THE PUNJAB REORGANISATION ACT, 1966 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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PART I 
PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 

PART II 
REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF PUNJAB 

3.  Formation of Haryana State. 
4.  Formation of Union territory of Chandigarh. 
5.  Transfer of territory from Punjab to Himachal Pradesh. 
6.  State of Punjab and territorial divisions thereof. 
7.  Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution. 
8.  Saving powers of Government. 

PART III 
REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

9.  Amendment of the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution. 
10.  Allocation of sitting members. 
11.  Filling up of vacancies. 

The House of the People 

12.  Provision as to existing House. 

The Legislative Assemblies 

13.  Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies. 
14.  Amendment of Delimitation Orders. 
15.  Allocation of sitting members. 
16.  Duration of Legislative Assembly of Haryana. 
17.  Duration of Legislative Assemblies of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. 
18.  Speakers and Deputy Speakers. 
19.  Rules of procedure. 

The Legislative Council 

20.  Legislative Council of Punjab. 
21.  Council constituencies. 
22.  Provision as to certain sitting members. 

23.  Allocation of seats in the House of the People. 

Delimitation of constituencies 

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24.  Allocation of seats in the Legislative Assembly. 
25.  Delimitation of constituencies. 
26.  Amendment of article 371 of the Constitution. 
27.  Amendment of Scheduled Castes Orders. 
28.  Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Orders. 

PART IV 
HIGH COURT 

29.  Common High Court for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. 
30.  Jurisdiction of the common High Court. 
31.  Special provision relating to Bar Council and Advocates. 
32.  Practice and procedure in common High Court. 
33.  Custody of seal of common High Court. 
34.  Form of writs and other processes. 
35.  Powers of Judges. 
36.  Principal seat and other places of sitting of the common High Court. 
37.  Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court. 
38.  Extension of jurisdiction of the Court of Judicial Commissioner for Himachal Pradesh. 
39.  Transfer of pending proceedings. 
40.  Interpretation. 
41.  Savings. 

PART V 
AUTHORISATION OF THE EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

42.  Authorisation of expenditure of the State of Haryana. 
43.  Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territory. 
44.  Reports relating to the accounts of the existing State of Punjab. 
45.  Allowances and privileges of Governor of Haryana. 
46.  Distribution of revenues. 

PART VI 
APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

47.  Application of Part. 
48.  Land and goods. 
49.  Treasury and bank balances. 
50.  Arrears of taxes. 
51.  Right to recover loans and advances. 
52.  Investments and credits in certain funds. 
53.  Assets and liabilities of State undertakings. 
54.  Public debt. 
55.  Refund of taxes collected in excess. 
56.  Deposits, etc. 
57.  Provident fund. 
58.  Pensions. 
59.  Contracts. 

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60.  Liability in respect of actionable wrong. 
61.  Liability as guarantor. 
62.  Items in suspense. 
63.  Residuary provision. 
64.  Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement. 
65.  Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases. 
66.  Certain expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund. 

PART VII 
PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS 

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

water. 

69.  Provisions as to Punjab State Financial Corporation. 
70.  Amendment of Act 6 of 1942. 
71.  Provision as to co-operative banks. 
72.  General provisions as to statutory corporations. 
73.  Provision as to certain companies. 
74.  Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits. 
75.  Special provision relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases. 
76.  Special provision as to income-tax. 
77.  Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions. 

PART VIII 
BHAKRA-NANGAL AND BEAS PROJECTS 

78.  Rights and liabilities in regard to Bhakra-Nangal and Beas Projects. 
79.  Bhakra Management Board. 
80.  Construction of Beas Project. 

PART IX 
PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

81.  Provisions relating to All-India Services. 
82.  Provisions relating to other Services. 
83.  Provisions as to continuance of officers in the same post. 
84.  Power of Central Government to give directions. 
85.  Provisions as to State Public Service Commissions. 

PART X 
LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

86.  Amendment of Act 37 of 1956. 
87.  Power to extend enactments to Chandigarh. 
88.  Territorial extent of laws. 
89.  Power to adapt laws. 
90.  Power to construe laws. 
91.  Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions. 
92.  Legal proceedings. 

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93.  Transfer of pending proceedings. 
94.  Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases. 
95.  Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws. 
96.  Power to remove difficulties. 
97.  Power to make rules. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 
THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 
THE THIRD SCHEDULE. 
THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. 
THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. 
THE SIXTH SCHEDULE. 
THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE. 
THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE. 
THE NINTH SCHEDULE. 
THE TENTH SCHEDULE. 
THE ELEVENTH SCHEDULE. 
THE TWELFTH SCHEDULE. 
THE THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE. 
THE FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE. 
THE FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE. 
THE SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE. 

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THE PUNJAB REORGANISATION ACT, 1966 

ACT NO. 31 OF 1966 

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

connected therewith.  

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

[18th September, 1966.]  

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.  

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

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

article 239 of the Constitution; 

(b) “appointed day” means the 1st day of November, 1966; 

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

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

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

(e) “Delimitation Commission” means the Delimitation Commission constituted under section 3 

of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962 (61 of 1962); 

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

appointed day; 

(g)  “law”  includes  any  enactment,  ordinance,  regulation,  order,  bye-law,  rule,  scheme, 
notification or other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the 
whole or in any part of the existing State of Punjab; 

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

(i) “population ratio”, in relation to the States of Haryana and Punjab and the Union, means the 

ratio of 37.38 to 54.84 to 7.78; 

(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

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

(l) “State of Punjab” means the State with the same name, comprising the territories referred to in 

sub-section (1) of section 6; 

(m)  “successor  State”,  in  relation  to  the  existing  State  of  Punjab,  means  the  State  of  Punjab  or 
Haryana,  and  includes  also  the  Union  in  relation  to  the  Union  territory  of  Chandigarh  and  the 
transferred territory; 

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

existing State of Punjab to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh; 

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

(p)  any  reference to  a  district, tahsil  or  other  territorial  division  of the  existing  State  of  Punjab 
shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on the 1st day of 
July, 1966. 

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PART II 

REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF PUNJAB 

3. Formation of Haryana State.—(1) On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new 
State  to  be  known  as  the  State  of  Haryana  comprising  the  following  territories  of  the  existing  State  of 
Punjab, namely:— 

(a) Hissar, Rohtak, Gurgaon, Karnal and Mahendragarh districts; 

(b) Norwana and Jind tahsils of Sangrur district; 

(c) Ambala, Jagadhri and Naraingarh tahsils of Ambala district; 

(d) Pinjore kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district; and 

(e) the territories in Manimajra kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district specified in the 

First Schedule, 

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

(2) The territories referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall form a separate district known as 

the Jind district in the State of Haryana. 

(3) The territories referred to in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of sub-section (1) shall form a separate district 

to be known as Ambala district in the State of Haryana and in that district, — 

(i) the territories referred to in clauses (d) and (e) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and form 

part of, the Naraingarh tahsil, and 

(ii) the territories referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and form part of, 

Pinjore kanungo circle in the Naraingarh tahsil.  

4. Formation of Union territory of Chandigarh.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be 
formed a new Union territory to be known as the Union territory of Chandigarh comprising such of the 
territories of Manimajra and Manauli kanungo circles of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district in the existing 
State  of  Punjab as  are specified  in the  Second  Schedule and thereupon  the  territories  so specified  shall 
cease to form part of the existing State of Punjab. 

5. Transfer of territory from Punjab to Himachal Pradesh.—(1) On and from the appointed day, 
there  shall  be  added  to  the  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  the  territories  in  the  existing  State  of 
Punjab comprised in— 

(a) Simla, Kangra, Kulu and Lahaul and Spiti districts; 

(b) Nalagarh tahsil of Ambala district; 

(c) Lohara, Amb and Una kanungo circles of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district; 

(d) the territories in Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district specified in 

Part I of the Third Schedule; 

(e) the territories in Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district specified in Part II of the Third Schedule; 

and 

(f) the territories of Dhar Kalan kanungo circle of Pathankot tahsil of Gurdaspur district specified 

in Part III of the Third Schedule,  

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

(2) The territories referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and form part of, 

Simla district. 

(3) The territories referred to in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and 

form part of, Kangra district, and  

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(i) the territories referred to in clauses (c) and (d) shall form a separate tahsil known as Una tahsil 
in that district and in that tahsil the territories referred to in clause (d) shall form a separate kanungo 
circle known as the Santokhgarh kanungo circle; and 

(ii)  the  territories  referred  to  in  clause  (e)  shall  form  part  of  the  Hamirpur  tahsil  in  the  said 

district. 

(4) The territories referred to in clause (f) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and form part of, the 
Bhattiyat  tahsil  of  Chamba  district  in  the  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  and  in  that  tahsil,  the 
villages  Dalhousie  and  Balun  shall  be  included  in,  and  form  part  of,  Banikhet  kanungo  circle  and  the 
village Bakloh shall form part of Chowari kanungo circle. 

