THE MADHYA PRADESH REORGANISATION ACT, 2000 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

PART II 

REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH 

3.  Formation of Chhattisgarh State. 
4.  State of Madhya Pradesh and territorial divisions thereof. 
5.  Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution. 
6.  Saving powers of the State Government. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

7.  Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. 
8.  Allocation of sitting members. 

The House of the People 

9.  Representation in the House of the People. 
10.  Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies. 
11.  Provision as to sitting members. 

The Legislative Assembly 

12.  Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies. 
13.  Allocation of sitting members. 
14.  Duration of Legislative Assemblies. 
15.  Speakers and Deputy Speakers. 
16.  Rules of procedure. 

Delimitation of constituencies 

17.  Delimitation of constituencies. 
18.  Power of the Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Orders up-to-date. 

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 

19.  Amendment of the Scheduled Castes Order. 
20.  Amendment of the Scheduled Tribes Order. 

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

21.  High Court of Chhattisgarh. 
22.  Judges of Chhattisgarh High Court. 
23.  Jurisdiction of Chhattisgarh High Court. 
24.  Special provision relating to Bar Council and advocates. 
25.  Practice and procedure in Chhattisgarh High Court. 
26.  Custody of seal of Chhattisgarh High Court. 
27.  Form of writs and other processes. 
28.  Powers of Judges. 

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29.  Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court. 
30.  Transfer of proceedings from Madhya Pradesh High Court to Chhattisgarh High Court. 
31.  Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court. 
32.  Interpretation. 
33.  Saving. 

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

PART V 

34.  Authorisation of expenditure of Chhattisgarh State. 
35.  Reports relating to accounts of Madhya Pradesh State. 
36.  Distribution of revenue. 

PART VI 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

37.  Application of Part. 
38.  Land and goods. 
39.  Treasury and bank balances. 
40.  Arrears of taxes. 
41.  Right to recover loans and advances. 
42.  Investments and credits in certain funds. 
43.  Assets and liabilities of State undertaking. 
44.  Public Debt. 
45.  Floating loans. 
46.  Refund of taxes collected in excess. 
47.  Deposits, etc. 
48.  Provident fund. 
49.  Pensions. 
50.  Contracts. 
51.  Liability in respect of actionable wrong. 
52.  Liability as guarantor. 
53.  Items in suspense. 
54.  Residuary provision. 
55.  Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement. 
56.  Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases. 
57.  Certain expenditure to be charged on Consolidated Fund. 

PART VII 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS 

58.  Provisions as to Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board, State Road Transport Corporation and 

State Warehousing Corporation, etc. 

59.  Provisions as to Madhya Pradesh State Financial Corporation. 
60.  Provisions as to certain companies. 
61.  Functioning  of  organisation,  registered  society  or  trust  incorporated  on  behest  of  State 

Government. 

62.  General provisions as to statutory corporations. 
63.  Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits. 
64.  Special provisions relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases. 
65.  Special provisions as to income-tax. 
66.  Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions. 

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PART VIII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

SECTIONS 

67.  Provisions relating to All-India Services. 
68.  Provisions relating to services in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 
69.  Provisions relating to other services. 
70.  Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post. 
71.  Advisory Committees. 
72.  Power of Central Government to give directions. 
73.  Provisions as to State Public Service Commission. 
74.  Jurisdiction of the Commissions, authorities and tribunals. 

MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES 

PART IX 

75.  Management of power and water supply in certain cases. 
76.  Inter-State River Water Board. 

PART X 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

77.  Amendment of Act 37 of 1956. 
78.  Territorial extent of laws. 
79.  Power to adapt laws. 
80.  Power to construe laws. 
81.  Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions. 
82.  Legal proceedings. 
83.  Transfer of pending proceedings. 
84.  Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases. 
85.  Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws. 
86.  Power to remove difficulties. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 

THE THIRD SCHEDULE. 

THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. 

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. 

THE SIXTH SCHEDULE. 

THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE. 

THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE. 

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THE MADHYA PRADESH REORGANISATION ACT, 2000 

ACT NO. 28 OF 2000 

An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh and for matters 

connected therewith. 

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

[25th August, 2000.] 

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. 

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

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

Official Gazette, appoint; 

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

(c)  “assembly  constituency”,  “council  constituency”  and  “parliamentary  constituency”  have  the 

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

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

article 324; 

(e)  “existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh”  means  the  State  of  Madhya  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 in 
any part of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh; 

(g) “notified order” means an order published in the Official Gazette; 

(h)  “population  ratio”  in  relation  to  the  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Chhattisgarh  means  the 

ratio of 485.7 : 176.2; 

(i) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of the existing 
State of Madhya Pradesh means a person who immediately before the appointed day, is a member of 
that House; 

 (j)  “successor  State”,  in  relation  to  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  means  the  State  of 

Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh; 

(k) “transferred territory” means the territory which on the appointed day is transferred from the 

existing State of Madhya Pradesh to the State of Chhattisgarh; 

(l) “treasury” includes a sub-treasury; and 

(m) any reference to a district, tehsil or other territorial division of the existing State of Madhya 
Pradesh shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on the 
appointed day. 

PART II 

REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH 

3. Formation of Chhattisgarh State.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new 
State to be known as the State of Chhattisgarh comprising the following territories of the existing State of 
Madhya Pradesh, namely:— 

Bastar, 

laspur,  Dantewada,  Dhamtari,  Durg, 

Janjgir-Champa, 

Jashpur,  Kanker,                    

Kawardha,  Korba,  Koria,  Mahasamund,   Raigarh,   Raipur,   Rajnandgaon   and   Surguja   districts, 

1. 1st November, 2000, vide notification No. S.O. 827(E), dated 14th September, 2000, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 

Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

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and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh. 

4.  State  of Madhya  Pradesh  and  territorial  divisions  thereof.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day, 
the State of Madhya Pradesh shall comprise the territories of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh other 
than those specified in section 3. 

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

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

(a)  in  the  paragraph  relating  to  the  territories  of  the State  of  Madhya  Pradesh, after  the  words, 

brackets  and  figures,  “the  Rajasthan  and  Madhya  Pradesh  (Transfer  of  Territories)  Act,  1959             
(47 of 1959)”, the following shall be added, namely:— 

“but  excluding  the  territories  specified  in  section  3  of  the  Madhya  Pradesh  Reorganisation 

Act, 2000.”; 

(b) after entry 25, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:— 

“26.  Chhattisgarh:  The  territories  specified  in  section  3  of  the  Madhya  Pradesh 

Reorganisation Act, 2000.”. 

6. Saving powers of the State Government.—Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall 
be deemed to affect the power of the Government of Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh to alter, after the 
appointed day, the name, area or boundaries of any district or other territorial division in the State. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

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

the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, in the Table,— 

(a) entries 9 to 27 shall be renumbered as entries 10 to 28 respectively; 

(b) in entry 8, for the figures “16”, the figures “11 “ shall be substituted; 

(c) after entry 8, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:— 

“9. Chhattisgarh ……………………5.”. 

8. Allocation of sitting members.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the sixteen sitting members 
of the Council of States representing the existing State of Madhya Pradesh, shall be deemed to have been 
elected to fill the seats allotted to the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, as specified in the First 
Schedule to this Act. 

(2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered. 

The House of the People 

9.  Representation  in  the  House  of  the  People.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be 
allocated  29  seats  to  the  successor  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  and  11  to  the  successor  State  of 
Chhattisgarh, in the House of the People, and the First Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 
1950 (43 of 1950) shall be deemed to be amended accordingly. 

10. Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies.—On and from the appointed day, 
the  Delimitation  of  Parliamentary  and  Assembly  Constituencies  Order,  1976,  shall  stand  amended  as 
directed in the Second Schedule to this Act. 

11.  Provision  as  to  sitting  members.—(1)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  House  of  the  People 
representing a constituency which, on the appointed day by virtue of the provisions of section 10, stands 
allotted,  with  or  without  alteration  of  boundaries,  to  the  successor  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  or 
Chhattisgarh, shall be deemed to have been elected to the House of the People by that constituency as so 
allotted. 

(2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered. 

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The Legislative Assembly 

12. Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies.—(1) The number of seats as on the appointed day in 
the Legislative Assemblies of the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh shall be two hundred and 
thirty and ninety respectively. 

(2) In the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), under heading 

“I. States”,— 

(a) entries 5 to 25 shall be renumbered as entries 6 to 26 respectively; 

(b) after entry 4, the following entry shall be inserted, namely :— 

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5. Chhattisgarh……………………………………………………….………..90.”; 

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(c) in entry 13, as so renumbered, for the figures “320”, the figures “230” shall be substituted. 

13.  Allocation  of sitting members.—(1)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the 
existing State of Madhya Pradesh elected to fill a seat in that Assembly from a constituency which on the 
appointed  day  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  section  10  stands  allotted,  with  or  without  alteration  of 
boundaries,  to  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  shall,  on  and  from  that  day,  cease  to  be  a  member  of  the 
Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh and shall be deemed to have been elected to fill a seat in the 
Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh from that constituency so allotted. 

(2) All other sitting members of the Legislative Assembly of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh 
shall  continue  to  be  members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  that  State  and  any  such  sitting  member 
representing  a  constituency  the  extent,  or  the  name  and  extent  of  which  are  altered  by  virtue  of  the 
provisions  of  section  9  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Madhya 
Pradesh by that constituency as so altered. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Legislative 
Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh shall be deemed to be duly constituted on the appointed 
day. 

(4)  The  sitting  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh 
nominated to that Assembly under Article 333 to represent the Anglo-Indian community shall be deemed 
to have been nominated to represent the said community in the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh 
under that Article. 

14.  Duration  of  Legislative  Assemblies.—The  period  of  five  years  referred  to  in  clause  (1)  of    

article 172, shall, in the case of Legislative Assembly of the State of Madhya Pradesh and the State of 
Chhattisgarh be deemed to have commenced on the date on which it actually commenced in the case of 
Legislative Assembly of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh. 

15. Speakers and Deputy Speakers.—(1) The persons who immediately before the appointed day 
are the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh 
shall continue to be the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of that Assembly on and from that day. 

(2)  As  soon as  may  be  after  the  appointed  day,  the Legislative  Assembly  of  the  successor  State  of 
Chhattisgarh shall choose two members of that Assembly to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker 
thereof and until they are so chosen, the duties of the office of the Speaker shall be performed by such 
member of the Assembly as the Governor may appoint for the purpose. 

16.  Rules  of  procedure.—The  rules  of  procedure  and  conduct  of  business  of  the  Legislative 
Assembly of Madhya 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  Chhattisgarh,  subject  to  such  modifications  and  adaptations  as  may  be  made 
therein by the Speaker thereof. 

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Delimitation of constituencies 

17. Delimitation of constituencies.—(1) For the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of section 

12, the Election Commission shall determine in the manner hereinafter provided— 

(a) the number of seats to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the 
Legislative Assemblies of the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, respectively having regard 
to the relevant provisions of the Constitution; 

(b) the assembly constituencies into which each State referred to in clause (a) shall be divided, 
the  extent  of  each  of  such  constituencies  and  in  which  of  them  seats  shall  be  reserved  for  the 
Scheduled Castes or for the Scheduled Tribes; and 

(c)  the  adjustments  in  the  boundaries  and  description  of  the  extent  of  the  parliamentary 

constituencies in each State referred to in clause (a) that may be necessary or expedient. 

