THE RAJASTHAN AND MADHYA PRADESH (TRANSFER  
OF TERRITORIES) ACT, 1959 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 
3.  Transfer of territories from Rajasthan to Madhya Pradesh. 
4.  Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution. 
5.  Amendments of Delimitation Orders. 
6.  Provision as to sitting members. 
7.  Extension of jurisdiction of Madhya Pradesh High Court. 
8.  Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territories under existing Appropriation 

Acts. 

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

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 

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THE RAJASTHAN AND MADHYA PRADESH (TRANSFER  
OF TERRITORIES) ACT, 1959 

ACT NO. 47 OF 1959 

An Act to provide for the transfer of certain territories from the State of Rajasthan to the State of 

Madhya Pradesh and for matters connected therewith. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) 

Act, 1959. 

[18th September, 1959.] 

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

(a) “appointed day” means the 1st day of October, 1959; 

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

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

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

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

(d)  “transferred  territories”  means  the  territories  specified  in  the  First  Schedule  and  transferred 

from the State of Rajasthan to the State of Madhya Pradesh by section 3. 

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

(2) The transferred territories shall be included in, and form part of Bhanpura pargana of, Mandsaur 

district in the State of Madhya Pradesh. 

(3) Nothing in sub-section (2) shall be deemed to affect the power of the State Government to alter 

after the appointed day the name, extent or boundaries of any district in the State of Madhya Pradesh. 

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

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

(a) in the entry against “6. Madhya Pradesh”, after the words and figures “States Reorganisation    

Act,  1956”,  the  words,  brackets  and  figures  “and  the  First  Schedule  to  the  Rajasthan  and  Madhya 
Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959” shall be inserted. 

(b)  in  the  entry  against  “11.  Rajasthan”,  after  the  words  and  figures  “States  Reorganisation            

Act,  1956”,  the  words,  brackets  and  figures  “but  excluding  the  territories  specified  in  the  First 
Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959” shall be inserted. 

5.  Amendments  of  Delimitation  Orders.—The  Delimitation  of  Parliamentary  and  Assembly 

Constituencies  Order,  1956,  and  the  Constitution  of  Council  Constituencies  (Madhya  Pradesh)             
Order, 1957, shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in the Second Schedule. 

6.  Provision  as  to  sitting  members.—(1)  The  sitting  members  of  the  House  of  the  People            

representing Mandsaur constituency in the State of Madhya Pradesh and Kotah constituency in the State 
of  Rajasthan  shall,  notwithstanding  the  alteration  in  the  extent  of  those  constituencies  by  virtue  of  the 
provisions of this Act, continue to be members of the House of the People. 

(2) The sitting members of the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan representing 
Growth  constituency  and  Begun  constituency  respectively  shall,  notwithstanding  the  alteration  in  the 
extent of those constituencies by virtue of the provisions of this Act, continue to be members of the said 
Assemblies. 

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7. Extension of jurisdiction of Madhya Pradesh High Court.—(1) As from the appointed day,— 

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

territories; and 

(b) the High Court of Rajasthan shall have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territories. 

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

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

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

(4) For the purposes of this section,— 

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

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

8.  Appropriation  of  moneys  for  expenditure  in  transferred  territories  under  existing        

Appropriation Acts.—As from the appointed day, any Act passed by the Legislature of Madhya Pradesh 
before that day for the appropriation of any money out of the Consolidated Fund of the State to meet any 
expenditure in respect of any part of the financial year 1959-60 shall have effect also in relation to the 
transferred  territories,  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  State  Government  to  spend  any  amount  for  those 
territories out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for any services in that State. 

9.  Assets  and  liabilities.—(1)  All  land  and  all  stores,  articles  and  other  goods  in  the  transferred 
territories  belonging  to  the  State  of  Rajasthan  shall,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  pass  to  the  State  of 
Madhya Pradesh. 

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

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

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

(a) 

the  Financial  Corporations  constituted  under 

the  State  Financial  Corporations                       

Act, 1951 (63 of 1951), for the States of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and 

(b) the State Electricity Boards constituted under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (54 of 1948), 

for the said States, 

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

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

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Explanation.—In  this  section  “law”  includes  any  enactment,  ordinance,  regulation,  order,  bye-law, 
rule,  scheme,  notification  or  other  instrument  having  the  force  of  law  in  the  whole  or  in  any  part  of 
Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan. 