6. State of Punjab and territorial divisions thereof.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the State 
of  Punjab  shall  comprise  the  territories  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  other  than  those  specified  in  
sub-section (1) of section 3, section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5. 

(2) The territories  which  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  were  part  of  Ambala  district in  the 
existing State of Punjab but are not transferred by virtue of sections 3, 4 and 5, shall, together with the 
territories  which  immediately  before  that  day  were  part  of  the  Una  tahsil  of  Hoshiarpur  district  in  the 
existing State of Punjab but are not transferred by virtue of section 5, form a separate district known as 
the Rupar district in the State of Punjab and in that district— 

(i) the territories which immediately before the appointed day were part of Manimajra kanungo 
circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district but are not transferred by virtue of sections 3 and 4, shall 
form in that tahsil a separate kanungo circle called the Mullanpur kanungo circle; 

(ii)  the  territories  which  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  were  part  of  Una  tahsil  of 
Hoshiarpur district but are not transferred by virtue of section 5, shall form a separate tahsil known as 
Anandpur Sahib tahsil, and in that tahsil, the territories which immediately before the appointed day 
were part of Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district but are not transferred 
by virtue of section 5, shall be included in, and form part of Nurpur Bedi kanungo circle. 

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

First Schedule to the Constitution,— 

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

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

added at the end, namely:— 

“and the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3, section 4 and sub-section (1) 

of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966”; 

(ii) after entry 16, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:— 

“17. Haryana… The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Punjab 

Reorganisation Act, 1966”; 

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

(i)  in  the  paragraph  relating  to  the  extent  of  the  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh,  the 

following shall be added at the end, namely:—  

“and the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation 

Act, 1966”; 

(ii) after entry 9, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:— 

“10. Chandigarh… The territories specified in section 4 of the Punjab Reorganisation 

Act, 1966.”. 

8. Saving powers of Government.—Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be deemed 
to affect the power of the Government of Punjab or Haryana or the Administrator of the Union territory of 

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Himachal Pradesh to alter, after the appointed day, the name, area or boundaries of any district or other 
territorial division in the State or Union territory, as the case may be. 

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

9. 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 5 to 21 shall be re-numbered as entries 6 to 22 respectively; 

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

“5. Haryana....5”; 

(c) in entry 12 as so re-numbered, for the figures “11”, the figure “7” shall be substituted; 

(d) in entry 19 as so re-numbered, for the figure “2”, the figure “3” shall be substituted; and 

(e) for the figures “226”, the figures “228” shall be substituted. 

10. Allocation of sitting members.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the eleven sitting members 
of the Council of States representing the existing State of Punjab shall be deemed to have been elected to 
fill the seats allotted to the States of Haryana and Punjab and the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, as 
specified in the Fourth Schedule. 

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

11. Filling up of vacancies.—(1) As soon as may be after the appointed day, bye-elections shall be 

held to fill the vacancies existing on the appointed day in the seats allotted to the State of Haryana. 

(2) The term of office of such one of the two members so elected, as the Chairman of the Council of 
States may determine by drawing lot, shall expire on the 2nd day of April, 1968, and the term of office of 
the other member shall expire on the 2nd day of April, 1972. 

The House of the People 

12. Provision as to existing House.—Nothing in Part II shall be deemed to affect the constitution or 
duration of the existing House of the People or the extent of the constituency of any sitting member of 
that House. 

The Legislative Assemblies 

13. Provision as to Legislative Assemblies.—(1) The number of seats as on the appointed day in the 
Legislative Assemblies of the States of Haryana and Punjab and the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh 
shall be fifty-four, eighty-seven and fifty-six respectively. 

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

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

“4A. Haryana . . . 54”; 

(b) in entry 11, for the figures “154”, the figures “87” shall be substituted; and  

(c) in entry 16, for the figures “40”, the figures “54” shall be substituted.  

14. Amendment of Delimitation Orders.—On and from the appointed day, Part B of Schedule XI to 
the  Delimitation  of  Parliamentary  and  Assembly  Constituencies  Order,  1961,  and  the  Schedule  to  the 
Delimitation of Territorial Council Constituencies (Himachal Pradesh) Order, 1962, shall stand amended 
as directed in the Fifth Schedule to this Act. 

15.  Allocation  of  sitting  members.—(1)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of 
Punjab elected to fill a seat in that Assembly from a constituency which on the appointed day by virtue of 
the  provisions  of  section  14  stands  allotted,  with  or  without  alteration  of  boundaries,  to  the  State  of 

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Haryana or to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, shall, on and from that day, cease to be a member 
of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Punjab  and  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to  fill  a  seat  in  the 
Legislative Assembly of Haryana or in the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh, as the case may 
be, from that constituency as so allotted. 

(2) All other sitting members of the Legislative Assembly of Punjab 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  14  shall  be 
deemed to have been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab by that constituency as so altered.  

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

16.  Duration  of  Legislative  Assemblies  of  Haryana.—The  period  of  five  years  referred  to  in  
clause  (1)  of article  172  shall,  in the  case  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Haryana,  be  deemed  to  have 
commenced  on  the  date  on  which  it  actually  commenced  in  the  case  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of 
Punjab. 

17.  Duration  of  Legislative  Assemblies  of Punjab and  Himachal Pradesh.—The  changes in  the 
composition of the Legislative Assemblies of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh shall not affect the duration 
of either of those Assemblies. 

18. Speakers and Deputy Speakers.—(1) The person who immediately before the appointed day is 
the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Punjab shall continue to be the Speaker of that Assembly on 
and from that day. 

(2) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Legislative Assembly of Haryana shall choose a 

member of that Assembly to be Speaker of that Assembly. 

(3) The person who immediately before the appointed day is the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative 

Assembly of Punjab shall be the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Haryana. 

(4)  As  soon  as  may  be  after  the  appointed  day,  the Legislative  Assembly  of  Punjab  shall  choose  a 

member of that Assembly to be Deputy Speaker of that Assembly. 

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

The Legislative Council 

20. Legislative Council of Punjab.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be forty seats in the 
Legislative Council of Punjab, and in the Third Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 
(43 of 1950), for the existing entry 7, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:— 

“7. Punjab  . .          40  14  3  3  14  6”.  

21.  Council  constituencies.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  the  Delimitation  of  Council 

Constituencies (Punjab) Order, 1951, shall stand amended as directed in the Sixth Schedule.  

22. Provision as to certain sitting members.—(1) On the appointed day, the sitting members of the 
Legislative  Council  of  Punjab  specified  in  the  Seventh  Schedule  shall  cease  to  be  members  of  that 
Council. 

(2) On and from the appointed day, all sitting members of the Legislative Council of Punjab, other 

than those referred to in sub-section (1), shall continue to be members of that Council. 

(3) Any of the sitting members continuing as aforesaid, representing a council constituency the extent 
of which is altered by virtue of the provisions of section 21 shall be deemed to have been elected to the 
Legislative Council of Punjab by that constituency as so altered. 

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(4) Every sitting member of the said Council representing immediately before the appointed day any 
of  the council  constituencies  specified in column  (1)  of the Table  below  shall be  deemed  to  have  been 
elected to the said Council by the council constituency specified against that constituency in  column (2) 
of the said Table:— 

TABLE 

(1) 

Punjab West Central Graduates 

Punjab East Central Graduates 

Punjab West Central Teachers 

Punjab East Central Teachers 

Patiala Local Authorities 

(2) 

Punjab Central Graduates. 

Punjab South Graduates. 

Punjab Central Teachers. 

Punjab South Teachers. 

                      Patiala-cum-Rupar Local Authorities. 

(5) The term of office of the members referred to in sub-section (2) shall remain unaltered. 

(6) As soon as may be after the appointed day, elections shall be held to fill the vacancies existing on 
the appointed day in the seats allotted to the several council constituencies by the Delimitation of Council 
Constituencies (Punjab) Order, 1951, as amended by this Act and to fill the vacancy existing on that day 
in the seats to be filled by persons elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly. 

(7)  The  term  of  office  of  the  three  members  so  elected  from  Ferozepur  Local  Authorities’ 
constituency,  Jullundur  Local  Authorities’  constitutency  and  Ludhiana  Local  Authorities’  constituency 
and of the member so elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly shall expire on the 26th day of 
April, 1968, and the term of office of the member so elected from Patiala-cum-Rupar Local Authorities’ 
constituency shall expire on the 26th day of April, 1972. 

(8) The person who immediately before the appointed day is the Chairman of the Legislative Council 

of Punjab shall continue to be the Chairman of that Council on and from that day. 

(9) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Legislative Council of Punjab shall choose one of 

its members to be the Deputy Chairman thereof. 