(2)  In  determining  the  matters  referred  to  in  clauses  (b)  and  (c)  of  sub-section  (1),  the  Election 

Commission shall have regard to the following provisions, namely:— 

(a) all the constituencies shall be single-member constituencies; 

(b)  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 conveniences to the public; and 

(c) constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and 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. 

(3) The Election Commission shall, for the purpose of assisting it in the performance of its functions 
under sub-section (1), associate with itself as associate members, five persons as the Central Government 
may, by order specify, being persons who are members of the Legislative Assembly of the State or of the 
House of the People representing the State: 

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

Election Commission. 

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

as far as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3). 

(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; and 

(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  relating  to  assembly  constituencies 

shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the concerned State. 

(7)  The  delimitation  of  constituencies  in  the  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Chhattisgarh  shall  be 

determined on the basis of the published figures of the census taken in the year 1971. 

18.  Power  of  the  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 mistakes in any order made under section 17 or any error arising therein 

from inadvertent slip or omission; and 

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(b) where the boundaries or name of any territorial division mentioned in any such order or orders 
is or are 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 an assembly constituency shall be laid, as soon as 

may be after it is issued, before the concerned Legislative Assembly. 

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 

19. Amendment of the Scheduled Castes Order.—On and from the appointed day, the Constitution 

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

20. Amendment of the Scheduled Tribes Order.—On and from the appointed day, the Constitution 

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

PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

21.  High  Court  of  Chhattisgarh.—(1)  As  from  the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be  a  separate  High 
Court for the State of Chhattisgarh (hereinafter referred to as “the High Court of Chhattisgarh”) and the 
High Court of Madhya Pradesh shall become the High Court for the State of Madhya Pradesh (hereinafter 
referred to as the High Court of Madhya Pradesh). 

(2) The principal seat of High Court of Chhattisgarh shall 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 Chhattisgarh may sit at such other place or places in the State of Chhattisgarh other than its 
principal seat as the Chief Justice may, with the approval of the Governor of Chhattisgarh, appoint. 

22.  Judges  of  Chhattisgarh  High  Court.—(1)  Such  of  the  Judges  of  the  High  Court  of  Madhya 
Pradesh holding office immediately before the appointed day as may be determined by the President shall 
on  that  day  cease  to  be  Judges  of  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  become  Judges  of  the  High 
Court of Chhattisgarh. 

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

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

24. Special provision relating to Bar Council and advocates.—On and from the appointed day, in 
the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) in section 3, in sub-section (1), in clause (a), for the words “and 
Madhya Pradesh”, the words “Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh” shall be substituted. 

(2)  Any  person  who  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  is  an  Advocate  on  the  roll  of  the  Bar 
Council of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh may give his option in writing, within one year from the 
appointed day to the Bar Council of such existing State, to transfer his name on the roll of the Bar Council 
of Chhattisgarh and notwithstanding anything contained in the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) and the 
rules made thereunder, on such option so given his name shall be deemed to have been transferred on the 
roll of the Bar Council of Chhattisgarh with effect from the date of the option so given for the purposes of 
the said Act and the rules made thereunder. 

(3) The persons other than the Advocates who are entitled immediately before the appointed day, to 
practise  in  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Pradesh  or  any  subordinate  court  thereof  shall,  on  and  after  the 
appointed day, be recognised as such persons entitled also to practise in the High Court of Chhattisgarh or 
any subordinate court thereof, as the case may be. 

(4) The right of audience in the High Court of Chhattisgarh 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 Madhya Pradesh. 

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25. Practice and procedure in Chhattisgarh 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 Madhya Pradesh shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the High Court of 
Chhattisgarh, and accordingly, the High Court of Chhattisgarh shall have all such powers to make rules 
and orders with respect to practice and procedure as are immediately before the appointed day exercisable 
by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh: 

Provided  that  any  rules  or  orders  which  are  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  with 
respect to practice and procedure in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh shall, until varied or revoked by 
rules  or  orders  made  by  the  High  Court  of  Chhattisgarh,  apply  with  the  necessary  modifications  in 
relation to practice and procedure in the High Court of Chhattisgarh as if made by that Court. 

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

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 
Madhya Pradesh 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 Chhattisgarh. 

28.  Powers  of  Judges.—The  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  relating  to  the 
powers of the Chief Justice, Single Judge and Division Courts of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh 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 Chhattisgarh. 

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

30. Transfer of proceedings from Madhya Pradesh High Court to Chhattisgarh High Court.—
(1) Except as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh shall, as from the appointed day, 
have no jurisdiction in respect of the transferred territory. 

(2)  Such  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Pradesh  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 Chhattisgarh shall, as soon as may be after 
such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Chhattisgarh. 

(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  Madhya  Pradesh  shall  have,  and  the  High  Court  of 
Chhattisgarh shall not have, jurisdiction 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 High Court of Madhya Pradesh before the appointed day: 

Provided  that  if  after  any  such  proceedings  have  been  entertained  by  the  High  Court  of  Madhya 
Pradesh, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High 
Court  of  Chhattisgarh,  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 Madhya Pradesh— 

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

virtue of sub-section (2); or 

(b)  in  any  proceedings  with  respect  to  which  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Pradesh  retains 

jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), 

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

31.  Right  to  appear  or  to  act  in  proceedings  transferred  to  Chhattisgarh  High  Court.—Any 
person,  who,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  is  an  Advocate  entitled  to  practise  or  any  other 
persons  entitled  to  practise  in  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  was  authorised  to  appear  in  any 

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proceedings transferred from that High Court to the High Court of Chhattisgarh under section 30, shall 
have the right to appear in the High Court of Chhattisgarh in relation to those proceedings. 

32. Interpretation.—For the purposes of section 30— 

(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 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. 

33. Saving.—Nothing in this Part shall affect the application to the High Court of Chhattisgarh 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 

34. Authorisation of expenditure of Chhattisgarh State.—The Governor of Madhya Pradesh may, 
at any time before the appointed day, authorise such expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State 
of  Chhattisgarh  as  he  deems  necessary  for  any  period  not  more  than  six  months  beginning  with  the 
appointed  day  pending  the  sanction  of  such  expenditure  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Chhattisgarh: 

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

35.  Reports relating to  accounts  of  Madhya Pradesh  State.—(1) The  reports  of  the  Comptroller 
and Auditor-General of India referred to in clause (2) of article 151 relating to the accounts of the State of 
Madhya Pradesh in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be submitted to the Governor of 
each of the successor States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh who shall cause them to be laid before 
the Legislature of that State. 

(2) The President may by order— 

(a)  declare  any  expenditure  incurred  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  Madhya  Pradesh  on  any 
service in respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the financial year 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. 

36.  Distribution  of  revenue.—The  President  shall,  by  order,  determine  the  share  of  the  States  of 
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the total amount payable to the existing State of Madhya Pradesh on 
the recommendation of the Finance Commission constituted under article 280 of the Constitution, in such 
manner as he thinks fit. 

PART VI 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

37. Application of Part.—(1) The provisions of this Part shall apply in relation to the apportionment 

of the assets and liabilities of the State of Madhya Pradesh immediately before the appointed day. 

(2) The successor State shall be entitled to receive benefits arising out of the decisions taken by the 
predecessor State and the successor States shall be liable to bear the financial liabilities arising out of the 
decision taken by the existing State of Madhya Pradesh. 

(3) The apportionment of assets and liabilities would be subject to such financial adjustment as may 
be necessary to secure just, reasonable and equitable apportionment of the assets and liabilities amongst 
the successor States. 

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(4) Any dispute regarding the amount of financial assets and liabilities shall be settled through mutual 
agreement,  failing  which  by  order  by  the  Central  Government  on  the  advice  of  the  Comptroller  and 
Auditor-General of India. 

38. Land and goods.—(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, all land and all stores, articles 

and other goods belonging to the existing State of Madhya Pradesh shall,— 

(a) if within the transferred territory, pass to the State of Chhattisgarh; or 

(b) in any other case, remain the property of the State of Madhya Pradesh: 

Provided that any land, stores, articles or other goods may be distributed otherwise than in accordance 
with  the  situation  of  such  land,  stores,  articles  or  goods  by  mutual  agreement  between  the  successor 
States,  failing  which  the  Central  Government  may,  on  the  request  of  any  of  the  Governments  of  the 
successor States and after consulting both the Governments of the successor States, issue directions for 
the just and equitable distribution of such land, stores, articles or goods between the successor States and 
the land, articles or goods shall accordingly pass to the successor States: 

Provided  further  that  in  case  of  the  distribution,  of  any  land,  stores,  articles  and  goods  or  class  of 
goods under this sub-section located outside the existing State of Madhya Pradesh, such distribution shall 
be made through mutual agreement arrived at between the Governments of the successor States for that 
purpose,  failing  which  the  Central  Government  may,  on  request  by  any  of  the  Governments  of  the 
successor States, after consulting both the Governments of the successor States, issue such direction as it 
may deem fit for the distribution of such land, stores, articles and goods or class of goods, as the case may 
be, under this sub-section. 

(2) Stores held for specific purposes, such as use or utilisation in particular institutions, workshops or 
undertakings  or  on  particular  works  under  construction,  shall  pass  to  the  successor  States  in  whose 
territories such institutions, workshops, undertakings or works are located. 

(3) Stores relating to the Secretariat and offices of Heads of Departments having jurisdiction over the 
whole  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  shall  be  divided  between  the  successor  States  in 
accordance with the mutual agreement arrived at between the Government of the successor States for that 
purpose,  failing  which  the  Central  Government  may,  on  request  by  any  of  the  Governments  of  the 
successor States, after consulting both the Governments of the successor States, issue such direction as it 
may deem fit for the distribution of such stores or any part of such stores, as the case may be. 

(4) Any other unissued stores of any class in the  existing State of Madhya Pradesh shall be divided 
between the successor States in proportion to the total stores of that class purchased in the period of three 
years  prior  to  the  appointed  day,  for  the  territories  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  included 
respectively in each of the successor States: 

Provided that where such proportion cannot be ascertained in respect of any class of stores or where 
the value of any class of such stores does not exceed rupees ten thousand,   that class of stores shall be 
divided between the successor States according to the population ratio. 

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

39.  Treasury  and  bank  balances.—The  total  of  the  cash  balances  in  all  treasuries  of  the  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh and the credit balances of the State with Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India 
or any other bank immediately before the appointed day shall be divided between the States of Madhya 
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh according to the population ratio: 

Provided that for the purposes of such division, there shall be no transfer of cash balances from any 
treasury to any other treasury and the apportionments shall be effected by adjusting the credit balances of 
the two States in the books of the Reserve Bank of India on the appointed day: 

Provided  further  that  if  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  has  no  account  on  the  appointed  day  with  the 
Reserve Bank of India, the adjustment shall be made in such manner as the Central Government may, by 
order, direct. 

40. Arrears of taxes.—The right to recover arrears of any tax or duty on property, including arrears 
of  land  revenue,  shall  belong  to  the  successor  State  in  which  the  property  is  situated,  and  the  right  to 

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recover arrears of any other tax or duty shall belong to the successor State in whose territories the place of 
assessment of that tax or duty is included on the appointed day. 

41. Right to recover loans and advances.—(1) The right of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh to 
recover any loans or advances made before the appointed day to any local body, society, agriculturist or 
other person in an area within that State shall belong to the successor State in which that area is included 
on that day. 

