THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH ACT, 1970 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 

PART II 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH 

3.  Establishment of State of Himachal Pradesh. 
4.  Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

5. Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. 
6. Allocation of sitting members. 
7. Amendment of section 27A of Act 43 of 1950. 

8.  [Omitted.] 
9.  [Omitted.] 

The House of the People 

The Legislative Assembly 

10.  Provision as to Legislative Assembly as constituted on the appointed day. 
11.  Duration of Legislative Assembly. 
12.  Speaker and Deputy Speaker. 
13.  Rules of procedure. 

Delimitation of constituencies 

14.  Allocation of seats in the House of the People. 
15.  Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assembly. 
16.  Amendment of First and Second Schedules to Act 43 of 1950. 
17.  Delimitation of constituencies. 
18.  Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date. 
19.  Amendment of Scheduled Castes Orders. 
20.  Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Orders. 

21.  High Court for Himachal Pradesh. 
22.  Judges of High Court. 

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

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SECTIONS 

23.  Jurisdiction of High Court. 
24.  Special provision relating to Advocates and Bar Council. 
25.  Practice and procedure in High Court. 
26.  Custody of seal of High Court. 
27.  Form of writs and other processes. 
28.  Powers of Judges. 
29.  Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court. 
30.  Transfer of proceedings from High Court of Delhi to High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 
31.  Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 
32.  Savings. 

PART V 

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

33.  Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by the Legislature. 
34.  Reports relating to the accounts of the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh. 
35.  Allowances and privileges of Governor of Himachal Pradesh. 
36.  Distribution of revenues. 

PART VI 

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

37.  Property, assets, rights, liabilities, obligations, etc. 
38.  Special provision as to transfer of assets, rights, liabilities, etc., of Union in relation to transferred 

territories under Act 31 of 1966. 

PART VII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

39.  Provisions relating to All-India Services. 
40.  Provision relating to certain Services. 
41.  Provisions relating to other services. 
42.  Other provisions as to services. 
43.  Provisions as to continuance of officers in same posts. 
44.  Advisory Committees. 
45.  Power of Central Government to give directions. 

PART VIII 
LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

46.  Amendment of article 210 and article 239A. 
47.  Amendment of Act 37 of 1956. 
48.  Amendment of Act 20 of 1963. 
49.  Continuance of existing laws and their adaptation. 
50.  Power to construe laws. 
51.  Provisions as to continuance of courts, etc. 

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SECTIONS 

52.  Effect of provisions of Act inconsistent with other laws. 
53.  Power to remove difficulties. 
54.  Power to make rules. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 
THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 
THE THIRD SCHEDULE. 
THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. 

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THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH ACT, 1970 

ACT NO. 53 OF 1970 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  establishment  of  the  State  of  Himachal  Pradesh  and  for  matters             

connected therewith. 

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

[25th December, 1970.] 

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970. 

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

(a) “Administrator” means the administrator appointed by the President under article 239 of the 

Constitution; 

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

Official Gazette, appoint; 

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

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

article 324; 

(e)  “existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh”  means  the  Union  territory  of  Himachal 

Pradesh as existing immediately before the appointed day; 

(f) “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 Union territory of Himachal Pradesh; 

(g) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of 
the  existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh,  means  a  person  who,  immediately  before  the 
appointed day, is a member of that House or that Assembly; 

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

PART II 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH 

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

4. 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,”  after  entry  17,  the  following  entry  shall  be  inserted, 

namely:— 

“18. Himachal Pradesh 

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The  territories  which  immediately  before 
the  commencement  of  this  Constitution 
were  being  administered  as  if  they  were 
Chief Commissioners‟ Provinces under the 
names  of  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Bilaspur 
and 
sub-section  (1)  of  section  5  of  the  Punjab 
Reorganisation Act, 1966.”; 

territories 

specified 

the 

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(b) under the heading “II. THE UNION TERRITORIES”, entry 2 relating to Himachal Pradesh 

shall be omitted and entries 3 to 10 shall be re-numbered as entries 2 to 9 respectively. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

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

Schedule to the Constitution, in the Table,— 

(a)  entry 18  shall  be  re-numbered  as  entry 19 and  before  the  entry  as  so  re-numbered,  the  following 

entry shall be inserted, namely:— 

“18. Himachal Pradesh………….3”; 

(b) entry 19 shall be omitted. 