Delimitation of Constituencies 

23. Allocation of seats in the House of the People.—In the House of the People to be constituted 

after the commencement of this Act, there shall be allotted,— 

(a)  nine  seats  to  the  State  of  Haryana  of  which  two  seats  shall  be  reserved  for  the  Scheduled 

Castes; 

(b) thirteen seats to the State of Punjab of which three seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled 

Castes; 

(c) six seats to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh of which one seat shall be reserved for the 

Scheduled Castes; and 

(d)  one  seat  to  the  Union  territory  of  Chandigarh  which  shall  form  one  Parliamentary 

constituency. 

24.  Allocation  of  seats  in  the  Legislative  Assembly.—(1)  The  total  number  of  seats  in  the 
Legislative  Assembly  of  Haryana  to  be  constituted  at  any  time  after  the  appointed  day,  to  be  filled  by 
persons chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies, shall be eighty-one of which fifteen seats 
shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes.  

(2) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Punjab to be constituted at any time after 
the appointed day, to be filled by persons chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies, shall be 
one hundred and four of which twenty-three seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes. 

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

25. Delimitation of constituencies.—(1) The Delimitation  Commission shall, in the manner herein 
provided,  distribute  the  seats  in  the  House  of  the  People  allotted  to  Haryana,  Punjab  and  Himachal 
Pradesh  under  section  23  and  the  seats  assigned  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  each  of  them  under 
section 24 to single-member territorial constituencies and delimit them on the basis of the latest census 
figures, having regard to the provisions of the Constitution and to the following provisions, namely:— 

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

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

constituency; 

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

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

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

(2)  For  the  purpose  of  assisting  it  in  the  performance  of  its  functions  under  sub-section  (1),  the 
Delimitation Commission shall associate with itself in respect of each State and Union territory such six 
persons as the Central Government may by order specify, being persons who are members either of the 
House of the People or of the Legislative Assembly of Haryana, Punjab or Himachal Pradesh: 

Provided  that  such  persons  shall  be  chosen,  as  far  as  practicable,  from  among  those  members  who 
were  associated before the  commencement  of  this  Act  with the  Delimitation  Commission  in delimiting 
constituencies of Punjab or Himachal Pradesh: 

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

of the Delimitation Commission. 

(3)  The  Delimitation  Commission  shall,  by  one  or  more  orders,  determine  the  delimitation  of  the 

parliamentary and assembly constituencies referred to in sub-section (1). 

(4) The provisions of sections 7, 10 and 11 of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962 (61 of 1962), 
shall apply in relation to the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies under this Part as 
they apply in relation to the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies under the said Act. 

(5) Upon publication in the Gazette of India of the order or orders of the Delimitation Commission 
made under sub-section (3), the orders previously made by it delimiting the parliamentary and assembly 
constituencies of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh shall stand cancelled. 

26. Amendment of article 371 of the Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in article 371 

of the Constitution, in clause (1), the words “or Punjab” shall be omitted. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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PART IV 

HIGH COURT 

29. Common High Court for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.—(1) On and from the appointed 

day,— 

(a) there shall be a common High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana and for the Union 
territory of Chandigarh to be called the High Court of Punjab and Haryana (hereinafter referred to as 
the common High Court); 

(b)  the  Judges  of  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  holding  office  immediately  before  that  day  shall, 

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

(2) The expenditure in respect of salaries and allowances of the Judges of the common High Court 
shall  be  allocated  amongst  the  States  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  and  the  Union  territory  of  Chandigarh  in 
such proportion as the President may, by order, determine. 

30. Jurisdiction of the common High Court.—On and from the appointed day, the common High 
Court shall have, in respect of the territories comprised in the States of Punjab and Haryana and the Union 
territory of Chandigarh, all such jurisdiction, powers and authority as, under the law in force immediately 
before the appointed day, are exercisable in respect of those territories by the High Court of Punjab and 
shall, save as otherwise provided in this Part, have no jurisdiction in respect of the transferred territory. 

31.  Special  provision  relating  to  Bar  Council  and  Advocates.—(1)  On  and  from  the  appointed  

day,— 

(a) in the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961), in sub-section (1) of section 3, for clause (d), the 

following clause shall be substituted, namely:— 

“(d)  for  the  States  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  and  the  Union  territories  of  Chandigarh  and 

Himachal Pradesh, to be known as the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana”; 

(b) the Bar Council of Punjab shall be deemed to be the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana with 

the Advocate-General of the State of Haryana also as an ex officio member. 

(2) Any person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to  practice in the 

High Court of Punjab shall be entitled to practise as an advocate in the common High Court. 

(3)  All  persons  who  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  are  advocates  on  the  roll  of  the  Bar 
Council of Punjab shall, as from that day, become advocates on the roll of the Bar Council of Punjab and 
Haryana. 

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

Provided that as between the Advocate-General of Punjab and the Advocate-General of Haryana, the 

right of audience shall be determined with reference to their dates of enrolment as advocates. 

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

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

34.  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 Punjab 
shall, with the necessary modifications, apply with respect to the form of writs and other processes used, 
issued or awarded by the common High Court. 

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

36. Principal seat and other places of sitting of the common High Court.—(1) The principal seat 
of the common High Court shall, unless otherwise determined by the President after consultation with the 
Chief Justice of that High Court and the Governors of Punjab and Haryana, be at the same place as the 
principal seat of the High Court of Punjab immediately before the appointed day. 

(2) The President may, after consultation with the Chief Justice of the common High Court and the 
Governors  of  the  States  of  Punjab  and  Haryana,  by  notified  order,  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a 
permanent bench or benches of that High Court at one or more places within the territories to which the 
jurisdiction  of  the  High  Court  extends,  other  than  the  principal  seat  of  the  High  Court,  and  for  any 
matters connected therewith. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Judges and division 
courts of the common High Court may also sit at such other place or places in the States of Punjab and 
Haryana  as  the  Chief  Justice  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governors  of  the  States  of  Punjab  and 
Haryana, appoint.  

37.  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 Punjab and the Judges and 
division  courts  thereof,  shall,  with  the  necessary  modifications,  apply  in  relation  to  the  common  High 
Court.  

38. Extension of jurisdiction of the Court of Judicial Commissioner for Himachal Pradesh.—On 
and  from  the  appointed  day,  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Court  of  the  Judicial  Commissioner  for  Himachal 
Pradesh shall extend to the transferred territory. 

39.  Transfer  of  pending  proceedings.—(1)  All  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Punjab 

immediately before the appointed day shall, on that day, stand transferred to the common High Court. 

(2) Such proceedings which stand transferred to the common High Court under sub-section (1) as are 
certified  by  the  Chief Justice  of the common  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 
Court  of  the  Judicial  Commissioner  for  Himachal  Pradesh  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  such 
certification, be transferred to the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Himachal Pradesh. 

(3)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Part,  but  save  as 
hereinafter provided, the common High Court shall have, and the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for 
Himachal  Pradesh  shall  not  have,  jurisdiction  to  entertain,  hear  or  dispose  of  appeals,  applications  for 
leave  to  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court,  applications  for  review  and  other  proceedings  where  any  such 
proceedings  seek  any  relief  in  respect  of  any  order  passed  by  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  before  the 
appointed day: 

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

(4) Any order— 

(a) made by the High Court of Punjab before the appointed day, in any proceeding transferred to 

the Court of the Judicial Commissioner for Himachal Pradesh by virtue of sub-section (2), or 

(b) made by the common High Court in any proceeding with respect to which that High Court has 

jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), 

shall for all purposes have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Punjab or, as the case may be, 
of  the  common  High  Court,  but  also  as  an  order  made  by  the  Court  of  the  Judicial  Commissioner  for 
Himachal Pradesh. 

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40. Interpretation.—For the purposes of this Part,— 

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

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

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

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

PART V 

42. Authorisation of expenditure of the State of Haryana.—The Governor of the existing State of 
Punjab  may  at  any  time,  before  the  appointed  day,  authorise  such  expenditure  from  the  Consolidated 
Fund of the State of Haryana as he deems necessary for any period not extending beyond the 31st day of 
March, 1967, pending the sanction of such expenditure by the Legislative Assembly of Haryana: 

Provided  that  the  Governor  of  Haryana  may,  after  the  appointed  day,  authorise  such  further 
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State as he deems necessary for the said period pending 
such sanction. 

43.  Appropriation  of  moneys  for  expenditure  in  transferred  territory.—(1)  On  and  from  the 
appointed day, any Act passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh 
before that day for the appropriation of any money out of the Consolidated Fund of that Union Territory 
to  meet  any  expenditure  in  respect  of  any  part  of  the  financial  year  1966-67  shall  have  effect  also  in 
relation  to  the  transferred  territory  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Government  of  Himachal  Pradesh  to 
spend any amount in the transferred territory out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for 
any service in that Union territory. 