(2) The right of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh to recover any loans or advances made before 
the  appointed  day  to  any  person  or  institution  outside  that  State  shall  belong  to  the  State  of  Madhya 
Pradesh: 

Provided that any sum recovered in respect of any such loan or advance shall be divided between the 

States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh according to the population ratio. 

42. Investments and credits in certain funds.—(1) The securities held in respect of the investments 
made from Cash Balances Investment Account or from any Fund in the Public Account of the existing 
State of Madhya Pradesh as specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall be apportioned in the ratio of 
population of the successor States: 

Provided that the securities held in investments made from the Calamity Relief Fund of the existing 
State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  shall  be  divided  in  the  ratio  of  the  area  of  the  territories  occupied  by  the 
successor States: 

Provided  further  that  the  balance  in  the  Reserve  Funds  in  the  Public  Account  of  Madhya  Pradesh 
created  wholly  out  of  appropriations  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya 
Pradesh,  to  the  extent  the  balances  have  not  been  invested  outside  Government  account,  shall  not  be 
carried forward to similar Reserve Funds in the Public Account of, successor States: 

Provided  also  that  the  balances  in  any  other  Reserve  Funds,  excluding  those  specified  in                   

sub-section (2), shall be allocated between the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the ratio of 
population of those States. 

(2) The investments of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh immediately before the appointed day in 
any special fund the objects of which are confined to a local area shall belong to the State in which that 
area is included on the appointed day. 

(3) The investments of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh immediately before the appointed day in 
any private, commercial or industrial undertaking, in so far as such investments have not been made or 
are deemed not to have been made from the cash balance investment account, shall pass to the State in 
which the principal seat of business of the undertaking is located. 

(4)  Where  any  body  corporate  constituted  under  a  Central  Act,  State  Act  or  Provincial  Act  for  the 
existing State of Madhya Pradesh or any part thereof has, by virtue of the provisions of Part II of this Act, 
become  an  inter-State  body  corporate,  the  investments  in,  or  loans  or  advances  to,  any  such  body 
corporate by the existing State of Madhya Pradesh made before the appointed day shall, save as otherwise 
expressly  provided  by  or  under  this  Act,  be  divided  between  the  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and 
Chhattisgarh  in  the  same  proportion  in  which  the  assets  of  the  body  corporate  are  divided  under  the 
provisions of this Part. 

43.  Assets  and  liabilities  of  State  undertaking.—(1)  The  assets  and  liabilities  relating  to  any 
undertaking of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh whether directly owned or through a body corporate 
constituted or incorporated or registered under any Central, State or Provincial Act, shall,— 

(a)  if  exclusively  located  in  a  successor  State,  pass  to  the  successor  State,  and  where  a 
depreciation reserve is maintained by the existing State of Madhya Pradesh for such undertaking, the 
securities held in respect of investment made from that fund shall also pass to such successor State; 

(b) where any such undertaking or part thereof is located, in more than one successor State, the 
assets, liabilities and securities shall be divided in such manner as may be agreed upon between the 
successor States within a period of two years from the appointed day or in failure of such agreement 
as the Central Government may by order direct. 

(2)  An  agreement  entered  into  between  the  successor  States,  or  order  made  by  the  Central 

Government  under  sub-section  (1)  may  provide  for  the  dissolution  of  the  undertaking  or  transfer  or              

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re-employment of any employee of the undertaking to or by the successor States, subject to the provisions 
of section 62. 

(3)  An  agreement  entered  into  between  the  successor  States,  or  order  made  by  the  Central 
Government  under  sub-section  (1)  may  also  provide  for  the  transfer  of  the  assets  and  liabilities  which 
would otherwise have passed to a successor State to any other undertaking of that successor State; and 
any  employee  of  the  undertaking  referred  to  in  sub-section  (1),  who  would  otherwise  have  been 
transferred  to  or  re-employed  by  a  successor  State,  may  be  transferred  to  or  be  re-employed  by  such 
undertaking instead of that successor State. 

44.  Public  Debt.—(1)  All  liabilities  on  account  of  Public  Debt and  Public  Account  of  the existing 
State of Madhya Pradesh outstanding  immediately before the appointed day shall be apportioned in the 
ratio of population of the successor States unless a different mode of apportionment is provided under the 
provisions of this Act. 

(2)  The  individual  items  of  liabilities  to  be  allocated  to  the  successor  States  and  the  amount  of 
contribution required to be made by one successor State to another shall be such as may be ordered by the 
Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India: 

Provided that till such orders are issued, the liabilities on account of Public Debt and Public Account 
of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  shall  continue  to  be  the  liabilities  of  the  successor  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh. 

(3)  The  liability  on  account  of  loans  raised  from  any  source  and  re-lent  by  the  existing  State  of 
Madhya  Pradesh  to  such  entities  as  may  be  specified  by  the  Central  Government  and  whose  area  of 
operation is confined to either of the successor States shall devolve on the respective States as specified in 
sub-section (4). 

(4)  The  Public  Debt  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  attributable  to  loan  taken  from  any 
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 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; or 

(b)  if  re-lent  to  the  Madhya  Pradesh  State  Electricity  Board,  the  Madhya  Pradesh  State  Road 
Transport Corporation, or the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board or any other institution which becomes 
an inter-State institution on the appointed day, be divided between the States of Madhya Pradesh and 
Chhattisgarh  in  the  same  proportion  in  which  the  assets  of  such  body  corporate  or  institution  are 
divided under the provisions of Part VII of this Act. 

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

(6) In this section, the expression  “Government security” means a security, created and issued by a 
State Government 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). 

45. Floating loans.—All liabilities of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh of any floating loan to 
provide short term finance to any local body, body corporate or other institution shall be determined by 
mutual  agreement  between  the  successor  States,  failing  which  the  Central  Government  shall  determine 
such liability between the successor States in consultation with such States. 

46. Refund of taxes collected in excess.—The liability of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh to 
refund any tax or duty on property, including land revenue, collected in excess shall be the liability of the 
successor  State  in  whose  territories  the  property  is  situated,  and  the  liability  of  the  existing  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh to refund any other tax or duty collected in excess shall be the liability of the successor 
State in whose territories the place of assessment of that tax or duty is included. 

47. Deposits, etc.—(1) The liability of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh in respect of any civil 
deposit or local fund deposit shall, as from the appointed day, be the liability of the State in whose area 
the deposit has been made. 

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(2)  The  liability  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  respect  of  any  charitable  or  other 
endowment  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  be  the  liability  of  the  State  in  whose  area  the  institution 
entitled to the benefit of the endowment is located or of the State to which the objects of the endowment, 
under the terms thereof, are confined. 

48.  Provident  fund.—The  liability  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  respect  of  the 
provident fund account of a Government servant in service on the appointed day shall, as from that day, 
be the liability of the State to which that Government servant is permanently allotted. 

49. Pensions.—The liability of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh in respect of pensions shall pass 
to,  or  be  apportioned  between  the  successor  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Chhattisgarh in  accordance 
with the provisions contained in the Sixth Schedule to this Act. 

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

(a) if the purposes of the contract are, on and from the appointed day, exclusive purposes of either 

of the successor States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, then, of that State; or 

(b) in any other case, of the State of Madhya Pradesh, 

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  Madhya  Pradesh,  be  rights  or 
liabilities of the State of Chhattisgarh or the State of Madhya Pradesh, as the case may be: 

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

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

accured or may accrue under any contract— 

(a) any liability to satisfy an order or award made by any court or other 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  section  shall  have  effect  subject  to  the  other  provisions  of  this  Part  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. 

51.  Liability  in  respect  of  actionable wrong.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the 
existing State of Madhya Pradesh 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 either of the successor States of Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh, be a liability of that 
successor State; and 

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

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

(a) if the area of operations of such society or persons is limited to the territories which, as from 
that day, are the territories of either of the States of Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh, be a liability of 
that successor State; and 

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

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53. 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 Part, it shall be dealt with in accordance 
with that provision. 

54.  Residuary  provision.—The  benefit  or  burden  of  any  asset  or  liability  of  the  existing  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh not dealt with in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall pass to the State of Madhya 
Pradesh  in  the  first  instance,  subject  to  such  financial  adjustment  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  the 
States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh or, in default of such agreement, as the Central Government 
may, by order, direct. 

55. Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement.—Where the successor States of Madhya 
Pradesh  and  Chhattisgarh  agree  that  the  asset,  liability  or  benefit  or  burden  of  any  particular  asset  or 
liability should be apportioned between them in a manner other than that provided for in the foregoing 
provisions of this Part then, notwithstanding anything contained therein, the assets, liability or benefit or 
burden of that asset or liability shall be apportioned in the manner agreed upon. 

56. Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases.—Where, 
by  virtue  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Part,  any  of  the  successor  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and 
Chhattisgarh becomes 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 within a period of three years from the 
appointed day by either of the States, that it is just and equitable that property or those benefits should be 
transferred to, or shared with, the other successor State, or that a contribution towards that liability should 
be  made  by  the  other  successor  State,  the  said  property  or  benefits  shall  be  allocated  in  such  manner 
between the two States, or the other State shall make to the State subject to the liability such contribution 
in respect thereof, as the Central Government may, after consultation with the two State Governments, by 
order determine. 

57.  Certain  expenditure  to  be  charged  on  Consolidated  Fund.—All  sums  payable  either  by  the 
State of Madhya Pradesh or by the State of Chhattisgarh to the other States or by the Central Government 
to either of those States, by virtue of the provisions of this Act, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund 
of the State by which such sums are payable or, as the case may be, the Consolidated Fund of India. 

PART VII 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS 

58. Provisions as to Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, State Road Transport Corporation and 
State Warehousing Corporation, etc.—(1) The following bodies corporate constituted for the existing 
State of Madhya Pradesh, namely:— 

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

(b) the State Road Transport Corporation established under the Road Transport Corporations Act, 

1950 (64 of 1950); and 

(c)  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 arrangements for the 
functioning of such body corporates as may be mutually agreed upon between the successor States failing 
which 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  shall  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. 

(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 such 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  of 
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh  in such manner as may be agreed upon between them within one  year  

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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: 

Provided that any liabilities of the said Board relating to the unpaid dues of the coal supplied to the 
Board  by  any  public  sector  coal  company  shall  be  provisionally  apportioned  between  the  successor 
organisations constituted respectively in the successor States of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh or 
after the date appointed for the dissolution of the Board under this sub-section in such manner as may be 
agreed upon between the Governments of the successor States within one month of such dissolution or if 
no agreement is reached, in such manner as the Central Government may, by order, determine subject to 
reconciliation  and  finalisation  of  the  liabilities  which  shall  be  completed  within  three  months  from  the 
date of such dissolution by the mutual agreement between the successor States or failing such agreement 
by the direction of the Central Government: 

Provided further that an interest at the rate of two per cent. higher than the Cash Credit interest shall 
be paid on outstanding unpaid dues of the coal supplied to the Board by the public sector coal company 
till  the  liquidation  of  such  dues  by  the  concerned  successor  organisations  constituted  in  the  successor 
States on or after the date appointed for the dissolution of the Board under this sub-section. 