6. Allocation of sitting members.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the three sitting members of the 
Council of States representing the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh shall be deemed to have been duly 
elected under clause (4) of article 80 to fill the three seats allotted to the State of Himachal Pradesh in that Council. 

(2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered. 
7. 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, in sub-section (4), the words “Himachal Pradesh” shall be 
omitted. 

8.  [Allocation  of  seats  in  the  existing  House  of  the  People.]  Omitted  by  the  State  of  Himachal, 

The House of the People 

Pradesh (Amendment) Act, 1971 (15 of 1971), s. 2 (w.e.f. 5-1-1971). 

9. [Provision as to sitting members.] Omitted by s.2, ibid. (w.e.f. 5-1-1971). 

The Legislative Assembly 

10. Provision as to Legislative Assembly as constituted on the appointed day.—(1) On and from 
the appointed day, the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Himachal Pradesh 
to  be  filled  by  persons  chosen  by  direct  election  from  Assembly  constituencies  shall  be  sixty  and  the 
number  of  seats  to  be  reserved  for  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  for  the  Scheduled  Tribes  of  that  State          
shall be fourteen and three respectively; and the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 
1950 (43 of 1950), shall be deemed to be amended accordingly. 

(2) On and from the appointed day, the sixty territorial constituencies of the existing Union territory 
of Himachal Pradesh shall be deemed to be the constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of the State of 
Himachal Pradesh and the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1966, shall 
be construed accordingly. 

(3)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal 
Pradesh representing a territorial constituency which, on the appointed day by virtue of the provisions of 
sub-section (2), becomes a constituency of the State of Himachal Pradesh, shall be deemed to have been 
elected  under  article  170  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Himachal  Pradesh  by  that 
constituency. 

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Legislative 

Assembly of the State of Himachal Pradesh shall be deemed to be duly constituted on the appointed day. 

11.  Duration  of  Legislative  Assembly.—The  period  of  five  years  referred  to  in  clause  (1)  of 
article 172 shall, in the case of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Himachal Pradesh, be deemed to have 
commenced  on  the  day  on  which  the  duration  of  the  existing  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union  territory 
of Himachal Pradesh commenced under section 5 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963). 
12. Speaker and Deputy Speaker.—The persons who immediately before the appointed day .are the 
Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh 

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shall  be  the  Speaker  and  the  Deputy  Speaker,  respectively,  of the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State of 
Himachal Pradesh on and from that day. 

13.  Rules  of  procedure.—The  rules  of  procedure  and  conduct  of  business  of  the  Legislative 
Assembly  of  the  existing Union territory  of Himachal Pradesh 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 Legislative Assembly of the State of Himachal Pradesh, subject to such modifications and adaptations as may 
be made therein by the Speaker thereof. 

Delimitation of constituencies 

14. Allocation of seats in the House of the People.—In the House of the People to be constituted 
after the appointed day, there shall be allotted four seats to the State of Himachal Pradesh of which one seat shall 
be reserved for the Scheduled Castes. 

15. Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assembly.—The total number of seats in the Legislative 
Assembly of the State of Himachal Pradesh 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-eight of which sixteen seats shall be 
reserved for the Scheduled Castes and three seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. 

16. Amendment of First and Second Schedules to Act 43 of 1950.—(1) In the Representation of the 

People Act, 1950,— 

(a) in the First Schedule,— 

(i)  under  the  heading  “I.  STATES”,  after  entry 17,  the  following  entry shall  be  inserted, 

namely:— 

“18. Himachal Pradesh.....4        1.....”; 

(ii) under the heading “II. UNION TERRITORIES”, entry 6 relating to Himachal Pradesh shall 

be omitted; 

(b) in the Second Schedule,— 

(i)  under  the  heading  “I.  STATES”,  after  entry 16,  the  following  entry shall  be  inserted, 

namely:— 

“17. Himachal Pradesh.....68  16   3”; 

(ii) under the heading “II. UNION TERRITORIES”, entry 2 relating to Himachal Pradesh shall 

be omitted. 