(2) The Administrator of Himachal Pradesh may, after the appointed day, authorise such expenditure 
from the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory as he deems necessary for any purpose or service in the 
transferred  territory  for  any  period  not  extending  beyond  the  31st  day  of  March,  1967,  pending  the 
sanction of such expenditure by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh.  

44.  Reports  relating  to  the  accounts  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab.—(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 existing State of Punjab in respect of any period prior to the appointed day, shall be submitted to 
the  Governor  of  each  of  the  States  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  and  the  Administrator  of  Himachal  Pradesh 
who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislature of that State or Union territory, as the case may be. 

(2) The President may by order— 

(a)  declare  any  expenditure  incurred  out  of the  Consolidated  Fund  of  Punjab  on  any  service in 
respect of any period prior to the appointed day during the financial year 1966-67 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. 

45.  Allowances  and  privileges  of  Governor  of  Haryana.—The  allowances  and  privileges  of  the 
Governor of Haryana shall, until provision in that behalf is made by Parliament by law under clause (3) of 
article 158, be such as the President may, by order, determine. 

46. Distribution of revenues.—The Constitution (Distribution of Revenues) Order, 1965, the Union 
Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act, 1962 (3 of 1962), the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special 

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Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), and the Estate Duty (Distribution) Act 1962, (9 of 1962), shall on 
and from the appointed day, stand amended as directed in the Twelfth Schedule. 

PART VI 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

47. Application of Part.—The provisions of this Part shall apply in relation to the apportionment of 

the assets and liabilities of the existing State of Punjab immediately before the appointed day. 

48. 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 Punjab shall,— 

(a) if within that State, pass to the successor State in whose territories they are situated; or 

(b) if outside that State, pass to the State of Punjab: 

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

(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  State  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 Punjab shall be divided between the successor States in accordance with 
such directions as the Central Government may think fit to issue for a just and equitable distribution of 
such stores. 

(4) Any other unissued stores of any class in the existing State of Punjab shall be divided between the 
successor States in proportion to the total stores of that class purchased in the period of three years ending 
with the 31st day of March, 1966, for the territories of the existing State of Punjab 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)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this  Act,  the  lands  specified  in  the  Thirteenth  Schedule 

which were acquired by the Government of the existing State of Punjab— 

(i) for the sewerage scheme of Chandigarh, 

(ii) for soil conservation measures in the catchment area of Sukhna lake, and 

(iii) for the setting up of brick kilns of the Chandigarh Capital Project, 

together with all connected works in or over such land (including any plant, machinery or implements) 
shall vest in the Union. 

(6) 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. 

49.  Treasury  and  bank  balances.—The  total  of  the  cash  balances  in  all  treasuries  of  the  existing 
State of Punjab and the credit balances of that State with the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of 
India  or  any  other  bank  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  shall  be  divided  between  the  successor 
States 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 apportionment shall be effected by adjusting the credit balances of 
the successor States in the books of the Reserve Bank of India on the appointed day: 

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Provided  further  that  if  any  successor  State  has  no  account  with  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India,  the 

adjustment shall be made in such manner as the Central Government may by order, direct. 

50. 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 whose territories the property is situated, and the 
right to 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. 

51.  Right  to  recover  loans  and  advances.—(1)  The  right  to  recover  any  loans  or  advances  made 
before the appointed day by the existing State of Punjab to any local body, society, agriculturist or other 
person  in  an  area  within  that  State  shall  belong  to  the  successor  State  in  whose  territories  that  area  is 
included: 

Provided that the right to recover loans or advances of pay and travelling allowance to a Government 
servant made before the appointed day by the existing State of Punjab shall pass to the successor State to 
which such Government servant is allotted. 

(2) The right to recover any loans or advances made before the appointed day by the existing State of 

Punjab to any person or institution outside that State shall belong to the State of Punjab: 

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

the successor States according to the population ratio. 

52. Investments and credits in certain funds.—(1) The investments made from the Cash Balance 
Investment Account, the Famine Relief Fund and any other general fund of the existing State of Punjab, 
the  sums  at  the  credit  of  that  State  in  the  Central  Road  Fund  and  the  sums  held  in  the  Defence  and 
Security Relief Fund shall be divided between the successor States according to the population ratio; and 
the investments in any special fund the objects of which are confined to a local area in the existing State 
of Punjab shall pass to the successor State in whose territories that area is included. 

(2)  The  investments  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  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 successor 
State in whose territories the principal seat of business of the undertaking is located and where on that day 
the principal seat of business of the undertaking is located outside the territories of the existing State of 
Punjab such investments shall be divided between all the successor States in the population ratio. 

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

53.  Assets  and  liabilities  of  State  undertakings.—(1)  The  assets  and  liabilities  relating  to  any 
commercial or industrial undertaking of the existing State of Punjab shall pass to the successor State in 
whose territories the undertaking is located. 

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

(3) Where any such undertaking is located in more than one successor State, the assets and liabilities 
and the securities referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) respectively shall be divided in such manner as 
may be agreed upon between the successor States before the 1st day of November, 1967, or in default of 
such agreement, as the Central Government may by order direct. 

54. Public debt.—(1) The public debt of the existing State of Punjab attributable to loans raised by 
the issue of Government securities and outstanding with the public immediately before the appointed day 
shall, on and from that day, be the debt of the State of Punjab, and— 

(a) the other successor States shall be liable to pay to the State of Punjab their shares of the sums 

due from time to time for the servicing and repayment of the debt, and 

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(b) for the purpose of determining the said shares, the debt shall be deemed to be divided between 

the successor States as if it were a debt referred to in sub-section (4). 

(2)  The  public  debt  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  attributable  to  loans  taken  from  the  Central 
Government,  the  National  Co-operative  Development  Corporation  or  the  Khadi  and  Village  Industries 
Commission or from any other source for the purpose of re-lending the same to a specific institution or 
class of institutions 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 successor State in whose territories the local area is included on the appointed day; or 

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

(3)  The  public  debt  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  attributable  to  loans  taken  from  the  Central 
Government  for  the  Beas  Project  and  the  Bhakra-Nangal  Project  as  defined  in  sub-section  (4)  of  
section  78  shall  be  divided  between  the  successor  States  in  such  proportion  as  may  be  agreed  upon 
between  them,  or  if  no  agreement  is  entered  into  within  two  years  from  the  appointed  day,  as  may  be 
fixed by order of the Central Government. 

(4)  The  remaining  public  debt  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  attributable  to  loans  taken  from  the 
Central Government, the Reserve Bank of India or any other body or bank before the appointed day shall 
be  divided  between  the  successor  States in  proportion  to  the  total  expenditure on  all  capital  works  and 
other capital outlays incurred or deemed to have been incurred up to the appointed day in the territories of 
the existing State of Punjab included respectively in each of those successor States: 

Provided  that  in  computing  such  expenditure,  the  expenditure  on  the  Beas  Project  and  the  
Bhakra-Nangal Project as defined in sub- section (4) of section 78 shall be excluded and the expenditure 
on other assets for which capital accounts have been kept shall be taken into account. 

Explanation.—Where any expenditure on capital works or other capital outlays cannot be allocated 
between the territories included in the successor States, such expenditure shall, for the purposes of this 
sub-section, be deemed to have been incurred in those territories according to the population ratio. 

(5)  Where  a  sinking  fund  or  depreciation  fund  is  maintained  by  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  for 
repayment of any loan referred to in sub-section (3), the securities held in respect of the investments made 
from  that  fund  shall  be  divided  between  the  successor  States  in  the  same  proportion  and  in  the  same 
manner as the public debt referred to in sub-section (3). 

(6) Where a sinking fund or depreciation fund is maintained by the existing State of Punjab for the 
repayment of any loan raised by it other than a loan referred to in sub-section (3), the securities held in 
respect of the investments made from that fund shall be divided between the successor States in the same 
proportion as the public debt referred to in sub-section (4). 

(7)  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).  

55. Refund of taxes collected in excess.—The liability of the existing State of Punjab 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 Punjab 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. 

56. Deposits, etc.—(1) The liability of the existing State of Punjab in respect of any civil deposit or 
local fund deposit shall, on and from the appointed day, be the liability of the successor State in whose 
territories the deposit has been made: 

Provided that if the deposit is made in any area outside the existing State, the liability shall be that of 
the State of Punjab in the first instance and shall be adjusted between the successor States according to the 
population ratio. 

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

57. Provident fund.—(1) The liability of the existing State of Punjab in respect of the provident fund 
account  of  a  Government  servant  in  service  on  the  appointed  day  shall,  on  and  from  that  day,  be  the 
liability of the successor State to which that Government servant is permanently allotted. 

(2)  The  liability  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  in  respect  of  the  provident  fund  account  of  a 
Government  servant  who  has  retired  from  service  before the  appointed  day  shall  be  the  liability  of  the 
State of Punjab in the first instance and shall be adjusted between the successor States according to the 
population ratio. 