(4)  Nothing  in  the  preceding  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  preventing  the 
Government  of  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  Government  of  the  State  of 
Chhattisgarh from constituting, at any time on or after the appointed day, a State Electricity Board or a 
State Road Transport Corporation or a State Warehousing Corporation for the State under the provisions 
of the Act relating to such Board or Corporation; and if such a Board or Corporation is so constituted in 
either of the 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 form the existing Board or Corporation all or any of its undertakings, 
assets, rights and liabilities in that State, and 

(b) upon the dissolution of 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 employee 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 employee 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  (4)  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 64, also for the terms and conditions of service applicable to such 
employees after such transfer or re-employment. 

59.  Provisions  as  to  Madhya  Pradesh  State  Financial  Corporation.—(1)  The  Madhya  Pradesh 
State  Financial  Corporation  established  under  the  State  Financial  Corporation  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 after consultation with the Governments of 
the successor States. 

(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 

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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 the 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 High Court of Madhya Pradesh 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 Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh from constituting, at any time on or after 
the appointed day, a State Financial Corporation for that State under the State Financial Corporation Act, 
1951 (63 of 1951). 

60. Provisions as to certain companies.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing 
provisions of this Part, each of the companies specified in the Seventh Schedule to this Act shall, on and 
from  the  appointed  day  and  until  otherwise  provided  for  in  any  law,  or  in  any  agreement  among  the 
successor States, or in any direction issued by the Central Government, continue to function in the areas 
in  which  it  was  functioning  immediately  before  that  day;  and  the  Central  Government  may,  after 
consultation  with  the  Governments  of  the  successor  States,  from  time  to  time  issue  such  directions  in 
relation to such functioning as it may deem fit, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the 
Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or in any other law. 

(2)  Any  directions  issued  under  sub-section  (1),  in  respect  of  a  company  referred  to  in  that  sub-

section, may include directions— 

(a) regarding the division of the interests and shares of existing State of Madhya Pradesh in the 

company among the successor States; 

(b) requiring the reconstitution of the Board of Directors of the company so as to give adequate 

representation to both the successor States. 

61.  Functioning  of  organisation,  registered  society  or  trust  incorporated  on  behest  of  State 
Government.—(1)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Part  or  any 
other  law  for  the  time  being  in  force,  any  organisation,  registered  society  or  trust,  incorporated  at  the 
behest of the State Government, shall, on and from the appointed day, and until otherwise provided for in 
any law for the time being in force, or in any agreement between the successor States, or in any direction 
issued by the Central Government in consultation with the successor States, continue to function in the 
areas  in  which  it  was functioning  immediately  before  that  day,  and the  Central Government  may,  after 
consulting the Governments of successor States, issue directions in relation to such functioning. 

(2) Any directions issued under sub-section (1) may include directions regarding the— 

(i) reconstitution of the Board of Directors of the organisation, society or trust by whatever name 

it may be called; or 

(ii) appointment of the Chief Executive by whatever name it may be called; or 

(iii) regulations or bye-laws, by whatever name they may be called; or 

(iv) assessment and apportionment of financial support, if any, provided by the existing State of 

Madhya Pradesh for meeting fixed charges. 

62. 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  Provincia1  Act  for  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  or  any  part  thereof  has,  by  virtue  of  the 
provisions of Part II of this Act, 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 

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functioning  and  operating  immediately  before  that  day,  subject  to  such  directions  as  may  from  time  to 
time  be  issued  by  the  Central  Government,  after  consultation  with  the  Governments  of  the  successor 
States, 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 shall 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. 

63.  Temporary  provisions  as  to  continuance  of  certain  existing  road  transport  permits.—(1) 
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 88 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), a permit 
granted  by  the  State  Transport  Authority  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  or  any  Regional 
Transport Authority in that State shall, if such permit was, immediately before the appointed day, valid 
and effective in any area in the transferred territory, 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  the  State  Transport  Authority  of 
Chhattisgarh or any Regional Transport Authority therein for the purpose of validating it for use in such 
area: 

Provided that the Central Government may, after consultation with the successor 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  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 toll, entrance fees 
or other charges for its operations in the transferred territory: 

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

64.  Special  provisions  relating  to  retrenchment  compensation  in  certain  cases.—Where  on 
account of the reorganisation of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh 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 in  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, 
section  25FF  or  section  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; 

(b)  the  employer  in  relation  to  the  body  corporate,  the  co-operative  society  or  the  undertaking 
where the workman is 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, section 25FF or 
section 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. 

65.  Special  provisions  as  to  income-tax.—Where  the  assets,  rights  and  liabilities  of  any  body 
corporate carrying on any 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 apportionment, the share of loss allotted to 
each transferee body corporate shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI of the 

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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. 

66.  Continuance  of  facilities  in  certain  State  institutions.—(1)  The  Government  of  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh, as the case may be, shall, in respect of the institutions specified in the 
Eighth Schedule to this Act, located in that State, continue to provide facilities to the people of the other 
State which shall not, in any respect, be less favourable to such people than what were being provided to 
them  before  the  appointed  day,  for  such  period  and  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  agreed 
upon  between  the two  State  Governments  within  a  period  of  one  year  from  the  appointed  day  or  if  no 
agreement  is  reached  within  the  said  period of  one  year, then,  as  may  be  fixed by  order of the  Central 
Government. 

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

PART VIII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

67. 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)  In  place  of  the  cadres  of  the  Indian  Administrative  Service,  Indian  Police  Service  and  Indian 
Forest Service for the existing State of Madhya Pradesh, there shall, on and from the appointed day, be 
two separate cadres, one for the State of Madhya Pradesh and the other for the State of Chhattisgarh in 
respect of each of these services. 

(3) The initial strength and composition of the State cadres referred to in sub-section (2) shall be such 

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

(4) The members of each of the said service borne on the Madhya Pradesh cadre thereof immediately 
before  the  appointed  day  shall  be  allocated  to  the  State  cadres  of  the  same  service  constituted  under       
sub-section (2) in such manner and with effect from such date or dates as the Central Government may, 
by order, specify. 

(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the operation, on or after the appointed day, of 

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

68. Provisions relating to services in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.—(1) Every person who 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day  is  serving  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of  the  existing  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh shall, on and from that day provisionally continue to serve in connection with the affairs 
of  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  unless  he  is  required,  by  general  or  special  order  of  the  Central 
Government to serve provisionally in connection with the affairs of the State of Chhattisgarh: 

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

from the appointed day. 

(2) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Central Government shall, by general or special 
order, determine the successor State to which every person referred to in sub-section (1) shall be finally 
allotted for service and the date with effect from which such allotment shall take effect or be deemed to 
have taken effect. 

(3) Every person who is finally allotted under the provisions of sub-section (2) to a successor State 
shall, if he is not already serving therein be made available for serving in the successor State from such 
date as may be agreed upon between the Governments concerned or in default of such agreement, as may 
be determined by the Central Government. 

69. Provisions relating to other services.—(1) Nothing in this section or section 68 shall be deemed 
to  affect  on  or  after  the  appointed  day  the  operation  of  the  provisions  of  Chapter  I  of  Part  XIV  of  the 

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Constitution in relation to determination of the conditions of service of persons serving in connection with 
the affairs of the Union or any State: 

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 Madhya Pradesh or to the State of Chhattisgarh 
under section 68 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 68, 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 Chhattisgarh 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 section 68, shall not apply in relation to members of any All-India Service. 

70.  Provisions  as  to  continuance  of  officers  in  same  post.—(1)  Every  person  who,  immediately 
before  the  appointed  day  is  holding  or  discharging  duties  of  any  post  or  office  in  connection  with  the 
affairs  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  any  area  which  on  that  day  falls  within  any  of  the 
successor  States  shall  continue  to  hold  the  same  post  or  office  in  that  successor  State,  and  shall  be 
deemed, on and from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office by the Government of, or 
any other appropriate authority in, that successor State: 

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

71. 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. 

72.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  give  directions.—The  Central  Government  may,  give  such 
directions to the State Government of Madhya Pradesh and the State Government of Chhattisgarh 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 shall comply with such directions. 

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

(2) The persons holding office immediately before the appointed day as Chairman or other member of 
the Public Service Commission for the existing State of Madhya Pradesh 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 Madhya Pradesh. 

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

State of Madhya Pradesh on the appointed day under sub-section (2), shall— 

(a)  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  Government  of  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  conditions  of 
service not less favourable than those to which he was entitled under the provisions applicable to him; 

(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. 

(4)  The  report  of  the  Madhya  Pradesh  Public  Service  Commission  as  to  the  work  done  by  the 
Commission  in  respect  of  any  period  prior  to  the  appointed  day  shall  be  presented  under  clause  (2)  of 
article 323 to the Governors of the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and the Governor of the 
State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  shall,  on  receipt  of  such  report,  cause  a  copy  thereof  together  with  a 
memorandum  explaining  as  far  as  possible,  as  respects  the  cases,  if  any,  where  the  advice  of  the 

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Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before the Legislature of 
the State of Madhya Pradesh and it shall not be necessary to cause such report or any such memorandum 
to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State of Chhattisgarh. 

74.  Jurisdiction of the  Commissions,  Authorities and  Tribunals.—(1)  Notwithstanding  anything 
contained  in  any  law  for  the  time  being  in  force,  every  Commission,  Authority,  Tribunal,  University, 
Board  or  any  other  body  constituted  under  a  Central  Act,  State  Act  or  Provincial  Act  and  having 
jurisdiction over the existing State of Madhya Pradesh shall on and from the appointed day continue to 
function  in  the  successor  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  also  exercise  jurisdiction  as  existed  before  the 
appointed day over the State of Chhattisgarh for a maximum period of two years from the appointed day 
or till such period as is decided by mutual agreement between the successor States— 

(i) to continue such body as a joint body for the successor States; or 

(ii) to abolish it, on the expiry of that period, for either of the successor States; or 

(iii)  to  constitute  a  separate  Commission,  Authority,  Tribunal,  University,  Board  or  any  other 

body, as the case may be, for the State of Chhattisgarh, 

whichever is earlier. 

(2)  No  suit  or  other  legal  proceeding  shall  be  instituted,  in  case  such  body  is  abolished  under              

clause (ii) of sub-section (1), by any employee of such body against the termination of his appointment or 
for the enforcement of any service conditions or for securing absorption in alternative public employment 
against the Central Government or any of the successor States. 

(3)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained in any  law  for  the time  being  in  force or  in  any  judgment, 
decree or order of any court or Tribunal or contract or agreement, any Chairman or member of any body 
abolished under clause (ii) of sub-section (1) shall not be entitled to any compensation for the unexpired 
period of his tenure. 

(4)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this  section  or  any  law  for  the  time  being  in  force,  the 
Central Government, shall, in accordance with any mutual agreement between the successor States or if 
there  is  no  such  agreement,  after  consultation  with  the  Governments  of  the  successor  States,  issue 
directions for the resolution of any matter relating to any body referred to in sub-section (1) and falling 
within the jurisdiction of any of the successor States within any period referred to in sub-section (1). 

PART IX 

MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES 

75. Management of power and water supply in certain cases.—(1) Where 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 formation of successor States, the 
Central Government may,  after consultation with the successor States, give such directions to the State 
Government or other authority responsible for the maintenance, so far as practicable, of such arrangement 
before the appointed day. 

(2) The Central Government shall within a period of three months from the appointed day, by order, 
also determine the share of the successor States in the entitlement of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh 
to power produced by the Central Government undertakings having due regard to the likely disadvantage 
which  might  have  been  occasioned  to  any  successor  State  as  a  result  of  modified  arrangements  for 
generation and supply of electric power. 