(2) The amendments made by clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) shall have effect in relation to the House 
of the People and the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh to be constituted at any time after the appointed 
day. 

17. Delimitation of Constituencies.—(1) The Election Commission shall, in the manner herein provided, 
distribute, whether before or after the  appointed day, the seats in the House of the People allotted to the State 
of Himachal Pradesh under section 14 and the seats assigned to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Himachal 
Pradesh  under section 15 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, namely:— 

(a)  all  constituencies shall,  as  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  wholly  within  one  parliamentary 

constituency; 

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

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(d) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes shall, as far as practicable, be 

located in areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is the largest. 

Explanation.—In  this  section,  “latest  census  figures” mean  the  census  figures  with  respect  to  the  existing 
Union territory of Himachal Pradesh or, as the case may be, of the State of Himachal Pradesh ascertainable from 
the latest census of which the finally published figures are available. 

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

Commission shall associate with itself as associate members,— 

1[(a)  all  the  persons  (or  as  many  of  them  as  are  available)  who  having  been  elected  from 
parliamentary constituencies in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, were members of the House 
of  the  People  immediately  before  its  dissolution  by  the  order  of  the  President  published  with           
notification No. 37/2/70/T,  dated the  27th  December, 1970,  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Secretariat,  in  the 
Gazette of India, dated the 27th December, 1970, or if the delimitation of any constituencies is taken 
up after the first constitution, following such dissolution, of the House of the People, all the members 
elected to such House (or as many of them as are available) from parliamentary constituencies in the 
State of Himachal Pradesh; and] 

(b)  such  six  of  the members of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Himachal 
Pradesh  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the  State  of Himachal  Pradesh  referred  to  in  section 10 as  the  Speaker 
thereof may 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) 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. 

(5) As soon as may be after such publication, every such order relating to parliamentary constituencies shall be 
laid before the House of the People and every such order relating to assembly constituencies shall be laid before 
the Legislative Assembly. 

18. 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 17 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 are or is 
altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing such order up-to-date. 

(2) Every notification under this section relating to a parliamentary or an assembly constituency shall be laid, 
as  soon  as  may  be  after  it  is  issued,  before  the  House  of  the  People  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  Legislative 
Assembly. 

1. Subs. by Act 15 of 1971, s. 3, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 5-1-1971). 

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19. 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 First Schedule. 

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

1951, shall stand amended as directed in the Second Schedule. 

20. 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 Third Schedule. 

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

1951, shall stand amended as directed in the Fourth Schedule. 

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

21.  High  Court  for  Himachal  Pradesh.—(1)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be  a 
separate  High  Court  for  the  State  of  Himachal  Pradesh  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  High  Court  of 
Himachal Pradesh). 

(2) The principal seat of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh shall be at Simla. 

22. Judges of High Court.—(1) The President may, if he thinks fit, direct that such of the Judges of 
the High Court of Delhi holding office immediately before the appointed day as may be determined by 
him, shall on that day cease to be Judges of the High Court of Delhi and become Judges of the High Court 
of Himachal Pradesh. 

(2)  The  persons  who  by  virtue  of  sub-section  (1)  becomes  Judges  of  the  High  Court  of  Himachal 
Pradesh shall, except in the case where any such person is appointed to be the Chief Justice of the High 
Court, rank in that Court according to the priority of their respective appointments as Judges of the High 
Court of Delhi. 

23. Jurisdiction of High Court.—The High Court of Himachal Pradesh shall have, in respect of any 
part  of  the  territories  comprised  in  the  State  of  Himachal  Pradesh,  all  such  jurisdiction,  powers  and 
authority as, under the law in force immediately before the appointed day, are exercisable in respect of 
that part of the said territories by the High Court of Delhi. 

24.  Special  provision  relating  to  Advocates  and  Bar  Council.—(1)  Subject  to  any  rule  made  or 
direction given by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in this behalf, any person who immediately before 
the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Delhi shall be entitled to practise 
as an advocate in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 

(2)  The  right  of  audience  in  the  High  Court  of  Himachal  Pradesh  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 Delhi. 