58. Pensions.—The liability of the existing State of Punjab in respect of pensions shall pass to, or be 
apportioned between, the successor States in accordance with the provisions contained in the Fourteenth 
Schedule. 

59.  Contracts.—(1)  Where  before  the  appointed  day  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  has  made  any 
contract in the exercise of its executive power for any purpose 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, exclusively purposes of any 

one of the successor States,—of that State; and  

(b) if the purposes of the contract are, on and from that day, not exclusively purposes of any one 

of the successor States,—of the State of Punjab, 

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

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 all the successor States concerned, 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 

accrued 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. 

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

(a) if the cause of action arose wholly within the territories which on and from that day are the 

territories of one of the successor States, be a liability of that successor State; and 

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

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61.  Liability  as  guarantor.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the  existing  State  of 
Punjab 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 Punjab shall— 

(a) if the area of the operations of such society or person is limited to the territories which on and 
from that day are the territories of one of the successor States, be a liability of that successor State; 
and 

(b) in any other case, be a liability of the State of Punjab: 

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

62. 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. 

63. Residuary provision.—The benefit or burden of any assets or liabilities of the existing State of 
Punjab not dealt with in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall pass to the State of Punjab in the first 
instance,  subject  to  such  financial  adjustment  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  all  the  successor  States 
before the 1st day of November, 1967, or in default of such agreement, as the Central  Government may 
by order direct. 

64.  Apportionment  of  assets  or  liabilities  by  agreement.—Where  the  successor  States  agree  that 
the 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 benefit or burden of that asset or liability shall be apportioned in the manner agreed 
upon. 

65. 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  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 any State that it is 
just and equitable that that property or those benefits should be transferred to, or shared with, one or more 
of the other successor States, or that a contribution towards that liability should be made by one or more 
of the other successor States, the said property or benefits shall be allocated in such manner, or the other 
successor  State  or  States  shall  make  to  the  State  primarily  subject  to  the  liability  such  contribution  in 
respect thereof, as the Central Government may, after consultation with State Governments concerned by 
order determine. 

66.  Certain  expenditure  to  be  charged  on  the  Consolidated  Fund.—All  sums  payable  by  the 
Union to any State or by any State to any other State or to the Union by virtue of the provisions of this 
Part,  or  sub-section  (4)  of  section  72,  or  section  77,  or  Part  VIII  shall  be  charged  on  the  Consolidated 
Fund of India, or as the case may be, the Consolidated Fund of the State by which such sums are payable: 

Provided  that  where  any  sums  are  payable  as  aforesaid  by  the  Union  in  relation  to  the  transferred 
territory, the Central Government may by order direct that sums payable in respect of such liabilities as 
may be specified therein shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Himachal 
Pradesh. 

PART VII 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS 

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

existing State of Punjab, namely:— 

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

and 

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

1962 (58 of 1962), 

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

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

(3) The Board or the Corporation referred to in sub-section (1) shall cease to function as from, and 
shall be deemed to be dissolved on, the 1st day of November, 1967, or such earlier date as the Central 
Government may, by order, appoint; and upon such dissolution, its assets, rights and liabilities shall be 
apportioned between the successor States in such manner as may be agreed upon among them within one 
year of the dissolution of the Board or the Corporation, as the case may be, or if no agreement is reached, 
in such manner as the Central Government may, by order, determine. 

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

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

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

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

69.  Provisions  as  to  Punjab  State  Financial  Corporation.—(1)  The  Punjab  State  Financial 
Corporation Established under the State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 (53 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. 

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

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

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(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 Punjab and Haryana 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 Haryana or Punjab from constituting, at any time after the appointed day and 
with the approval of the Central Government, a State Financial Corporation for that State under the State 
Financial Corporations Act, 1951 (63 of 1951).  

70.  Amendment  of  Act  6  of  1942.—In  the  Multi-Unit  Co-operative  Societies  Act,  1942,  after  

section 5C, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— 

“5D. Transitional provision relating to certain multiunit co-operative societies.—(1) Where, 
in  respect  of  any  co-operative  society  specified  in  the  Fifteenth  Schedule  to  the  Punjab 
Reorganisation Act, 1966, which under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 5A would become 
a multi-unit co-operative society, the Board of Directors adopts, by a majority of not less than three-
fourths of the directors, any scheme for the reconstitution, reorganisation or dissolution of the society, 
including proposals regarding— 

(a) the formation of new co-operative societies and the transfer thereto, in whole or in part, of 

the assets and liabilities and employees of that society; or  

(b) the transfer, in whole or in part, of the assets and liabilities and employees of that society 
to  any  other  co-operative  society  in  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  or  in  the  Union  territory  of 
Himachal Pradesh; 

and the State Government of Punjab certifies the scheme at any time before the 1st day of November, 
1966, then, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) 
of the said section or any other law, regulation or bye-law for the time being in force in relation to 
that society, the scheme so certified shall be binding on all societies affected by the scheme,  as well 
as  the  shareholders,  creditors  and  employees  of  all  such  societies,  subject  to  such  financial 
adjustments as may be directed in this behalf under sub-section (3), but no such scheme shall be given 
effect to before the said day: 

Provided that where a scheme includes any proposal regarding the transfer of assets and liabilities 
and employees to any co-operative society referred to in clause (b), the scheme shall not be binding 
on that existing society or the shareholders and creditors thereof, unless the proposal relating to such 
transfer  is  accepted  by  the  existing  society  by  a  resolution  passed  by  a  majority  of  the  members 
present at a meeting of its general body. 

(2)  When  a  scheme  in  respect  of  a  co-operative  society  is  so  certified,  the  Central  Registrar  shall 
place the scheme at a meeting, held in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act, of 
all  the  persons  who,  immediately  before  the  date  of  certification  of  the  scheme,  were  members  of  the 
society, and the scheme may be approved by a resolution passed by a majority of the members present 
and voting at the said meeting. 

(3)  If  the  scheme  is  not  so  approved  or  is  approved  with  modifications,  the  Central  Registrar  may 
refer the  scheme  to  such Judge  of the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  as  may  be  nominated  in  this 
behalf by the Chief Justice thereof and the Judge may direct such financial adjustments to be made among 
the societies affected as he deems necessary, and the scheme shall be deemed to be approved subject to 
those financial adjustments. 

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(4) If, in consequence of the directions given under sub-section (3), a society becomes liable to pay 
any  sum  of  money,  the  successor  State  within  whose  area  the  society  is  located  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
guarantor in respect of the payment of such money and shall be liable as such.”.  

71. Provision as to co-operative banks.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 22 of the 
Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), where on account of the reorganisation of the existing State 
of Punjab, a co-operative bank is newly formed  on the appointed day or within three months thereof in 
any of the successor States, it may commence and conduct banking business without obtaining a licence 
under that section from the Reserve Bank of India, until it is granted such a licence or until it is informed 
by the Reserve Bank of India that such a licence cannot be granted to it; 

Provided that such bank applies to the Reserve Bank of India for such a licence within a period of 

three months from the date of formation of the bank. 

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

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

(3) For the removal of doubt it is hereby declared that the provisions of this section shall apply also to 
the Punjab University constituted under the Punjab University Act, 1947 (East Punjab Act 7 of 1947), the 
Punjab  Agricultural  University  constituted  under  the  Punjab  Agricultural  University  Act,  1961  (Punjab 
Act 32 of 1961), and the Board constituted under the provisions of Part III of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 
1925 (Punjab Act 8 of 1925). 

(4) For the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this section in so far as it relates to the Punjab 
University and the Punjab Agricultural University referred to in sub-section (3) the successor States shall 
make such grants as the Central Government may, from time to time, by order, determine. 

73.  Provision  as  to  certain  companies.—(1)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  foregoing 

provisions of this Part, each of the following companies, namely:— 

(i) the Punjab Export Corporation; 

(ii) the Punjab State Small Industries Corporation; 

(iii) the Punjab Dairy Development Corporation; 

(iv) the Punjab Poultry Corporation; 

(v) the Land Development and Seed Corporation; 

(vi) the Industrial Development Corporation; and 

(vii) the Agro-Industrial Corporation, 

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 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. 

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(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  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  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 all the successor States. 

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

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

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

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. 

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

Provided that— 

(a)  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  applicable  to  the  workman  after  such  transfer  or  
re-employment  are  not  less  favourable  to  the  workman  than  those  applicable  to  him  immediately 
before the transfer or re-employment; and 

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

76.  Special  provision  as  to  income-tax.—Where  the  assets,  rights  and  liabilities  of  any  body 
corporate  carrying  on  business  are,  under  the  provisions  of  this  Part,  transferred  to  any  other  bodies 
corporate which after the transfer carry on the same business, the losses of  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 

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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 
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.  