76. Inter-State River Water Board.—(1) The Central Government may, as and when it considers 
necessary,  constitute  an  inter-State  River  Water  Board,  after  consultation  with  the  successor  States,  for 
the planning and development of inter-State rivers and river valleys. 

(2) The Inter-State River Board constituted under sub-section (1) may be entrusted with the following 

functions, namely:— 

(a)  to  examine  the  requirement  of  funds  for  various  projects  according  to  the  programmes  laid 
down  for  such  projects  and  to  advise  regarding  the  apportionment  of  the  expenditure  to  the  State 
participating to implement such programmes keeping in view the agreement on the sharing of costs; 

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(b) to  decide the sharing  and  withdrawal  of  water  from  the  reservoirs  for irrigation,  power and 

other purposes with a view to securing better use of available water; 

(c) to determine the programmes of re-settlement of displaced persons as a result of the projects; 

and 

(d) to approve and supervise the planning, survey and investigation, preparation of project reports 

and construction of joint inter-State Projects and their subsequent operation and maintenance. 

PART X 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

77.  Amendment  of  Act  37  of  1956.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  in  section  15  of  the  States 
Reorganisation Act, 1956, in clause (b), for the words “Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh”, the words 
“Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh” shall be substituted. 

78.  Territorial  extent  of laws.—The  provisions  of  Part  II  of  this  Act 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 territorial references in any such law to the State of Madhya Pradesh shall, until 
otherwise provided by a competent Legislature or other competent authority be constituted as meaning the 
territories within the existing State of Madhya Pradesh before the appointed day. 

79. Power to adapt laws.—For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the State of 
Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh of any law made before the appointed day, the appropriate Government 
may, before the expiration of 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, the Central Government, and as respects any other law 
in its application to a State, the State Government. 

80. Power to construe laws.—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  Madhya  Pradesh  or  Chhattisgarh,  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. 

81. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions.—The Government of the 
State  of  Chhattisgarh,  as  respects  the  transferred  territory  may,  by  notification  in  the  Officia1  Gazette, 
specify the authority, officer or person who, on or after 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.—Where immediately before the appointed day, the existing State of Madhya 
Pradesh  is  a  party  to  any  legal  proceedings  with  respect  to  any  property,  rights  or  liabilities  subject  to 
apportionment  between  the  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Chhattisgarh  under  this  Act,  the  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh or Chhattisgarh 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 
Madhya Pradesh or added as a party to those proceedings, and the proceedings may continue accordingly. 

83.  Transfer  of  pending  proceedings.—(1)  Every  proceeding  pending  immediately  before  the 
appointed day before a court (including High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any area which on 
that day falls within the State of Madhya Pradesh shall, if it is a proceeding relating exclusively to  the 
territory,  which  as  from  that  day  are  the  territories  of  Chhattisgarh  State,  stand  transferred  to  the 
corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer of the State of Chhattisgarh. 

(2) If any question arises as to whether any proceeding should stand transferred under sub-section (1), 
it  shall  be  referred  to  the  High  Court  of  Madhya  Pradesh  and  the  decision  of  that  High  Court  shall  be 
final. 

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(3) In this Section— 

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

(b) “corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer” in the State of Chhattisgarh means— 

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

have laid if it had been instituted after the appointed day; or 

(ii) in case of doubt, such court, tribunal, authority or officer in the State of Chhattisgarh, 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 Madhya Pradesh to be the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer. 

84.  Right  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 
Madhya Pradesh 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 Chhattisgarh. 

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

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

86. 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 in consistent with such provisions which appears to 
him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty: 

Provided  that  no  such  order  shall  be  made  after  the  expiry  of  a  period  of  three  years  from  the 

appointed day. 

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

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

(See section 8) 

(1) Of the five sitting members whose term of office will expire on the 9th day of April, 2002, namely 

Shri  1[Lakkhiram],  Shri  Surendra  Kumar  Singh,  Shri  Sikandar  Bakht,  Shri  1[Suresh  Pachauri]  and                
Shri  1[Abdul  Gaiyur  Qureshi];  Shri  1[Lakkhiram]  and  Shri  Surendra  Kumar  Singh  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  been  elected  to  fill  two  of  the  seats  allotted  to  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  and  other  three  sitting 
members shall be deemed to have been elected to fill three of the seats allotted to the State of Madhya 
Pradesh. 

(2) Of the five sitting members whose term of office will expire on the 1[ the 29th day of June, 2000], 
namely Shri  1[O. Rajgopal], Shri  1[Dilip Kumar], Shri  1[Jhumuklal], Shri  1[Balkavi] and  1[Sushri Mobal 
Ribelo]; Shri 1[Dilip Kumar] and Shri 1[Jhumuklal] both shall be deemed to have been elected to fill two 
of the seats allotted to the State of Chhattisgarh and other three sitting members shall be deemed to have 
been elected to fill three of the seats allotted to the State of Madhya Pradesh. 

(3)  Of  the  six  members  whose  term  of  office  will  expire  on  the  2nd  day  of  April,  2006,  namely,            

Shri  Arjun  Singh,  Shri  1[Kailash  Chandra],  Shri  1[Bhagatram],  Shri  Hansraj  Bhardwaj,  Shri  P.K. 
Maheshwari and Shri 1[Vikram Singh], Shri 1[Bhagatram], shall be deemed to have been elected to fill the 
one of the seats allotted to the State of Chhattisgarh and other five members shall be deemed to have been 
elected to fill the five seats allotted to the State of Madhya Pradesh. 

1. Subs. by G.S.R. 673(E) (w.e.f. 19-8-2003). 

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See section10) 

1. AMENDMENTS TO THE DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND 
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 1976 

In the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976,— 

1. in Schedule XII,— 

(i) In PART A—Parliamentary Constituencies— 

(a) serial numbers 12 to 22 (both inclusive) and entries relating thereto shall be omitted; 

(b) in  serial number  10,  the  following  figures,  words,  brackets  and letters shall be  omitted, 

namely:— 

“87-Manendragarh (ST)” and “88-Baikunthpur”. 

(ii) In PART B—Assembly Constituencies, serial numbers 87 to 176 (both inclusive) and entries 

relating thereto shall be omitted. 

2. after Schedule XIl, the following Schedule shall be inserted, namely:— 

“SCHEDULE XIIA 

CHHATTISGARH 

PART A.—PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES 

Name and extent of constituency 

(2) 

Surguja (ST)—2. Baikunthpur, 3. Premnagar (ST), 4. Surajpur (ST), 5. Pal (ST), 6. Samri 
(ST), 7. Lundra (ST), 8. Pilkha (ST) 9. Ambikapur (ST) and 10. Sitapur (ST). 

Raigarh (ST)—11. Bagicha (ST).12. Jashpur (ST), 13. Tapkar (ST), 14. Pathalgaon (ST), 
15. Dharamjaigarh (ST), 16. Lailunga (ST), 17. Raigarh and 18. Kharsia. 
Janjgir—21.  Rampur  (ST),  22.  Katghora,  23.  Tanakhar  (ST),  1[32-Masturi  (SC)],              
33. Sipat, 34. Akaltara, 36. Champa and 37. Sakti.  

Bilaspur  (SC)—1.  Manendragarh  (ST),  24.  Marwahi  (ST),  25.  Kota,  26.  Lormi,              
27. Mungeli (SC), 28. Jarhagaon (SC), 29 Takhatpur, 30. Bilaspur and 31. Bilha. 

Sarangarh  (SC)—19.  Saria,  20.  Sarangarh  (SC),  35.  Pamgarh,  38.  Malkharoda  (SC),           
39. Chandrapur, 48. Pallari (SC), 49. Kasdol and 50. Bhatgaon (SC). 

Raipur—40—Raipur  Town,  41.  Raipur  Rural,  42.  Abhanpur,  43.  Mandirhasod,              
44. Arang (SC), 45. Dharsiwa, 46. Bhatapara and 47. Baloda Bazar. 

Mahasamund—53.  Saraipali,  54.  Basna,  55.  Khallari,  56.  Mahasamund,  51.  Rajim,            
52. Bindranawagarh (ST), 58. Kurud and 59. Dhamtari. 

Kanker (ST)—57. Sihawa (ST), 60. Bhanupratappur (ST), 61. Kanker (ST), 63. Keskala 
(ST), 62. Narayanpur (ST), 79. Gunderdehi, 81. Balod and 82. Dondi Lohara (ST). 

Bastar  (ST)—64.  Kondagaon  (ST),  65.  Bhanpuri  (ST),  66.  Jagdalpur  (ST),  67.  Keslur 
(ST), 68. Chitrakote (ST), 69. Dantewara (ST), 70. Konta (ST) and 71. Bijapur (ST). 

Durg—72.  Maro  (SC),  73.  Bemetara,  74.  Saja,  75.  Dhamdha,  76.  Durg,  77.  Bhilai,           
78. Patan and 80. Khertha. 

Rajnandgaon—83.Chowki  (ST),  84.  Khujji,  85.  Dongargaon,  86.  Rajnandgaon,                  
87. Dongargarh (SC), 88. Khairagarh, 89. Birendranagar and 90. Kawardha. 

Serial No. 

(1) 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

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Name and extent of constituency 

(2) 

PART B.—ASSEMBLY CONSNTITUENCIES 

KORIA DISTRICT 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

Manendragarh  (ST)—Bharatpur  tahsil  and  Manendragarh  tahsil  (excluding  P.C.  15  in 
Khadgawan RIC) and the forest villages in the area. 

Baikunthpur—Baikunthpur  tahsil  and  the  forest  villages  in  the  area  and  P.C.  15  in 
Khadgawan RIC in Manendragarh tahsil. 

SURGUJA DISTRICT 

Premnagar (ST).—Premnagar RIC and Ramanujnagar RIC (excluding P.Cs. 73 to 80) in 
Surajpur  tahsil  and  Udaipur  RIC  and  P.Cs.  55,  57,  58  and  65  in  Lakhanpur  RIC  in 
Ambikapur tehsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Surajpur (ST)—Surajpur and Bhaiyathan RICs and P.Cs. 73 to 80 in Ramanujnagar RIC 
and Chandramedha RIC (excluding P.Cs. 17 to 26) in Surajpur tahsil. 

Pal  (ST)—Basantpur,  Ramchandrapur  and  Chailgali  RICs  and  Ramanujganj  Town  and 
P.Cs. 32 to 34A and 34B in Balrampur RIC in Pal tahsil. 

Samri  (ST)—Samri  tahsil  and  the  forest  villages  in  the  area  and  Balrampur  RIC 
(excluding Ramanujganj Town and P.Cs. 32 to 34A and 34B) in Pal tahsil. 

Lundra (ST)—Lundra and Raipur RICs in Arnbikapur tahsil and the forest villages in the 
area and P.Cs. 39 to 42 in Pratappur RIC in Surajpur tahsil. 

Pilkha  (ST)—Pilkha  RIC,  Pratappur  (excluding  P.Cs.  39  to  42),  and  P.Cs.  17  to  26  in 
Chandramedha RIC in Surajpur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Ambikapur (ST)—Ambikapur-I and Ambikapur-Il RICs. and Lakhanpur RIC (excluding 
P.Cs. 55, 57, 58 and 65) in Ambikapur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

10. 

