#THE WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON FEDERAL SUBJECTS) ACT, 1949 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Interpretation. 
3. Assimilation of laws. 
4. Provision for removal of difficulties. 
THE SCHEDULE. 



#THE WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT (ASSIMILATION OF LAWS ON FEDERAL SUBJECTS) ACT, 1949 

##ACT NO. 20 OF 1949 

[14th April, 1949.] 

An Act to assimilate certain laws in force in different parts of the West Godavari District of the 
  Province of Madras. 

  WHEREAS  by  virtue  of  the  Madras  Partially  Excluded  Area  (Cesser)  Order,  1948,  made  under 
section 91 of the Government of India Act, 1935, the area comprised in the villages specified in Article 2 
of the said Order ceased, as from the 1st day of July, 1948, to be part of a partially excluded area in the 
West Godavari District of the Province of Madras; 

  AND  WHEREAS  it  is  expedient  that  the  laws  in  force  in  the  said  area  with  respect  to  the  matters 
enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935 (25 and 26 Geo. 5, 
c.  2),  should  be  assimilated  to  the  laws  in  force  with  respect  to  the  said  matters  in  the  rest  of  the  said 
district; 

  It is hereby enacted as follows:— 

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  West  Godavari  District 
(Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act, 1949. 

(2) It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 
Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. **Interpretation.**—In this Act— 

  (a) “appointed day” means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1 for the coming 
into force of this Act; 

  (b) “Eluru  Taluk”  means  the  taluk  of  that  name  in  the  West  Godavari  district  of  the  State  of 
Madras; 

  (c) “law”  means  any  Act,  Ordinance,  Regulation,  rule,  order  or  bye-law,  relating  to  any  of  the 
matters enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935 (25 and 
26 Geo. 5, c. 2); and 

  (d) “Scheduled  area”  means  the  area  comprised  in  the  villages  which  are  specified  in  the 
Schedule to this Act 

3. **Assimilation of laws.**—(1) All laws which immediately before the appointed day extend to, or are 
in force in, the Eluru Taluk, but not in the scheduled area, shall, as from that day, extend to, or as the case 
may be, come into force in, the scheduled area. 

(2) All laws which immediately before the appointed day are in force in the scheduled area, but not in 
the Eluru Taluk, shall on that day cease to be in force in the scheduled area, except as respects things done 
or omitted to be done before that day. 

4. **Provision for removal of difficulties.**—If any difficulty arises in relation to the transition from the 
laws  mentioned  in  sub-section  (2)  of  section  3  to  the  laws  mentioned  in  sub-section  (1)  thereof,  the 
Central Government may, by order notified in the Official Gazette, make such provision as it considers 
necessary for the removal of such difficulty. 



##THE SCHEDULE 

*[See* section 2(d)] 

A. *Villages in Polavaram Firka*— 

1. Gangole. 
2. Dondapudi. 
3. Sagipadu. 
4. Karakapadu. 
5. Mangiparthi Devipeta. 
6. Kannapuram. 
7. Mahadevapuram. 
8. Dippakayalapadu. 
9. Venkatayipalem. 
10. Cherukumilli. 
11. Ballipadu. 
12. Pattisam. 
13. Gutala. 
14. Tadipudi. (Gutala part). 
15. Tadipudi (Pattisam part). 
16. Ragolapalli (Gutala part). 
17. Ragolapalli (Pattisam part). 
18. Pochavaram. 
19. Tupakulagudem. 
20. Bayyavaram. 
21. Venkatapuram. 
22. Suggonda. 

B. *Villages in Zangareddigudem Firka*— 

1. Saripalli (Zamindari). 
2. Zangareddigudem (Zamindari). 
3. Vedantapuram (Inam). 
4. Ramanujapuram (Inam). 
5. Parimpudi 
6. Bayyangudem (Zamindari). 
7. Akkampeta. 
8. Sreenivasapuram (Inam). 
9. Pullepudi (Inam). 
10. Pattenapalem. 

C. *Villages in Jeelugumilli Firka*— 

1. Mysenagudem. 
2. Peddipalli. 
3. Taduvayi. 
4. Matanagudem. 
5. Ayyavari (Polavaram) (Inam). 