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

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

(a) in sub-section (1), for clause (d), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:— 

“(d) for the States of Punjab and Haryana and the Union territory of Chandigarh, to be known 

as the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana; 

(dd) for the State of Himachal Pradesh, to be known as the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh; 

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

Council of Himachal Pradesh” shall be inserted. 

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

Council of Himachal Pradesh 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 on the roll of the Bar Council of Punjab and 
Haryana  immediately  before  the  day  appointed  under  clause  (b)  of  section  2  of  the  State  of 
Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970, and who within three months from that day express in such manner 
as the Bar Council of India may, by rules, prescribe an intention in writing to practise within the 
jurisdiction of the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh”; 
(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 Punjab and Haryana” 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 Himachal Pradesh under that Act, the fifteen members 

required  to  be  elected  under  clause  (b)  of  sub-section  (2)  of  section  3  of  that  Act,  as  amended  by                  
sub-section (3), shall be nominated by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh from 
amongst advocates who are entitled as of right to practise in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh and 
are  ordinarily  practising  within  the  territories  comprised  in  the  State  of  Himachal  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)  until  the  members  of  the  first  Bar  Council  of  Himachal  Pradesh  required  to  be  nominated 
under clause (a) are duly nominated in accordance with the provisions of that clause, the Bar Council 
of Punjab and Haryana shall function as the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh and the provisions of 
the Advocates Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly; 

(c)  the  names  of  persons  entered  on  the  roll  of  the  Bar  Council  of  Himachal  Pradesh  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 Punjab and Haryana; 

(d) any proceedings which may be pending or which may be instituted against any person before 
or by the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana immediately before his name is removed under clause 
(c) from the roll of that Bar Council may after such removal be continued or instituted before or by 
the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh; 

(e)  every  person  who  immediately  before  his  name  stands  removed  from  the  roll  of  the  Bar 
Council of Punjab and Haryana in accordance with the provisions of clause (c) is a member of the Bar 
Council of Punjab and Haryana 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; 

(f) the rules made or deemed to have been made by the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana and in 
force  immediately  before  the  date  on  which  the  first  Bar  Council  of  Himachal  Pradesh  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  Himachal  Pradesh,  be 
deemed to be rules made by the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh and shall have effect accordingly. 

(6)  As  soon  as  may  be,  after  the  first  Bar  Council  of  Himachal  Pradesh  is  duly  constituted  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  clause  (a)  of  sub-section  (5),  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  Bar 
Council  of  Punjab and  Haryana  shall  be  apportioned  between that  Bar  Council  and  the  Bar  Council  of 
Himachal Pradesh in such manner and proportion as may be agreed upon by the two 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. 

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25. Practice and procedure in 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 Delhi 
shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 

26. Custody of seal of High Court.—The law in force immediately before the appointed day with 
respect to the custody of the seal of the High Court of Delhi shall, with the necessary modifications, apply 
with respect to the custody of the seal of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 

27.  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 Delhi 
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 Himachal Pradesh. 

28. 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 Delhi 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 Himachal Pradesh. 

29.  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 Delhi and the Judges and 
division  courts  thereof,  shall,  with  the  necessary  modifications,  apply  in  relation  to  the  High  Court  of 
Himachal Pradesh. 

30.  Transfer  of  proceedings  from  High  Court  of  Delhi  to  High  Court  of  Himachal            

Pradesh.—(1) Except as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Delhi shall, on and from the appointed 
day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the territories comprised in the State of Himachal Pradesh. 

(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Delhi immediately before the appointed day 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 Himachal Pradesh shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be 
transferred to the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section or in section 23, but 
save as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Delhi shall have, and the High Court of Himachal Pradesh 
shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal 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 High Court of Delhi before the appointed day: 

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

(4) Any order made by the High Court of Delhi— 

(a)  before  the  appointed  day,  in  any  proceedings  transferred  to  the  High  Court  of  Himachal 

Pradesh by virtue of sub-section (2); or 

(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court Delhi retains jurisdiction by virtue of 

sub-section (3),  

shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Delhi, but also as an order 
made by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section— 

(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; 

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(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. 