Sitapur (ST)—Sitapur and Batauli RICs in Ambikapur tahsil. 

JASHPUR DISTRICT 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

Bagicha  (ST)—Bagicha  and  Sanna  RICs  in  Jashpur tahsil  and  the forest  villages  in  the 
area. 

Jashpur (ST)—Jashpur and Kastura RICs and P.Cs. 78 to 82 and 98 in Kunkuri RIC in 
Jashpur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Tapkara  (ST)—Tapkara  RIC  and  Kunkuri  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  78  to  82  and  98)  in 
Jashpur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Pathalgaon  (ST)—Pathalgaon  RIC  and  Kapu  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  1  to  6  and  36)  in 
Udaipur (Dharamjaigarh) tahsil. 

RAIGARH DISTRICT 

Dhramjaigarh  (ST)—Dharamjaigarh  RIC  and  P.Cs.  1  to  6  and  36  in  Kapu  RIC  in 
Udaipur  (Dharamjaigarh)  tahsil  and  Gharghoda  RIC  in  Gharghoda  tahsil  and  the  forest 
villages in the area. 

Lailunga (ST)—Lailunga and Tamnar RICs in Gharghoda tahsil and the forest villages in 
the area. 

Raigarh- Raigarh—I and Raigarh- II RICs and P.Cs. 44 to 52 in pussour RIC in Raigarh 
tahsil. 

Kharsia—Kharsia and Bhupdeopur RICs in Raigarh tahsil. 

Saria—Pussour RIC (excluding P.Cs. 44 to 52) in Raigarh tahsil and Saria and Baramkela 
RICs in Sarangarh tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

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1[20. 

21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 

26 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 

31. 

32. 

33. 

34. 

35. 

36. 

37. 

38. 

Name and extent of constituency 

(2) 

Sarangarh (SC)]—Sarangarh and Hardi RICs in Sarangarh tahsil and the forest villages 
in the area. 

KORBA DISTRICT 

Rampur  (ST)—Korba  RIC  (excluding  Korba  Town  and  P.C.  21)  Rampur  RIC  
(excluding  P.Cs.  73  to  80)  and  P.Cs.  14,  20,  22  and  30  in  Tanakhar  RIC  in  Katghora 
tahsil. 

Katghora—Korba  Town  and  P.C  21  in  Korba  RIC,  Katghora  RIC  and  Pali  RIC 
(excluding P.Cs. 34 and 36 to 46) in Katghora tahsil. 

Tanakhar  (ST)—Pasan  RIC,  Tanakhar  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  14,  20,  22  and  30)  and 
P.Cs. 34 and 36 to 46 in Pali RIC in Katghora tahsil. 

BILASPUR DISTRICT 

Marwahi (ST)—Marwahi RIC, Gaurella RIC (excluding P.Cs. of 26 to 28) and P.Cs. 31 
to 33 and 37 in Kota RIC in Bilaspur tahsil. 

Kota—P.Cs. 26 to 28 in Gaurella RIC, Kota RIC (excluding P.Cs. 31 to 33 and 37) and 
P.Cs. 64 to 67 in Ghutku-I RIC in Bilaspur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Lormi—Lormi  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  12  to  14,  17,  35  and  36)  and  Pandaria  RIC  in 
Mungeli tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 
1[Mungeli  (SC)]—Mungeli  and  Kunda  RICs  and  P.Cs.  17,  35  and  36  in  Lormi  RIC  in 
Mungeli tahsil. 

Jarhagaon  (SC)—P.Cs.  12  to  14  in  Lormi  RIC,  and  Jarhagaon  RIC  and  Patharia  RIC 
(excluding P.Cs. 84 to 91) in Mungeli tahsil. 

Takhatpur—Takhatpur  RIC,  Ghutku-II  RIC  (excluding  P.C.  96)  and  Ghutku-I  RIC 
(excluding P.Cs. 64 to 67, 78 to 80, 97 and 98) in Bilaspur tahsil. 

Bilaspur—Bilaspur Town including Railway Colony and P.Cs. 109, 110-A and 110-B in 
Bilaspur RIC in Bilaspur tahsil. 

Bilha—Bilha RIC and P.Cs. 94, 95, 112 and 117 in Bilaspur RIC in Bilaspur tahsil and 
P.Cs. 81 to 91 in Patharia RIC in Mungeli tahsil. 

Masturi (SC)—Masturi RIC, P.Cs. 111, 130 and 131 in Bilaspur RIC and P.Cs. 133, 135 
and 136 in Sipat (Nargoda) RIC in Bilaspur tahsil. 

Sipat—Sipat (Nargoda) RIC (excluding P.Cs. 133, 135 and 136), P.Cs. 107, 108 and 132 
in Bilaspur RIC, P.Cs. 78 to 80, 97 and 98 in Ghutku-I RIC and P.C 96 in Ghuktu-II RIC 
in Bilaspur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

JANJGIR-CHAMPA DISTRICT 

Akaltara—Baloda  RIC  and  Akaltara  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  58  and  60)  in  Janjgir  tahsil 
and the forest villages in the area. 

Pamgarh—Pamgarh and Nawagarh RICs, P.Cs. 58 and 60 in Akaltara RIC and P.Cs. 50, 
52 and 53 in Janjgir RIC in Janjgir tehsil. 

Champa—Champa RIC and Janjgir RIC (excluding P.Cs. 50, 52 and 53) in Janjgir tahsil. 

Sakti—Sakti RIC in Sakti tahsil and P.Cs. 73 to 80 in Rampur RIC in Katghora tahsil. 

Malkharoda (SC)—Jaijaipur RIC and Malkharoda RIC (excluding P.Cs. 51, 52, 57, 59 
and 60) in Sakti tahsil. 

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Name and extent of constituency 

(1) 

39. 

40. 

41. 

42. 

43. 

44. 

45. 

46. 

47. 

48. 

49. 

50. 

51. 

52. 

53. 

54. 

55. 

56. 

57. 

58. 

59. 

(2) 

Chandrapur—Chandrapur  RIC  and  P.Cs.  51,  52,  57,  59  and  60  in  Malkharoda  RIC  in 
Sakti tahsil. 

RAIPUR DISTRICT 

Raipur Town—Raipur town (excluding wards 20 to 24, 29, 30, 34 and 35 and non-ward 
municipal area). 

Raipur  Rural—Wards  20  to  24,  29,  30,  34  and  35 in  Raipur town  including  non-ward 
municipal  area.  Raipur-II  RIC  and  Raipur-I  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.111,  112  and  115)  in 
Raipur tahsil. 

Abhanpur—Abhanpur and Nawapara RICs in Raipur tahsil. 

Mandirhasod—Mandirhasod RIC and P.Cs. 111, 112 and 115 in Raipur-I RIC in Raipur 
tahsil. 

Arang (SC)—Arang and Kharora RICs in Raipur tahsil. 

Dharsiwa—Dharsiwa-I, Pharsiwa-II and Tilda RICs in Raipur tahsil. 

Bhatapara—Simga RIC and Bhatapara RIC (excluding P.Cs. 34 to 38) in Baloda Bazar 
tahsil. 

Baloda  Bazar—P.Cs.  34  to  38  in  Bhatapara  RIC  and  Baloda  Bazar  and  Jarod  RICs  in 
Baloda Bazar tahsil. 

Pallari (SC)—Pallari and Lawan RICs in Baloda Bazar tahsil and the forest villages in the 
area. 

Kasdol—Kasdol and Bilaigarh RICs in Baloda Bazar tahsil and the forest villages in the 
area. 

Bhatgaon (SC)—Bhatgaon RIC in Baloda Bazar tahsil and the forest villages in the area 
and Bhanwarpur RIC in Mahasamund tahsil. 

Rajim—Rajim RIC, Chhura RIC (excluding P.Cs. 31 to 35) and P.Cs. 36 to 39, 41 and 42 
in Gariaband RIC in Bindranawagarh tahsil. 

Bindranawagarh (ST)—Deobhog RIC, Gariaband RIC (excluding P.Cs. 36 to 39,41 and 
42) and P.Cs. 31 to 35 in Chhura RIC in Bindranawagarh tehsil and the forest villages in 
the area. 

Saraipali—Saraipali and Khamharpali RICs Mahasamund tahsil. 

MAHASAMUND DISTRICT 

Basna—Basna RIC and Pithora RIC (excluding P.Cs. 25 to 28) in Mahasamund tahsil and 
the forest villages in the area. 

Khallari—Khallari  and  Komakhan  RICs  and  P.Cs.  25  to  28  in  Pithora  RIC  in 
Mahasamund tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Mahasamund—Mahasamund  and  Patewa  RICs  in  Mahasamund  tahsil  and  the  forest 
villages in the area. 

DHAMTARI DISTRICT 

Sihawa (ST)—Sihawa RIC and Dhamtari RIC (excluding Dhamtari town and P.Cs. 50 to 
52) in Dhamtari tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Kurud—Kurud and Magarlod RICs in Dhamtari tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Dhamtari—Bhothali  RIC,  Dhamtari  town  and  P.Cs.  50  to  52  in  Dhamtari  RIC  in 
Dhamtari tahsil. 

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Name and extent of constituency 

(1) 

60. 

61. 

62. 

63. 

64. 

65. 

66. 

67. 

68. 

69. 

70. 

(2) 

KANKER DISTRICT 

Bhanupratappur (ST)—Bhanupratappur tahsil and Charama RIC (excluding P.Cs. 2 and 
13 to 16) and P.Cs. 20 to 24 and 26 in Kanker RIC in Kanker tahsil. 

Kanker  (ST)—Narharpur  RIC,  P.Cs.  2  and  13  to  16  in  Charama  RIC  and  Kanker  RIC 
(excluding P.Cs. 20 to 24 and 26) in Kanker tahsil. 

Narayanpur (ST)—Koilibeda and Antagarh RICs and P.Cs. 23 to 25 in Narayanpur RIC 
in Narayanpur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

BASTAR DISTRICT 

Keskal (ST)—Keskal RIC and P.Cs. 19 to 26 in Pharasgaon RIC in Kondagaon tahsil and 
the forest villages in the area. 

Kondagaon  (ST)—Pharasgaon  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  19  to  26)  and  Kondagaon  RIC 
(excluding P.Cs. 35 and 37 to 43) in Kondagaon tahsil and the forest villages in the area 
and Narayanpur RIC (excluding P.Cs. 23 to 25) in Narayanpur tahsil. 

Bhanpuri  (ST)—Bhanpnri  RIC  and  P.C  38  in  Bakawand  RIC  in  Jagdalpur  tahsil  and 
P.Cs. 35 and 37 to 43 in Kondagaon RIC in Kondagaon tahsil and the forest villages in the 
area. 

Jagdalpur  (ST)—Bakawand  RIC  (excluding  P.C  38), Jagdalpur  (B)  RIC  and  Jagdalpur 
(A) RIC (excluding P.Cs. 54 to 59) in Jagdalpur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Keslur (ST)—P.Cs. 54 to 59 in Jagdalpur (A) RIC and Keslur in Jagdalpur tahsil and the 
forest villages in the area and P.Cs. 7 to 9 in Chindgarh RIC in Konta tahsil. 

Chitrakote (ST)—Chitiakote RIC in Jagdalpur tahsil and P.Cs. 1 to 9 in Dantewara RIC 
in Dantewara tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

DANTEWARA DISTRICT 

Dantewara (ST)—Dantewara tahsil (excluding  P.Cs.  1  to  9 in  Dantewara  RIC)  and the 
forest villages in the area. 