77.  Continuance  of  facilities  in  certain  State  institutions.—(1)  The  Government  of  the  State  of 
Haryana or Punjab, or, as the case may be, the Central Government in relation to the transferred territory 
or  the  Union  territory  of  Chandigarh,  shall  in  respect  of  the  institutions  specified  in  the  Sixteenth 
Schedule located in the State or territory aforesaid continue to provide facilities to any other Government 
aforesaid  and  the  people  of  the  States  and  territories  aforesaid  which  shall  not,  in  any  respect,  be  less 
favourable to such Government and people than what were being provided to them before the appointed 
day for such period and upon such terms and conditions (including those relating to any contributions to 
be made for the provision of such facilities) as may be agreed upon between the said Governments before 
the 1st day of April, 1967, or if no agreement is reached by the said date, as may be fixed by order of the 
Central Government. 

(2) The Central Government may, at any time before the 1st day of April, 1967, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, specify in the Sixteenth Schedule any other institution existing on the appointed day in 
the said States and territories 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 

BHAKRA-NANGAL AND BEAS PROJECTS 

78.  Rights  and  liabilities  in  regard  to  Bhakra-Nangal  and  Beas  Projects.—(1)  Notwithstanding 
anything contained in this Act but subject to the provisions of sections 79 and 80, all rights and liabilities 
of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  in  relation  to  Bhakra-Nangal  Project  and  Beas  Project  shall,  on  the 
appointed day, be the rights and liabilities of the successor States in such proportion as may be fixed, and 
subject  to  such  adjustments  as  may  be  made,  by  agreement  entered  into  by  the  said  States  after 
consultation with the Central Government or, if no such agreement is entered into within two years of the 
appointed day, as the Central Government may by order determine having regard to the purposes of the 
Projects: 

Provided  that  the  order  so  made  by  the  Central  Government  may  be  varied  by  any  subsequent 

agreement entered into by the successor States after consultation with the Central Government. 

(2) An agreement or order referred to in sub-section (1) shall, if there has been an extension or further 
development of either of the projects referred to in that sub-section after the appointed day, provide also 
for the rights and liabilities of the successor States in relation to such extension or further development. 

(3) The rights and liabilities referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall include— 

(a)  the  rights  to  receive  and  to  utilise  the  water  available  for  distribution  as  a  result  of  the 

projects, and 

(b) the rights to receive and to utilise the power generated as a result of the projects,  

but shall not include the rights and liabilities under any contract entered into before the appointed day by 
the Government of the existing State of Punjab with any person or authority other than Government. 

(4) In this section and in sections 79 and 80,— 

(A) “Beas Project” means the works which are either under construction or are to be constructed 
as  components  of  the  Beas-Sutlej  Link  Project  (Unit  I)  and  Pong  Dam  Project  on  the  Beas  river  
(Unit II) including— 

(i) Beas-Sutlej Link Project (Unit I) comprising— 

(a) Pandoh Dam and works appurtenant thereto, 

(b) Pandoh-Baggi Tunnel, 

(c) Sundernagar Hydel Channel, 

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(d) Sundernagar-Sutlej Tunnel, 

(e) By-pass Tunnel, 

(f) four generating units each of 165 M.W. capacity at Dehar Power House on the right 

side of Sutlej river, 

(g) fifth generating unit of 120 M.W. capacity at Bhakra Right Bank Power House, 

(h) transmission lines, 

(i) Balancing Reservoir;  

(ii) Pong Dam Project (Unit II) comprising— 

(a) Pong Dam and works appurtenant thereto, 

(b) Outlet Works, 

(c) Penstock Tunnels, 

(d) Power plant with four generating units of 60 M.W. each; 

(iii) such other works as are ancillary to the works aforesaid and are of common interest to 

more than one State; 

(B) “Bhakra-Nangal Project” means— 

(i) Bhakra Dam, Reservoir and works appurtenant thereto; 

(ii) Nangal Dam and Nangal-Hydel Channel; 

(iii) Bhakra Main Line and canal system; 

(iv)  Bhakra  Left  Bank  Power  House,  Ganguwal  Power  House  and  Kotla  Power  House, 

switchyards, sub-stations and transmission lines; 

(v) Bhakra Right Bank Power House with four units of 120 M.W. each. 

79. Bhakra Management Board.—(1) The Central Government shall constitute a Board to be called 
the Bhakra Management Board for the administration, maintenance and operation of the following works, 
namely:— 

(a) Bhakra Dam and Reservior and works appurtenant thereto; 

(b) Nangal Dam and Nangal-Hydel Channel up to Kotla Power House; 

(c) the irrigation headworks at Rupar, Harike and Ferozepur; 

(d) Bhakra Power Houses: 

Provided that the administration, maintenance and operation by the said Board of the generating 
units of the Right Bank Power House as have not been commissioned shall commence as and when 
any such unit has been commissioned; 

(e) Ganguwal and Kotla Power Houses; 

(f) Sub-stations at Ganguwal, Ambala, Panipat, Delhi, Ludhiana, Sangrur and Hissar and the main 
220  KV  transmission  lines  connecting  the  said  sub-stations  with  the  power  stations  specified  in 
clauses (d) and (e); and 

(g)  such  other  works  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette, 

specify. 

(2) The Bhakra Management Board shall consist of— 

(a)  a  whole-time  Chairman  and  two  whole-time  members  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central 

Government; 

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(b) a representative each of the Governments of the States of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and 
the  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  to  be  nominated  by  the  respective  Governments  or 
Administrator, as the case may be; 

(c) two representatives of the Central Government to be nominated by that Government. 

(3) The functions of the Bhakra Management Board shall include— 

(a) the regulation of the supply of water from the Bhakra-Nangal Project to the States of Haryana, 

Punjab and Rajasthan having regard to— 

(i) any agreement entered into or arrangement made between the Governments of the existing 

State of Punjab and the State of Rajasthan, and 

(ii) the agreement or the order referred to in sub-section (1) of section 78; 

(b)  the  regulation  of  the  supply  of  power  generated  at  the  power  houses  referred  to  in  
sub-section  (1)  to  any  Electricity  Board  or  other  authority  in  charge  of  the  distribution  of  power 
having regard to— 

(i) any agreement entered into or arrangement made between the Governments of the existing 

State of Punjab and the State of Rajasthan, 

(ii) the agreement or the order referred to in sub-section (1) of section 78; and 

(iii) any agreement entered into or arrangement made by the existing State of Punjab or the 
Punjab  Electricity  Board  or  the  State  of  Rajasthan  or  the  Rajasthan  Electricity  Board  with  any 
other Electricity Board or authority in charge of distribution of power before the appointed day in 
relation to the supply of power generated at the power houses specified in sub-section (1); 

(c) the construction of such of the remaining works connected with the Right Bank Power House 

as the Central Government may specify; 

(d) such other functions as the Central Government may, after consultation with the Governments 

of the States of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, entrust to it. 

(4)  The  Bhakra  Management  Board  may  employ  such  staff  as  it  may  consider  necessary  for  the 

efficient discharge of its functions under this Act: 

Provided that every person who immediately before the constitution of the said Board was engaged in 
the construction, maintenance or operator of the works in sub-section (1) shall continue to be so employed 
under the Board in connection with the said works on the same terms and conditions of service as were 
applicable to him before such constitution until the Central Government by order directs otherwise: 

Provided further that the said Board may at any time in consultation with State Government or the 
Electricity Board concerned and with the previous approval of the Central Government return any such 
person for service under that Government or Board. 

(5) The Governments of the successor States and of Rajasthan shall at all times provide the necessary 
funds to the Bhakra Management Board to meet all expenses (including the salaries and allowances of the 
staff)  required  for  the  discharge  of  its  functions  and  such  amounts  shall  be  apportioned  among  the 
successor States, the State of Rajasthan and Electricity Boards of the said States in such proportion as the 
Central Government may, having regard to the benefits to each of the said States or Boards, specify. 

(6) The Bhakra Management Board shall be under the control of the Central Government and shall 

comply with such directions, as may from time to time, be given to it by that Government. 

(7) The Bhakra Management Board may with the approval of the Central Government delegate such 
of its powers, functions and duties as it may deem fit to the Chairman of the said Board or to any officer 
subordinate to the Board. 

(8)  The  Central  Government  may,  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  the  Bhakra  Management  Board  to 
function  effectively,  issue  such  directions  to  the  State  Governments  of  Haryana,  Punjab  and  Rajasthan 

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and the  Administrator of the  Union territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  or  any  other  authority,  and  the  State 
Governments, Administrator or authority shall comply with such directions. 

(9) The Bhakra Management Board may, with the previous approval of the Central Government and 
by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  make  regulations  consistent  with  this  Act  and  the  rules  made 
thereunder, to provide for— 

(a) regulating the time and place of meetings of the Board and the procedure to be followed for 

the transaction of business at such meetings; 

(b) delegation of powers and duties to the Chairman or any officer of the Board; 

(c) the appointment, and the regulation of the conditions of service, of the officers and other staff 

of the Board; 

(d) any other matter for which regulations are considered necessary by the Board. 