31.  Right  to  appear  or  to  act  in  proceedings  transferred  to  High  Court  of  Himachal             

Pradesh.—Any person who, immediately before the appointed day, is an advocate entitled to practice in 
the High Court of Delhi and was authorised to appear or to act in any proceedings transferred from that 
High Court to the High Court of Himachal Pradesh under section 30 shall have the right to appear or to 
act, as the case may be, in the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in relation to those proceedings. 

32. Savings.—Nothing in this Part shall affect the application to the High Court of Himachal Pradesh 
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 provision.  

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

PART V 

33. Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by the Legislature.—(1) The President may, 
at any time before the appointed day, authorise by order such expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State 
of Himachal Pradesh 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 Himachal Pradesh: 

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

(2)  The  President  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  Governor  of Himachal  Pradesh shall  make  separate orders 

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

34.  Reports  relating  to  the  accounts  of  the  existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal              

Pradesh.—(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 existing Union territory 
of Himachal  Pradesh  in  respect  of  any  period  prior  to  the  appointed  day,  shall  be submitted  to  the  Governor 
of Himachal Pradesh who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State. 

(2) The Governor may, by order,— 

(a) declare any expenditure incurred out of the Consolidated Fund of the existing Union territory 
of Himachal Pradesh on any service in respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the financial 
year 1970-71 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. 

35. Allowances and privileges of Governor of Himachal Pradesh.—The allowances and privileges 
of  the  Governor  of Himachal Pradesh 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. 

36. Distribution of revenues.—The President shall, by order, determine the grants-in-aid of the revenues 
of the State of Himachal Pradesh and the share of that 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 
(C.O. 87), in such manner as he thinks fit.  

PART VI 

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

37. Property, assets, rights, liabilities, obligations, etc.—(1) All such property and assets within the 
existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  as  are  held  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  by  the 

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Union for purposes of governance of that Union territory shall, on and from that day, pass to the State of 
Himachal  Pradesh,  unless  the  purposes  for  which  such  property  and  assets  are  so  held  are  Union 
purposes: 

Provided that the cash balances in the treasuries in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh before the 

appointed day shall, as from that day, vest in the State of Himachal Pradesh. 

(2) All rights, liabilities and obligation (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 Himachal Pradesh; or 

(b)  the  rights,  liabilities  and  obligations  of  the  Administrator  of  the  existing  Union  territory  of 

Himachal Pradesh in his capacity as such, or of the Government of that Union territory,  

shall, on and from the appointed day, be the rights, liabilities and obligations of the Government of the 
State of Himachal Pradesh. 

(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  have  fallen  due  in  the  existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  shall  pass  to  the  State  of 
Himachal Pradesh. 

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

(a)  any  benefit  or  burden  of  any  assets,  rights, liabilities  or  obligations  of  the Union  under  the 
Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966) attributable to the transferred territories as defined in 
the said Act; 

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

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

(c) any property which has been placed by the Union at the disposal of the Administration of the 
existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh 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. 

38.  Special  provision  as  to  transfer  of  assets,  rights,  liabilities,  etc.,  of  Union  in  relation  to 
transferred territories under Act 31 of 1966.—(1) In this section, the expression “successor States” and 
“transferred territories” have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 
1966. 

(2) The Central Government may, by order, transfer to the State of Himachal Pradesh the benefit or 
burden of any assets rights, liabilities or  obligations of the Union under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 
1966, in so far as such benefit or burden is, in the opinion of the Central Government, attributable to the 
transferred territories. 

(3)  An  order  made  under  sub-section  (2)  may  provide  that  the  State  of  Himachal  Pradesh  shall  be 
successor  State  in  relation  to  the  transferred  territories  for  all  or  any  of  the  purposes  of  the  Punjab 

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Reorganisation Act, 1966, or confer or impose on the State of Himachal Pradesh rights and obligations 
which correspond so far as may be to the rights and obligations conferred or imposed on the successor 
States by or under that Act. 

(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 49, the Central Government may, for the purpose of 
giving effect to the provisions of this section, by order, direct that the provisions of Part VI, Part VII, Part 
VIII  and  Part  IX  and  connected  provisions  of  the  Punjab  Reorganisation  Act,  1966,  shall  have  effect 
subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the order. 