Konta  (ST)—Konta  tahsil  (excluding  P.Cs.  7  to  9  in  Chindgarh  RIC)  and  the  forest 
villages in the area. 

71. 

Bijapur (ST)—Bijapur tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

DURG DISTRICT 

72. 

73. 

74. 

75. 

76. 

77. 

Maro (SC)—Maro and Nawagarh RICs and P.Cs. 46, 51, 52 and 55 to 57 in Khandsara 
RIC in Bemetara tahsil. 

Bemetara—Bemetara and Anandgaon RICs and P.Cs. 47 to 50, 53 and 54 in Khandsara 
RIC in Bemetara tahsil. 

Saja—Saja and Deokar RICs and Khandsara RIC (excluding P.Cs. 46 to 57) 10 Bemetara 
tahsil. 

Dhamdha—Dhamdha and Nankathi RICs and P.Cs. 46 to 48 and 50 to 52 in Bhilai RIC 
in Durg tahsil. 

Durg—Durg-I  and  Durg-II  RICs  and  S.A.F.  Colony,  Kosa  Nala,  Supela  Bazar  West, 
Supela  Bazar,  Supela  Bazar  East  and  Supela  Camp  West  in  Bhilainagar  and  ex-revenue 
village Chhaoni lying on the periphery of Bhilainagar in Bhilai RIC in Durg tahsil. 

Bhilai—Bhilainagar  (excluding  S.A.F.  Colony,  Kosa  Nala,  Supela  Bazar  West,  Supela 
Bazar,  Supela  Bazar  East, Supela,  Camp  West  and  ex-revenue  village  Chhaoni  lying  on 
the periphery of Bhilainagar) in Bhilai RIC in Durg tahsil. 

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Name and extent of constituency 

(1) 

78. 

79. 

80. 

81. 

82. 

83. 

84. 

85. 

86. 

87. 

88. 

89. 

90. 

(2) 

Patan—Bhilai  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  46  to  48  and  50  to  52  and  Bhilainagar)  and  Patan 
RIC (excluding P.Cs. 95 to 98) in Durg tahsil.  

Gunderdehi—Bhatagaon and Gunderdehi RICs and P.Cs. 95 to 98 in Patan RIC in Durg 
tahsil. 

Khertha—Anda RIC in Durg tahsil and Khertha RIC in Balod tahsil. 

Balod—Gurur and Balod RICs in Balod tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Dondi Lohara (ST)—Kusumkasa and Dondi Lohara RICs in Balod tehsil and the forest 
villages in the area. 

RAJNANDGAON DISTRICT 

Chowki (ST)—Manpur and Mohala RICs and Chowki RIC (excluding P.Cs. 99 to 105) in 
Rajnandgaon tahsil. 

Khuiji—Chhuria  and  Khujji  RICs  and  P.Cs.  99  to  105  in  Chowki  RIC  in  Rajnandgaon 
tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Dongargaon—Dongargaon  RIC  in  Rajnandgaon  tahsil  and  Lal  Bahadur  Nagar  RIC 
(excluding P.C 88) in Khairagarh tahsil and the forest villages in the area.  

Rajnandgaon—Rajnandgaon RIC in Rajnandgaon tahsil. 

Dongargarh  (SC)—Ghumka  RIC  in  Rajnandgaon  tahsil,  P.C  88  in  Lal  Bahadur  Nagar 
RIC  and  Dongargarh  RIC  and  P.Cs.  52  and  55  to  61  in  Pandadah  RIC  in  Khairagarh 
tahsil. 

Khairagarh—Khairagarh and Chhuikhadan RICs, Pandadah RIC (excluding P.Cs. 52 and 
55  to  61)  and  Gandai  RIC  (excluding  P.Cs.  6  and  8  to  14) in  Khairagarh  tahsil  and  the 
forest villages in the area. 

KAWARDHA DISTRICT 

Birendranagar—P.Cs.  6  and  8  to  14  in  Gandai  RIC  in  Khairagarh  tahsil  and 
Birendranagar and Sahaspur Lohara RICs and Kawardha RIC (excluding P.Cs. 28, 29, 34 
and 35 and Kawardha Town) in Kawardha tahsil and the forest villages in the area. 

Kawardha—Pasrangpur and Bodla RICs and Kawardha Town and  P.Cs. 28, 29, 34 and 
35 in Kawardha RIC in Kawardha tahsil and the forest villages in the area.” 

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THE THIRD SCHEDULE 

(See section 19) 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950 

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

(a) in Paragraph 2, for the figures “XXII”, the figures “XXIII” shall be substituted; 

(b) in the Schedule, after Part XXII, the following shall be inserted, namely:— 

“PART XXIII.—CHHATTISGARH 

1.  Audhelia 
2.  Bagri, Bagdi 
3.  Bahna, Bajana 
4.  Balahi, Balai 
5.  Banchada 
6.  Barabar, Basod 
7.  Bargunda 
8.  Basor, Burud, Bansor, Bansodi, Bansphor, Basar 
9.  Bedia 
10.  Beldar, Sunkar 
11.  Bhangi, Mehtar, Balmiki, Lalbegi, Dharkar 
12.  Bhanumati 
13.  Chadar 
14.  Chamar,  Chamari,  Bairwa,  Bhambhi,  Jatav,  Mochi,  Regar,  Nona,  Rohidas,  Ramnami,  Satnami, 

Surjyabanshi, Surjyaramnami, Ahirwar, Chamar, Mangan, Raidas 

15.  Chidar 
16.  Chikwa, Chikvi 
17.  Chitar 
18.  Dahait, Dahayat, Dahat 
19.  Dewar 
20.  Dhanuk 
21.  Dhed, Dher 
22.  Dohor 
23.  Dom, Dumar, Dome, Domar, Doris 
24.  Ganda, Gandi 
25.  Ghasi, Ghasia 
26.  Holiya 
27.  Kanjar 
28.  Katia, Patharia 
29.  Khatik 
30.  Koli, Kori 
31.  Khangar, Kanera, Mirdha 
32.  Kuchbandhia 
33.  Mahar, Mehra, Mehar 
34.  Mang,  Mang  Garodi,  Mang  Garudi,  Dankhani  Mang,  Mang  Mahasi,  Madari,  Garudi,  Radhe 

Mang 
35.  Meghwal 
36.  Moghia 
37.  Muskhan 
38.  Nat, Kalbelia, Sapera, Navdigar, Kubutar 
39.  Pasi 
40.  Rujihar 
41.  Sansi, Sansia 
42.  Silawat 
43.  Zamral.”. 

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THE FOURTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 20) 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER, 1950 

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

(a) in Paragraph 2, for the figures “XIX”, the figures “XX” shall be substituted; 

(b) in the Schedule, 

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

“PART VIII.—MADHYA PRADESH 

1.  Agariya 
2.  Andh 
3.  Baiga 
4.  Bhaina 
5.  Bharia Bhumia, Bhuinhar Bhumia, Bhumiya, Bharia, Paliha, Pando 
6.  Bhattra 
7.  Bhil, Bhilala, Barela, Patelia 
8.  Bhil Mina 
9.  Bhunjia 
10.  Biar, Biyar 
11.  Binjhwar 
12.  Birhul, Birhor 
13.  Damor, Damaria 
14.  Dhanwar 
15.  Gadaba, Gadba 
16.  Gond,  Arakh,  Arrakh,  Agaria,  Asur,  Badi  Maria,  Bada  Maria,  Bhatola,  Bhimma,  Bhuta, 
Koilabhuta, Koliabhuti, Bhar, Bisonhorn Maria, Chota Maria, Dandami Maria, Dhuru, Dhurwa, 
Dhoba, Dhulia, Dorla, Gaiki, Gatta, Gatti, Gaita,  1[Gond Gowari], Hill Maria, Kandra, Kalanga, 
Khatola, Koitar, Koya, Khirwar, Khirwara, Kucha Maria, 1[Kuchaki Maria], Madia, Maria, Mana, 
Mannewar,  Moghya,  Mogia,  Monghya,  Mudia,  Muria,  Nagarchi,  Nagwanshi,  Ojha,  1[Raj], 
Sonjhari, Jhareka, Thatia, Thotya, Wade Maria, Vade Maria, Daroi 

17.  Halba, Halbi 
18.  Kamar 
19.  Karku 
20.  Kawar, Kanwar, Kaur, Cherwa, Rathia, Tanwar, Chattri 
21.  Keer (in Bhopal, Raisen and Sehore Districts) 
22.  Khairwar, Kondar 
23.  Kharia 
24.  Kondh, Khond, 1[Kandh] 
25.  Kol 
26.  Kolam 
27.  Korku, BoP.Chi, Mouasi, 1[Nihal], Nahul, 1[Bondhi] Bondeya 
28.  Korwa, Kodaku 
29.  Majhi 
30.  Majhwar 
31.  Mawasi 
32.  Mina (in Sironj Sub-Division of Vidisha District) 
33.  Munda 
34.  Nagesia, Nagasia 
35.  Oraon, Dhanka, Dhangad 
36.  Panika [in (i) Chhattarpur, Panna, Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Umaria, Sidhi and Tikamgarh districts, 

and (ii) Sevda and Datia tahsils of Datia district)] 

37.  Pao 
38.  Pardhan, Pathari, Saroti 

1. Subs. by G.S.R. 673(E) (w.e.f. 19-8-2003). 

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39.  Pardhi (in Bhopal, Raisen and Sehore Districts) 
40.  Pardhi, Bahelia, Bahellia, Chita Pardhi, Langoli Pardhi, Phans Pardhi, Shikari, Takankar, Takia 
[in  (i)  Chhindwara, Mandla,  Dindori  and  Seoni  Districts, (ii)  Baihar  tahsil  of  Balaghat  District, 
(iii)  Betul,  Bhainsdehi  and  Shahpur  tahsils  of  Betul  District,  (iv)  Patan  tahsil  and  Sihora  and 
Majholi  blocks  of  Jabalpur  District,  (v)  Katni  (Murwara)  and  Vijaya  Raghogarh  tahsils  and 
Bahoribandh  and  Dhemerkheda  blocks  of  Katni  District,  (vi)  Hoshangabad,  Babai,  Sohagpur, 
Pipariy and Bankhedi tahsils and Kesla block of Hoshangabad District, (vii) Narsinghpur District, 
and (viii) Harsud tahsil of Khandwa District] 

41.  Parja 
42.  Sahariya, Saharia, Seharia, Sehria, Sosia, Sor 
43.  Saonta, Saunta 
44.  Saur 
45.  Sawar, Sawara, 
46.  Sonr.”; 