80.  Construction  of  Beas  Project.—(1)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this  Act  or  in  any 
other  law,  the  construction  (including  the  completion  of  any  work  already  commenced)  of  the  Beas 
Project shall, on and from the appointed day, be undertaken by the Central Government on behalf of the 
successor States and the State of Rajasthan: 

Provided that the  Governments  of the  successor  States  and  the  State  of  Rajasthan  shall at all times 
provide the necessary funds to the Central Government for the expenditure on the project [including the 
expenses of the Board referred to in sub-section (2)] and such amounts shall be apportioned among the 
successor States and the State of Rajasthan in such proportion as may be fixed by the Central Government 
after consultation with the Governments of the said States. 

(2) For the discharge of its functions under sub-section (1), the Central Government may— 

(a)  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette  and  in  consultation  with  the  Governments  of  the 
successor  States  and  the  State  of  Rajasthan,  constitute  a  Board  to  be  called  the  Beas  Construction 
Board  with  such  members  as  it  may  deem  fit  and  assign  to  the  Board  such  functions  as  it  may 
consider necessary; and 

(b)  issue  such  directions  to  the  State  Governments  of  Haryana,  Punjab  and  Rajasthan  and  the 
Administrator  of  the  Union  territory  of  Himachal  Pradesh  or  any  other  authority,  and  the  State 
Governments, Administrator or other authority shall comply with such directions. 

(3) The notification constituting a Board under clause (a) of sub-section (2) may empower the Board 

to appoint such staff as may be necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions: 

Provided that every person who immediately before the constitution of the Board was engaged in the 
construction or any work relating to the Beas Project shall continue to be so employed by the Board in 
connection  with  the  said  works  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  of  service as were  applicable to  him 
before such constitution until the Central Government by order directs otherwise: 

Provided  further  that  the  Board  may  at  any  time  in  consultation  with  the  State  Government  or  the 
Electricity Board concerned and with the previous approval of the Central Government return any such 
person for service under that Government or Board. 

(4) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as enabling the Central Government to reduce 
or enlarge the scope of the Beas Project as agreed to between the Governments of the State of Rajasthan 
and the existing State of Punjab except after consultation with the Governments of the States of Haryana, 
Punjab and Rajasthan. 

(5) Any component of the Beas Project in relation to which the construction has been completed after 
the appointed day may be transferred by the Central Government to the Board constituted under section 
79 whereupon the provisions of that section shall apply as if it were a work included in sub-section (1) of 
that section. 

(6)  The  Bhakra  Management  Board  constituted  under  section  79  shall  be  re-named  as  the  Bhakra 
Beas  Management  Board  when  any  of  the  components  of  the  Beas  Project  has  been  transferred  under  

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sub-section (5), and the Beas Construction Board shall cease to exist when all the components of the Beas 
Project have been so transferred. 

PART IX 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

81. 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, and 

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

Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954. 

(2) In place of the cadres of the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service for the 
existing State of Punjab, there shall, on and from the appointed day, be two separate cadres, one for the 
State of Punjab and the other for the State of Haryana, in respect of each of these Services. 

(3)  The  initial  strength  and  composition  of  each  of  the  State  cadres  for  the  States  of  Punjab  and 
Haryana and the strength and composition of the Delhi-Himachal Pradesh State cadres shall be such as 
the Central Government may, by order, determine before the appointed day. 

(4)  The  members  of  each  of  the  said  Services  borne  on  the  State  cadres  for  the  existing  State  of 
Punjab immediately before the appointed day shall be allocated to the State cadres of the same Service for 
each of the States of Punjab and Haryana and to the Delhi-Himachal Pradesh State cadres 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 Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), or the rules made thereunder in relation to the State cadres 
of the said Services referred to in sub-section (3) and in relation to the members of those Services borne 
on the said cadres. 

82. Provisions relating to other Services.—(1) Every person who immediately before the appointed 
day is serving in connection with the affairs of the existing State of Punjab shall, on and from that day, 
provisionally continue to serve in connection with the affairs of the State of Punjab unless he is required, 
by  general  or  special  order  of  the  Central  Government,  to  serve  provisionally  in  connection  with  the 
affairs of any other successor State. 

(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. 

(4)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  order,  establish  one  or  more  advisory  committees  for  the 

purpose of assisting it in regard to— 

(a) the division and integration of the services among the successor States; and 

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

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

(5)  The  foregoing  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  in  relation  to  any  person  to  whom  the 

provisions of section 81 apply. 

(6) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect on or after the appointed day the operation of the 
provisions of Chapter I of Part XIV of the Constitution in relation to the determination of the conditions 
of service of persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or any State: 

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Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day to the case of 
any person referred to in sub- section (1) or sub-section (2) shall not be varied to his disadvantage except 
with the previous approval of the Central Government. 

83.  Provisions  as  to  continuance  of  officers  in  the  same  posts.—Every  person  who  immediately 
before the appointed day is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with the 
affairs  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  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  other 
appropriate authority in, that successor State: 

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

84.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  give  directions.—The  Central  Government  may  give  such 
directions  to  the  State  Governments  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  and  to  the  Administrators  of  the  Union 
terriories  of  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Chandigarh  as  may  appear  to  it  to  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of 
giving effect to the foregoing provisions of this Part and the State Governments and the Administrators 
shall comply with such directions. 

85. Provisions as to State Public Service Commissions.—(1) The Public Service Commission for 

the existing State of Punjab shall, on and from the appointed day, cease to exist. 

(2)  The  person  holding  office  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  as  Chairman  of  the  Public 
Service  Commission  for  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  shall  become  the  Chairman  of  the  Public  Service 
Commission for the State of Haryana or Punjab as the President shall, by order, specify and every other 
person  holding  office  immediately  before  that  day  as  member  of  that  Commission  shall  become  a 
member, or if so specified by the President, the Chairman, of such one of the said Commissions as the 
President shall, by order, specify. 

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

appointed day under sub-section (2) shall— 

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

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

PART X 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

86. Amendment of Act 37 of 1956.—In clause (a) of  section 15 of the States Reorganisation Act, 

1956,— 

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

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

be substituted. 

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87. Power to extend enactments to Chandigarh.—The Central Government may, by notification in 
the Official Gazette, extend with such restrictions or modifications as it thinks fit, to the Union territory of 
Chandigarh any enactment which is in force in a State at the date of the notification. 

88. Territorial extent of laws.—The provisions of Part II shall not be deemed to have effected any 
change  in  the  territories  to  which  any  law  in  force  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  extends  or 
applies, and territorial references in any such law to the State of Punjab shall, until otherwise provided by 
a competent Legislature or other competent authority, be construed as meaning the territories within that 
State immediately before the appointed day. 

89. Power to adapt laws.—For the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the State of 
Punjab or Haryana or to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh or Chandigarh 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— 

(a)  as  respects  any  law  relating  to  a  matter  enumerated  in  the  Union  List,  the  Central 

Government; and 

(b) as respects any other law,— 

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

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

90.  Power  to  construe  laws.—(1)  Notwithstanding  that  no  provision  or  insufficient  provision  has 
been made under section 89 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 Punjab or Haryana, or to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh or 
Chandigarh  construe  the  law  in  such  manner,  without  affecting  the  substance,  as  may  be  necessary  or 
proper in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority. 

(2) Any reference to the High Court of Punjab in any law shall, unless the context otherwise requires, 

be construed, on and from the appointed day, as a reference to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. 

91. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions.—The Central Government, 
as respects the Union territory of Chandigarh or the transferred territory, and the Government of the State 
of  Haryana  as  respects  the  territories  thereof  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  specify  the 
authority,  officer  or  person  who,  on  and  from  the  appointed  day,  shall  be  competent  to  exercise  such 
functions exercisable under any law in force on that day as may be mentioned in that notification and such 
law shall have effect accordingly. 

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

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

(2) If any question arises as to whether any proceeding should stand transferred under sub-section (1), 
it shall be referred to the High Court having jurisdiction in respect of the area in which the court, tribunal, 

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authority  or  officer  before  which  or  whom  such  proceeding  is  pending  on  the  appointed  day,  is 
functioning, and the decision of that High Court shall be final. 

(3) In this section— 

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

(b) “corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer” in a State or a Union territory means— 

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

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

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

94.  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 
Punjab 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 Haryana or to a Union territory. 