PART VII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

 39. Provisions relating to All-India Services.—(1) In this section, the expression “State 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; 

(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  State  of  Himachal  Pradesh  a 
State cadre of the Indian Administrative Service, a State cadre of the Indian Police Service and a State 
cadre of the Indian Forest Service. 

(3) The initial strength and composition of each of the said State cadres shall be such as the Central 

Government may, by order, determine before the appointed day. 

(4)  Such  of  the  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 State cadre of Himachal Pradesh of the same Service with effect from such date or dates 
as may be specified in the order. 

(5)  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 in relation to the 
State  cadres  of  the  said  Services  referred  to  in  sub-section  (2)  or  sub-section  (4)  and  in  relation  to  the 
members of those services borne on the State cadres. 

40.  Provision  relating  to  certain  Services.—(1)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be 

constituted for the State of Himachal Pradesh the following Services, namely:— 

(a) the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service; and 

(b) the Himachal Pradesh Police Service. 

(2)  The  initial  strength  and  composition  of  the  cadres  of  the  said  Services  shall  be  such  as  the 
Administrator of the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh may, with the approval of the Central 
Government, by order, determine before the appointed day. 

(3) On and from the appointed day, the existing Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar 
Islands Civil Service (hereinafter referred to as the existing Civil Service) shall be known as the Delhi and 
Andaman  and  Nicobar  Islands  Civil  Service  and  Delhi,  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Andaman  and  Nicobar 
Islands Police Service (hereinafter referred to as the existing Police Service) shall be known as the Delhi 
and Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service. 

(4)  Such  members  of  the  existing  Civil  Service  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  order,  specify 
shall be allocated to the cadre of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service and such members of the 
existing Police Service as the Central Government may, by order, specify, shall be allocated to the cadre 
of the Himachal Pradesh Police Service and any such order may specify the date or dates from which the 
allocation made thereunder shall be effective. 

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(5)  All  persons  who  are  allocated  under  sub-section  (4)  and  who  immediately  before  the  date  on 
which they are allocated, are borne on a Select List for promotion to a State cadre of an All-India Service, 
shall be deemed to have been included in the same order as in that list in the Select List for promotion to 
the State cadre of the same Service constituted under sub-section (2) of section 39. 

(6)  Subject  to  the foregoing  provisions  of  this  section,  the rules  and regulations  applicable  to  or  in 
relation  to  the  members  of  the  existing  Civil  Service  and  the  existing  Police  Service  as  in  force 
immeditefy before the appointed day shall, so far as may, be apply respectively to and in relation to the 
members of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service and the Himachal Pradesh Police Service, until 
altered, repealed or amended by the competent authority. 

(7) Every member of the Central Health Service who immediately before the appointed day is holding 
any  post  in  the  existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  being  a  post  included  in  the  authorised 
strength of that Service, shall, until 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 Himachal Pradesh 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  sub-section,  “Central  Health  Service”  means  the  Central  Health  Service 

constituted under the Central Health Service Rules, 1963. 

41. Provisions relating to other services.—(1) 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 Himachal Pradesh 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 Himachal Pradesh: 

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

from the appointed day: 

Provided  further  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  affect  the  operation  of  section  82  of  the  Punjab 

Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966). 

(2)  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  in  relation  to  persons  to  whom  the  provisions  of 

sections 39 and 40 apply. 

42.  Other  provisions  as  to  services.—(1)  Nothing  in  this  section  or  sections  40  and  41  shall  be 
deemed to affect on or after the appointed day the operations of the provisions of Chapter I of Part XIV of 
the Constitution in relation to determination of the conditions of service of persons serving in connection 
with the affairs of the State of Himachal Pradesh: 

Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day in the case of 
any person referred to in section 40 or section 41 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 allocated under section 40 or deemed 
to  have  been  allocated  under  section  41  in  connection  with  the  administration  of  Union  territory  of 
Himachal Pradesh, shall be deemed to have been rendered in connection with the affairs of the State of 
Himachal Pradesh for the purposes of the rules regulating his conditions of service. 

43. Provisions as to continuance of officers in same posts.—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 Himachal Pradesh, shall continue to hold the same post or office 
in the State of Himachal Pradesh 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  Himachal 
Pradesh; 

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Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority on or after the 
appointed day from passing in relation to such person any order affecting his continuance in such post or 
office. 

