under Article 239 and references to State (except 
in the expression “Government of the State”) were references to the Union territory of Mizoram; 

(2) as if— 

(a) in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1,— 

(i) after clause (g), the following clause had been inserted, namely:— 

“(h)  divide  any  autonomous  region  into  two  or  more  autonomous  regions  and 

define the boundaries thereof”; 

(ii) the first proviso had been omitted; 

(b)  in  sub-paragraph  (5)  of  paragraph  4  the  provisions  for  consultation  with  the 

Government of the State concerned had been omitted; 

(c) in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 9, the words “in his discretion” had been omitted; 

(d) paragraph 13 had been omitted; 

(e) sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 14 had been omitted; 

(f) sub-paragraph (2) (including the proviso thereto) of paragraph 15 had been omitted; 

(g) in paragraph 16,— 

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), in clause (b), the words “subject to the previous approval of 
the  Legislature  of  the  State”  and  the  second  proviso  to  that  sub-paragraph  had  been 
omitted; 

(ii) sub-paragraph (3) had been omitted.’ 

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THE NINTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 76(a)] 

AMENDMENTS TO THE MANIPUR (COURTS) ACT, 1955 

In the Manipur (Courts) Act, 1955 (56 of 1955),— 

(i) throughout the Act, save as otherwise expressly provided,— 

(a) for the words “Chief Commissioner”, the words “State Government” shall be substituted, 
and for the words, “Judicial Commissioner” or “Court of the Judicial Commissioner”, the words 
“High Court” shall be substituted, and such consequential amendments, as the rules of grammar 
may require, shall be made; 

(b)  for  the  words  “Union  territory  of  Manipur”,  the  words  “State  of  Manipur”  shall  be 

substituted; 

(ii) in the long title, the words “a Judicial Commissioner's Court and other” shall be omitted; 

(iii) in section 2,— 

(a) clause (i) shall be omitted; 

(b) after clause (iii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— 

(iiia)  “High  Court”  means  the  Gauhati  High  Court  (the  High  Court  of  Assam,  Nagaland, 

Maghalaya, Manipur and Tripura);'; 

(iv) Chapter II shall be omitted; 

(v) in section 16, the words “the Court of the Judicial Commissioner and” shall be omitted; 

(vi) in section 17,— 

(a) the brackets and figure “(1)” shall be omitted; 

(b) sub-section (2) shall be omitted; 

(vii) in section18, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— 

“(1)  When  the  business  pending  before  the  court  of  a  district  judge  requires  the  aid  of  an 
additional  district  judge  for  its  speedy  disposal,  one  or  more  additional  district  judges  may  be 
appointed.”; 

(viii) section 19 shall be omitted; 

(ix) for section 23, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— 

“23.  Local  limits  of  the  jurisdiction  of  courts  of  subordinate  judges  and                  

munsiffs.—(1)  The  local  limits  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court  of  a  subordinate  judge  or  a 
munsiff shall be such as the State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, 
by notification in the Official Gazette, define. 

(2) When a subordinate judge is posted to a district, the local limits of the district shall, in 

the absence of any direction to the contrary, be the local limits of his jurisdiction.”; 

(x) in section 25, sub-section (4) shall be omitted; 

(xi) sections 33, 34, 35 and 40 shall be omitted; 

(xii) in sub-section (1) of section 43, the words “the Court of the Judicial Commissioner and” 

shall be omitted; 

(xiii) section 46 shall be omitted. 

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THE TENTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 76(b)] 

 AMENDMENTS TO THE TRIPURA (COURTS) ORDER, 1950 

In the Tripura (Courts) Order, 1950,— 

(i)  throughout  the  Order,  save  as  otherwise  expressly  provided,  for  the  words  “Chief 
Commissioner”,  the  words  “State  Government”  shall  be  substituted,  and  for  the  words  “Judicial 
Commissioner”  or  “Court  of  the  Judicial  Commissioner”,  the  words  “High  Court”  shall  be 
substituted, and such consequential amendments, as the rules of grammar may require, shall be made; 

(ii) in paragraph 2,— 

(a) clause (i) shall be omitted; 

(b) for clause (iii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— 

(iii) “High Court” means the Gauhati High Court (the High Court of Assam, Nagaland, 

Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura); 

(iiia) “Tripura” means the State of Tripura; 

(iii) Chapter II shall be omitted; 

(iv) in paragraph 15, the words “the Court of the Judicial Commissioner and” shall be omitted;  

(v) in paragraph 16,— 

(a) the brackets and figure “(1)” shall be omitted; 

(b) sub-paragraph (2) shall be omitted; 

(vi)  in  paragraph  17,  for  sub-paragraph  (1),  the  following  sub-paragraph  shall  be  substituted, 

namely:— 

“(1) When the business pending before the Court of a District Judge requires the aid of an 
Additional Judge  or Judges  for  its  speedy  disposal,  one  or  more  Additional  District Judges 
may be appointed.”; 

(vii) paragraph 18 shall be omitted; 

(viii) for paragraph 22, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— 

“22. Local limits of jurisdiction of Courts of Subordinate Judges and Munsiffs.—(1) The 
local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court of a Subordinate Judge or Munsiff shall be such as the 
State  Government  may,  after  consultation  with  the  High  Court,  by  notification  in  the  Official 
Gazette, define. 

(2) When a Subordinate Judge is posted to a district, the local limits of the district shall, in the 

absence of any directions to the contrary, be the local limits of his jurisdiction.” ; 

(ix) paragraph 31 shall be omitted; 

(x) for paragraph 32, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— 

“32. Finality of appellate decrees of District Court.—Subject to the provisions of  section 
100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), an appellate decree of a District Court shall 
be final.”; 

(xi) paragraphs 33, 34, 35 and 41 shall be omitted; 

(xii) in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 42, the words “the Court of Judicial Commissioner and” 

shall be omitted. 

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