(ii) after Part XIV, the following shall be added, namely:— 

“PART XX.—CHHATTISGARH 

1.  Agariya 
2.  Andh 
3.  Baiga 
4.  Bhaina 
5.  Bharia Bhumia, Bhuinhar Bhumia, Bhumiya, Bharia, Paliha, Pando 
6.  Bhattra 
7.  Bhil, Bhilala, Barela, Patelia 
8.  Bhil Mina 
9.  Bhunjia 
10.  Biar, Biyar 
11.  Binjhwar 
12.  Birhul, Birhor 
13.  Damor, Damaria 
14.  Dhanwar 
15.  Gadaba, Gadba 
16.  Gond,  Arakh,  Arrakh,  Agaria,  Asur,  Badi  Maria,  Bada  Maria,  Bhatola,  Bhimma,  Bhuta, 
Koilabhuta,  1[Koliabhuti],  Bhar,  Bisonhorn  Maria,  Chota  Maria,  Dandami  Maria,  Dhuru, 
Dhurwa, Dhoba, Dhulia, Dorla, Gaiki, Gatta, Gatti, Gaita, 1[Gond Gowari], 1[Hill Maria], Kandra, 
Kalanga,  Khatola,  Koitar,  Koya,  Khirwar,  Khirwara,  Kucha  Maria,  Kuchaki  Maria,  Madia, 
Maria, Mana, Mannewar, Moghya, Mogia, Monghya, Mudia, Muria, Nagarchi, Nagwanshi, Ojha, 
1[Raj], Sonjhari, Jhareka, Thatia, Thotya, Wade Maria, Vade Maria, Daroi 

17.  Halba, Halbi 
18.  Kamar 
19.  Karku 
20.  Kawar, Kanwar, Kaur, Cherwa, Rathia, Tanwar, Chattri 
21.  Khairwar, Kondar 
22.  Kharia 
23.  Kondh, Khond, Kandh, 
24.  Kol 
25.  Kolam 
26.  Korku, BoP.Chi, Mouasi, 1[Nihal], Nahul, Bondhi, Bondeya 
27.  Korwa, Kadaku 
28.  Majhi 
29.  Majhwar 
30.  Mawasi 
31.  Munda 
32.  Nagesia, Nagasia 
33.  Oraon, Dhanka, Dhangad 
34.  Pao 

1. Subs. by G.S.R. 673(E) (w.e.f dated 19-8-2003). 

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35.  Pardhan, Pathari, Saroti 
36.  Pardhi, Bahelia, Bahellia, Chita Pardhi, Langoli Pardhi, Phans Pardhi, Shikari, Takankar, Takia 
[in  (i)  Bastar,  Dantewara,  Kanker,  Raigarh,  Jashpurnagar,  Surguja  and  Koria  district,  (ii) 
Katghora,  Pali,  Kartala  and  Korba  tahsils  of  Korba  district,  (iii)  Bilaspur,  Pendra,  Kota  and 
Takhatpur tahsils of Bilaspur district, (iv) Durg, Patan, Gunderdehi, Dhamdha, Balod, Gurur and 
Dondilohara tahsils of Durg district, (v) Chowki, Manpur and Mohala Revenue Inspector Circles 
of Rajnandgaon district, (vi) Mahasamund, Saraipali and Basna tahsils of Mahasamund district, 
(vii) Bindra Navagarh Rajim and Deobhog tahsils of Raipur district, and (viii) Dhamtari, Kurud 
and Sihava tahsils of Dhamtari district] 

37.  Parja 
38.  Sahariya, Saharia, Seharia, Sehria, Sosia, Sor 
39.  Saonta, Saunta 
40.  Saur 
41.  Sawar, Sawara 
42.  Sonr.”. 

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THE FIFTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 42) 

1.  Famine Relief Fund 
2.  Guarantee Reserve Fund Investment Account 
3.  Revenue Reserve Fund Investment Account 
4.  State Agriculture Credit (Relief and Guarantee) Fund 
5.  Cash Balance Investment Account 
6.  Land Revenue and Stamp Fund 
7.  Rural Development Fund 
8.  Energy Development Cess Fund 
9.  Compensatory Afforestation Fund 
10.  Forest Development Cess Fund 
11.  Road Safety Fund 
12.  Depreciation/Renewal Reserve Fund 
13.  Madhya Pradesh Calamity Relief Fund 
14.  World Food Programme Project Fund. . 
15.  Madhya Pradesh State Employees Family Benefit Fund 
16.  School Building Fund 
17.  Pensioners Welfare Fund 
18.  Crop Insurance Fund. 

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THE SIXTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 49) 

APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF PENSIONS 

1. Subject to the adjustments mentioned in Paragraph 3, each of the successor State shall in respect to 
pensions  granted  before  the  appointed  day  by  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  pay  the  pensions 
drawn in its treasuries. 

2. Subject to the adjustments, the liability in respect of pensions of officers serving in connection with 
the  affairs  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  who  retire  or  proceed  on  leave  preparatory  to 
retirement before the appointed day, but whose claims for pensions are outstanding immediately before 
that day, shall be the liability of the State of Madhya Pradesh. 

3. There shall be computed, in respect of the period commencing on the appointed day and ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  of  that  financial  year  and  in  respect  of  each  subsequent  financial  year,  the  total 
payment made in all the successor State in respect of pension referred to in Paragraphs 1 and 2. The total 
representing  the  liability  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  respect  of  pension  shall  be 
apportioned between the successor State on the population ratio and any successor State paying more than 
its due share shall be reimbursed the excess amount by the successor State or State paying less. 

4.  The  liability  of  the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  in  respect  of  Pension  granted  before  the 
appointed day and drawn in any area outside the territories of the existing State shall be the liability of the 
State  of Madhya  Pradesh  subject to  adjustments  to  be  made  in  accordance  with Paragraph 3  as if such 
pensions had been drawn in any treasury in the State of Madhya Pradesh under Paragraph 1. 

5 (1) The liability in respect of the pensions of any officer serving immediately before the appointed 
day in connection with the affairs of the existing State of Madhya Pradesh and retiring on or after that 
day,  shall  be  that  of  the  successor  State  granting  him  the  pension,  but  the  portion  of  the  pension 
attributable to the service of any such officer before the appointed day in connection with the affairs of 
the  existing  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  shall  be  allocated  between  the  successor  State  in  the  population 
ratio,  and  the  Government  granting  the  pension  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  from  each  of  the  successor 
State its share or this liability. 

(2) If any such officer was serving after the appointed day in connection with the affairs of more than 
one successor State, the State Government other than the one granting the pension shall reimburse to the 
Government by which pension is granted an amount which bears to the portion of the pension attributable 
to  his  service  after  the  appointed  day  the  same  ratio  as  the  period  of  his  qualifying  service  after  the 
appointed  day  under  the  reimbursing  State  bears  to  total  qualifying  service  of  such  officer  after  the 
appointed day reckoned for the purposes of pension. 

6 Any reference in this schedule to a pension shall be construed as including a reference value of the 

pension. 

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THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 60) 

LIST OF GOVERNMENT COMPANIES 

1.  Madhya Pradesh State Industries Corporation Limited 
2.  Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog Nigam Limited 
3.  Madhya Pradesh State Mining Corporation Limited 
4.  Madhya Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation Limited 
5.  Madhya Pradesh State Agro Industries Development Corporation Limited 
6.  Madhya Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited 
7.  Madhya Pradesh State Textile Corporation Limited 
8.  Madhya Pradesh Rajya Van Vikas Nigam Limited 
9.  Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation Limited 
10.  Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation Limited 
11.  Madhya Pradesh Leather Development Corporation Limited 
12.  Madhya Pradesh Hastshilp Avam Hathkargha Vikas Nigam Limited 
13.  Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited 
14.  Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Limited 
15.  Madhya Pradesh Pichhra Varg Tatha Alpsankhyak Vitta Avam Vikas Nigam 
16.  Madhya Pradesh Adivasi Vitta Avam Vikas Nigam 
17.  Madhya Pradesh Export Corporation Limited 
18.  The Provident Investment Company Limited 
19.  Madhya Pradesh Film Development Corporation Limited 
20.  Optel Telecommunications Limited 
21.  Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Bhopal) Limited 
22.  Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Indore) Limited 
23.  Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Raipur) Limited 
24.  Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Jabalpur) Limited 
25.  Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Gwalior) Limited 
26.  Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Rewa) Limited 
27.  Madhya Pradesh Agro Pesticides Limited 
28.  Madhya Pradesh Agro Oils and Cattlefeed Limited 

Bhopal  
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
          Mumbai 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
Bhopal 
 Indore 
Raipur 
          Jabalpur 
           Gwalior 
  Rewa 
Bhopal 
Bhopal. 

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THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 66) 

CONTINUANCE OF FACILITIES IN CERTAIN STATE INSTITUTION 

LIST OF TRAINING INSTITUTIONS/CENTRES 

1.  Prevention of Food Adulteration Organisation State Laboratory Controller, Lal Ghati, Bhopal. 
2.  State Institute of Health Management and Communication, Gwalior. 
3.  Madhya Pradesh State Seed Certification Agency, Officer Complex, B-2, Gautam Nagar, Bhopal. 
4.  Madhya Pradesh State Forest Research Institute, Polipathar, Narmada Road, Jabalpur. 
5.  Pandit Kunjilal Dubey Rashtriya Sansadiya Vidyapeeth, Old Vidhan Sabha Campus, Bhopal. 
6.  Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Rural Development and Training, Adhartal, Jabalpur. 
7.  Madhy  Pradesh  State  Employment  and  Training  Institution,  Rajiv  Gandhi  Bhawan,  Shyamla 

Hills, Bhopal. 

8.  State Academy of Administration, Hitkarni Nagar, 1100 Quarters, Bhopal. 
9.  Medico Legal Institute, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal. 
10.  Ranger Training College, Balaghat. 
11.  Agriculture Cooperative Staff Training Institute of Apex Bank, Kotra Sultanabad, Bhopal. 
12.  Jawaharlal Nehru Police Academy, Sagar. 
13.  Tribal Research and Training Institute, Shyamla Hills, Bhopal. 
14.  Jail Training Centre, Sagar. 
15.  Armed Police College, Indore. 
16.  Police Radio Training School, Indore. 
17.  Central Training Institute, Home Guards and Civil Defence, Khamaria, Jabalpur. 
18.  Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar. 
19.  Madhya Pradesh Water and Land Management Institute, Walmi Hills, Near Kaliasot Dam, Kolar 

Road, Bhopal. 

20.  Judicial Officers Training Institute, High Court Campus, Jabalpur. 
21.  Sanjay Gandhi Youth Leadership and Rural Development Training Institute, Pachmarhi, District 

Hoshangabad. 

22.  State level Training Institute, Mahalgaon, Gwalior. 
23.  Artificial Insemination Training Institute, Bhopal/Mandla. 
24.  Assistant Veterinary Field Officers Training Centre, Mahasamund, Shivpuri. 
25.  Poultry Training Centre, Rewa. 
26.  Food Analysis Unit, Bhopal. 
27.  Fisheries Training Institute, Raipur and Naogaon. 
28.  Central Semen Station, Bhopal. 
29.  Poultry Research Centre, Bhopal. 
30.  Soil Conservation Training Centre, Gwalior and Betul. 
31.  Plant Protection Training Centre, Obedullaganj (Raisen). 
32.  Officers Training Centre, Horticulture, Pachmarhi. 
33.  Sister Tutor Training Institute, Ujjain. 
34.  Central Research Laboratory Centre, Shyamla Hills, Bhopal. 
35.  Bureau of Design for Hydel and Irrigation Project, Bhopal. 
36.  Pre-Examination Training Centre for Backward Classes, Bhopal. 
37.  State Institute of Education Management and Training, Bhopal. 
38.  All India Services Pre-Examination Training Centre, Ravishankar University Campus, Raipur. 
39.  Excise Training Institute, Birlanagar. 
40.  Aviation Workshop, State Hangar, Bhopal. 

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