44. 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 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. 

45.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  give  directions.—The  Central  Government  may  give  such 
directions to the Government of the State of Himachal Pradesh as may appear to it to be necessary for the 
purpose of giving effect to the foregoing provisions of this Part and also the provisions of Part IX of the 
Punjab  Reorganisation  Act,  1966  (31  of  1966),  and  the  State  Government  shall  comply  with  such 
directions. 

PART VIII 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

46. Amendment of article 210 and Article 239A.—On and from the appointed day— 

(a) in article 210, in clause (2), the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely;— 

„Provided that in relation to the Legislature of the State of Himachal Pradesh this clause shall 
have  effect  as  if  for  the  words  “fifteen  years”  occurring  therein,  the  words  “twenty-five  years” 
were substituted.‟; 

(b) in article 239A, in clause (1), the words “Himachal Pradesh” shall be omitted. 

47. Amendment of Act 37 of 1956.—On and from the appointed day, in clause (a) of section 15 of 

the States Reorganisation Act, 1956,— 

(i) for the word “Punjab”, the words “Punjab, Himachal Pradesh” shall be substituted; 

(ii)  for  the  words  “Himachal  Pradesh  and  Chandigarh”,  the  words  “and  Chandigarh”  shall  be 

substituted. 

48. Amendment of Act 20 of 1963.—On and from the appointed day, in the Government of Union 
Territories Act, 1963, in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 and in sub-section (2) of section 44, the 
words “Himachal Pradesh” shall be omitted. 

49. Continuance of existing laws and their adaptation.—(1) All laws in force, immediately before 
the appointed day, in the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh shall continue to be in force in the 
State  of  Himachal  Pradesh  until  altered,  repealed  or  amended  by  a  competent  Legislature  or  other 
competent authority. 

(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the State of Himachal Pradesh of any 
law made before the appointed day, the appropriate Government may, within two years from that 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  “appropriate  Government”  means, as  respects  any  law 
relating to a matter enumerated in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the Central 
Government; and as respects any other law, the Government of the State of Himachal Pradesh. 

50. Power to construe laws.—Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been 
made under section 49 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 Himachal Pradesh, construe the law in such manner not affecting the substance as 

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may be necessary or proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority, as the case may 
be. 

51.  Provisions  as  to  continuance  of  courts,  etc.—All  courts  and  tribunals  and  all  authorities 
discharging  lawful  functions  throughout  the  existing  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  or  any  part 
thereof  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. 

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

effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law. 

53.  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. 

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

1.  Subs.  by  Act  4  of  1986,  s.  2 and  the  Schedule,  for  “in two  successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  sessions  in 

which it is so laid or the session immediately following” (w.e.f. 5-5-1986). 

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

[See section 19(1)] 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950 

(1) In paragraph 2, for the figure “XIII”, the figure “XIV” shall be substituted, and in paragraph 4, for 
the  portion  beginning  with  the  words,  figures  and  letter  “and  any  reference  in  Parts  IVA  and  X  of  the 
Schedule” and ending with the words and figures “the first day of November, 1966”, the following shall 
be substituted, namely:— 

“any reference in Parts IVA and X of the Schedule to a State or to  a district or other territorial 
division  thereof  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the  State,  district  or  other  territorial  division 
constituted as from the first day of November, 1966; and any reference in Part XIV to a State or to a 
district  or  other  territorial division  thereof  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to the  State,  district  or 
other  territorial  division  constituted  as  from  the  day  appointed  under  clause  (b)  of  section  2  of  the 
State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970.” 