12. Power to construe laws.—Any court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce any 
law extended to the transferred territories by section 11 may, for the purpose of facilitating its application 
in relation to the transferred territories, 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. 

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

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

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

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

(3) In this section,— 

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

(b) “corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer” in Madhya Pradesh means— 

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

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

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

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

notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law. 

16. Power to remove difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this 
Act (including any difficulty in relation to the transition under section 11 from one law to another law), 
the President may by order do anything not inconsistent with any such provision which appears to him to 
be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty. 

17. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central “Government may, by notification the Official Gazette, 

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

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

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

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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 
[See sections 2(d) and 3] 

TERRITORIES TRANSFERRED FROM THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN TO THE STATE OF  
MADHYA PRADESH 

The  following  territories  comprised  within  the  villages  specified  below  in  Bhensrorgarh  tahsil  of 

Chittor district, namely:— 

Name of village 

1 

Dotada 

Pipalda 

Borkheda 

Sheet No. 

Khasara No. 

Bighas 

Biswas 

Area in 

2 

11 

12 

13 

13 

14 

14 

14 

14 

15 

15 

13 

5 

5 

6 

6 

7 

7 

8 

8 

3 

361 

362 

363 

364 

365 

366 

367 

368 

369 

370 

371 

124 

814 

173 

572 
1[921] 

15 
2[205] 

202 

364 

239 

14 

TOTAL         . 

3,648 

220 

221 

222 

223 

730 

49 

535 

142 

TOTAL         .    

1,456 

118 

119 

120 

121 

TOTAL         .    

. . 

248 

292 

138 

678 

4 

10 

. . 

3 

16 

14 

16 

. . 

16 

15 

7 

18 

15 

. . 

. . 

. . 

12 

12 

10 

. . 

1 

2 

13 

GRAND TOTAL          .                 . 

     5,784       Bighas            

or 

      3,085       Acres. 

1. Subs. by Act 52 of 1964, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for “926” (w.e.f. 29-12-1964). 
2. Subs. by s. 3 and the Second Schedule, ibid., for “200” (w.e.f. 29-12-1964). 

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See section 5) 

PART I 

Modifications of the First Schedule to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly  
Constituencies Order, 1956 

1. In Part “6—MADHYA PRADESH”, the Note at the end shall be numbered as “NOTE I” and 

the following shall be added thereto, namely:— 

“NOTE  II:—Any  reference  to  Mandsaur  district  in  column  3  of  this  Part  shall  be  taken  to 

mean the area comprised within that district on the 1st day of October, 1959.”. 

2. In Part “11—RAJASTHAN”, the following Note shall be added at the end, namely:— 

“NOTE:—Any  reference  in  column  3  of  this  Part  to  Chittor  district  or  Bhensrorgarh  tahsil, 
shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  area  comprised  within  that  district  or  tahsil  on  the  1st  day  of       
October, 1959.”. 

PART II 

Modifications of the Second Schedule to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly  
Constituencies Order, 1956 

1. In Part “6—MADHYA PRADESH”, the Note at the end shall be numbered as “NOTE I” and 

the following shall be added thereto, namely:— 

“NOTE II:—Any reference in column 3 of this Part to Bhanpura pargana of Mandsaur district 

shall be taken to mean the area comprised within that pargana on the 1st day of October, 1959.”. 

2. In Part “11—RAJASTHAN”, the following Note shall be added at the end, namely:— 

“NOTE:—Any  reference  in  column  3  of  this  Part  to  Bhensrorgarh  tahsil  of  Chittor  district 

shall be taken to mean the area comprised within that tahsil on the 1st day of October, 1959.”. 

PART III 

Modification of the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Madhya Pradesh) Order, 1957 

After the Table, the following Note shall be inserted, namely:— 

“NOTE:—Any reference in column 2 of this Table to Indore Division shall be taken to mean 

the area comprised within that Division on the 1st day of October, 1959.”. 

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