(2) In the Schedule, after Part XIII, the following Part shall be inserted, namely:— 

1. Throughout the State except the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab 

Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966):— 

“PART XIV.—Himachal Pradesh 

1. Ad-dharmi 

2. Badhi or Nagalu 

3. Bandhela 

4. Balmiki, Chura or Bhangi 

5. Bangali 

6. Banjara 

7. Bansi 

8. Barad  

9. Barar 

10. Batwal 

11. Bawaria 

12. Bazigar  

13. Bhanjra 

14. Chamar, Mochi, Ramdasi, Ravidasi or Ramdasia 

15. Chanal 

16. Chhimbe (Dhobi) 

17. Chuhre 

18. Dagi 

19. Daole 

20. Darai or Daryai 

21. Daule 

22. Dhaki or Toori 

23. Dhaogri or Dhuai 

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24. Doom or Doomna 

25. Dumme (Bhanjre) 

26. Hali 

27. Hesi 

28. Jogi 

29. Julahe 

30. Kabirpanthi, Julaha or Keer 

31. Kamoh or Dagoli 

32. Karoack 

33. Khatik 

34. Koli 

35. Lohar 

36. Mazhabi 

37. Megh 

38. Nat 

39. Od 

40. Pasi 

41. Phrera 

42. Rehar 

43. Rehara 

44. Sansi 

45. Sapela 

46. Sarde, Sarare or Siryare 

47. Sarehde 

48. Sikligar 

49. Sipi 

50. Sirkiband 

51. Teli 

52. Thathiar or Thathera. 

2. In the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 

(31 of 1966):— 

1. Ad Dharmi 

2. Bangali 

3. Barar, Burar or Berar 

4. Batwal 

5. Bauria or Bawaria 

6. Bazigar 

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7. Balmiki, Chura or Bhangi 

8. Bhanjra 

9. Charmar, Jatia Chamar, Rehgar, Raigar, Ramdasi or Ravidasi 

10. Chanal 

11. Dagi 

12. Darain 

13. Dhanak 

14. Dhogri, Dhangri or Siggi 

15. Dumna, Mahasha or Doom 

16. Gagra 

17. Gandhila or Gandil Gondola 

18. Kabirpanthi or Julaha 

19. Khatik 

20. Kori or Koli 

21. Marija or Marecha 

22. Mazhabi 

23. Megh 

24. Nat 

25. Od 

26. Pasi 

27. Perna 

28. Pherera 

29. Sanhai 

30. Sanhal 

31. Sansoi 

32. Sansi, Bhedkut or Manesh 

33. Sapela 

34. Sarera 

35. Sikligar 

36. Sirkiband.”. 

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

[See section 19(2)] 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) (UNION TERRITORIES) ORDER, 1951 

(1) In paragraph 4, for the words and figures “Parts II and V” in both the places where they occur, the 

word and figure “Part V” shall be substituted. 

(2) In the Schedule, Part II shall be omitted. 

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THE THIRD SCHEDULE 

[See section 20 (1)] 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER, 1950 

(1) In paragraph 2 for the figure “XII”, the figure “XIII” shall be substituted, and in paragraph 3, for 
the  portion  beginning  with  the  words,  figures  and  letter “and  any  reference  in Parts  IV  and  VIIA”  and 
ending  with  the  words,  figures  and  letters  “as  from  the  1st  day  of  May,  I960”,  the  following  shall  be 
substituted, namely:— 

“any reference in Parts IV and VIIA of the Schedule to a State or to a district or other territorial 
division  thereof  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the  State,  district  or  other  territorial  division 
constituted as from the 1st day of May, 1960; and any reference in Part XIII to a State or to a district 
or  other  territorial  division  thereof  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the  State,  district  or  other 
territorial division constituted as from the day appointed under clause (b) of section 2 of the State of 
Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970.”. 

(2) In the Schedule, after Part XII, the following Part shall be inserted, namely:— 

1. Throughout the State, except the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab 

Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966):— 

“PART XIII.—Himachal Pradesh 

1. Gaddi 

2. Gujjar 

3. Jad, Lamba, Khampa and Bhot or Bodh 

4. Kanaura or Kinnara 

5. Lahaula 

6. Pangwala 

2. In Lahaul and Spiti district:— 

1. Gaddi 

2. Swangla 

3. Bhot or Bodh.”. 

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THE FOURTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 20 (2)] 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) (UNION TERRITORIES) ORDER, 1951 

(1) For paragraph 3, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:— 

“3.  Any  reference  in  this  Order  to  a  Union  Territory  shall  be  constituted  as  a  reference  to  the 

territory constituted as a Union Territory as from the 1st day of November, 1956.”. 

(2) In the Schedule, Part I shall be omitted. 

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