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

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

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

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

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

(2)  In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a)  the  procedure to  be followed  by  the  Bhakra  Management  Board  and  the  Beas  Construction 
Board  for  the  conduct  of  business  and  for  the  proper  functioning  of  the  Boards  and  the  manner  of 
filling casual vacancies among the members of the said Boards; 

(b) the salaries and allowances to be paid to the whole-time Chairman and whole-time members 

of the Bhakra Management Board; 

(c) the salaries and allowances and other conditions of service of the members of the staff of the 

Bhakra Management Board or the Beas Construction Board; 

(d)  the  maintenance  of  records  of  all  business  transacted  at  the  meetings  of  the  Bhakra 
Management Board or the Beas Construction Board and the submission of copies of such records to 
the Central Government; 

(e) the conditions subject to which, and the mode in which, contracts may be made on behalf of 
the successor States and the State of Rajasthan in relation to the functions of the Bhakra Management 
Board or the Beas Construction Board; 

(f) the preparation of the budget estimates of the receipts and expenditure of the said Boards and 

the authority by which such estimates shall be approved; 

(g) the conditions subject to which the said Boards may incur expenditure or re-appropriate funds 

from any budget head to another such head; 

(h) the preparation and submission of annual reports; 

(i) the maintenance of accounts of the expenditure incurred by the said Boards; 

(j) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed. 

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(3) 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 validly of anything previously done under that rule. 

__________________ 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

[See section 3(1)(e)] 

TERRITORIES  TRANSFERRED  FROM  MANIMAJRA  KANUNGO  CIRCLE  OF  KHARAR  TAHSIL  OF  AMBALA 

DISTRICT IN THE EXISTING STATE OF PUNJAB TO THE NEW STATE OF HARYANA 

1. The following patwar circles:— 

Bhareli 

Batawar 

Barwala 

Majri 

Kalka. 

2. So much of the territories of the following patwar circles as have not been transferred to form the 

Union territory of Chandigarh under section 4:— 

Manimajra 

Mauli 

Chandimander. 

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See section 4) 

TERRITORIES TRANSFERRED FROM THE EXISTING STATE OF PUNJAB TO FORM THE UNION TERRITORY OF                

CHANDIGARH 

1. The following patwar circles of Manimajra kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district:—  

Dhanas 

Kalibar 

Kailer 

Dadu Majra 

Kanthala 

Hallo Majra. 

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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2. The following villages of Manimajra kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district:— 

Name of village 

Hadbast No. 

Name of patwar circle in which 
village is included 

1 

Lahora . . . . 

Sarangpur . . . . 

Khuda Alisher . . . 

Daria . . . . 

Manimajra . . . . 

Mauli Jagran . . . 

Bara Raipur . . . . 

Chota Raipur . . . 

2 

348 

347 

353 

374 

375 

373 

371 

232 

3 

Lahora 

Sarangpur 

Kansal 

Manimajra 

Mauli 

3.  The  following  portions,  the  extent  whereof  is  specified  in  column  3  of  the  Table  below,  of  the 
village specified in corresponding entry in column 1 below, of Manimajra kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil 
of  Ambala  district,  acquired  by  the  Government  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  by  their  notifications 
referred to in the corresponding entry in column 4 of the said Table:— 

Name of Village  Hadbast No.  Area acquired (in acres) 

TABLE 

1 
Suketri . . . 

2 
376 

3 
77.74 

Punjab Government notification under 
which acquired 
4 

C-11544-55/VI-1003, dated the 12th 

November, 1955. 

C-11544-55/VI-1008, dated the 12th 

November, 1955. 

Karoran . . . 

352 

214.59 

C-2707-51/1232, dated the 22nd/23rd 

May, 1951. 

C-1058-53/1111, dated the 26th 

February, 1953. 

C-539-52/351, dated the 29th January, 

1952. 

C-3144/53/2106, dated the 15th April, 

1953. 

C-2352-W-64/I/6710, dated the 14th 

March, 1964. 

Kansil . . . 

354 

199.78 

C-542-52/399, dated the 1st February, 

1952. 

C-1152-52/734, dated the 15th 

February, 1952. 

4. The following villages of Manuali kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district:— 

Name of village 

Hadbast No. 

Name of patwar circle in which village 
is included 

1 

Behlana . . . . 

Chuharpur . . . 

Bair Majra . . . 

3 

                       Bhabat 

Dharamgarh 

2 

231 

233 

224 

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Name of village 

Hadbast No. 

Name of patwar circle in which village 
is included 

1 

Nizampur Kumbra . . 

Budheri . . . . 

Kujheri . . . . 

Attawa . . . . 

Palsora . . . . 

Maloya . . . . 

Salahpur . . . . 

Burail . . . . 

Nizampur Burail . . 

Jhumro . . . . 

2 

197 

12 

198 

199 

11 

13 

201 

222 

259 

260 

3 

Kumbra 

Kujheri 

Mataur 

Maloya 

Burail 

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THE THIRD SCHEDULE 

[See section 5(1)] 

TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN CLAUSES (d), (e) AND (f) OF SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 5 TRANSFERRED 
FROM THE EXISTING STATE OF PUNJAB TO THE UNION TERRITORY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH 

1. The following patwar circles of Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district:— 

Name of patwar circle 

Patwar circle No. 

PART I 

Palkwah . . . . . . . . 

Pubowal . . . . . . . . 

Polian . . . . . . . . 

Dulehar . . . . . . . . 

Bietan . . . . . . . . 

Kungrat . . . . . . . . 

Nangal Kalan . . . . . . . 

Nangran . . . . . . . . 

Bathu . . . . . . . . 

60 

62 

63 

64 

65 

66 

67 

68 

74 

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2. The following villages of Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district:— 

Name of village 

Hadbast No. 

No. and name of patwar circle in which 
village is included 

1 

Fattewal . . . . 

Bangarh . . . . 

Charatgarh . . . . 

Khanpur . . . . 

Chhatharpur . . . 

Jatpur . . . . 

Takhatpur . . . . 

Santokhgarh . . . 

Bathri . . . . 

2 

460 

461 

225  

226 

227 

245 

247 

246 

476 

3 

61 

Jakhera 

72 

Charatgarh 

73 

Santokhgarh 

75 

Bathri 

3. The following villages of Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district except 
portions of those villages as have been included in the local area comprising Naya Nangal which has been 
declared to be a notified area for the purposes of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, by the notification of 
the Government of Punjab No. 2225-C1 (3C1)-61-9484, dated the 21st March, 1961:— 

Name of village 

            Hadbast No. 

1 

Jakhera . . . . 

Malikpur . . . . 

Binewal . . . . 

Majara . . . . 

Mehatpur . . . . 

Bhatoli . . . . 

Basdehra . . . . 

Ajauli . . . . 

Puna . . . . 

Raipur . . . . 

Sanoli . . . . 

2 

229 

242 

243 

248 

230 

231 

228 

237 

244 

218 

249 

No.  and  name  of  patwar  circle  in 
which village is included 

3 

   61 

              Jakhera 

69 

              Kanchehra 

70 

             Bhabhaur 

             Basdehra 

71 

72 

             Charatgarh 

77 

             Sanoli 

4. Village Kosar forming part of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district. 

PART III 

PART II 

5. The following villages of Dhar Kalan kanungo circle of Pathankot tahsil of Gurdaspur district:— 

Name of village  

Bakloh . . . . . . . 

Balun . . . . . . . 

Dalhousie . . . . . . . 

Hadbast No. 

421 

422 

423 

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THE FOURTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 10) 

1. Of the three sitting members whose term of office will expire on the 2nd April, 1968, Shri  Surjit 
Singh  and  such  one  of  the  two  members,  namely,  Shri  Abdul  Ghani  and  Shri  Chaman  Lal,  as  the 
Chairman of the Council of States may determine by drawing lot, shall be deemed to have been elected to 
fill two of the seats allotted to the State of Punjab and the remaining member shall be deemed to have 
been allotted to fill one of the seats allotted to the State of Haryana. 

2. Of the four sitting members whose term of office will expire on the 2nd April, 1970, namely, Shri 
Anup Singh, Shri Jagat Narain, Shrimati Mohinder Kaur and Shri Uttam Singh Duggal, such one as the 
Chairman of the Council of States may determine by drawing lot, shall be deemed to have been elected to 
fill one of the seats allotted to the State of Haryana, and the other three sitting members shall be deemed 
to have been elected to fill three of the seats allotted to the State of Punjab. 

3.  Of  the four sitting  members  whose  term  of  office  will expire  on the  2nd  April,  1972,  Shri  Neki 
Ram shall be deemed to have been elected to fill one of the seats allotted to the State of Haryana; Shri 
Narinder  Singh  and  Shri  Raghubir  Singh  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to  fill  two  of  the  seats 
allotted to the State of Punjab; and Shri Salig Ram shall be deemed to have been elected to fill one of the 
seats allotted to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh. 

________ 

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 14) 

I. AMENDMENT OF PART B OF SCHEDULE XI TO THE DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND 
ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 1961 

1. Below the heading “B-Assembly Constituencies”, insert the sub-heading “I-HARYANA”.  

2. Delete the heading “Lahaul and Spiti, Kulu and Kangra Districts Area” and entries 1 to 13. 

3. For entry 14, substitute the following, namely:— 

“14.  Naraingarh                                        Naraingarh  tahsil  (excluding  Sadhaura,  Haveli  and  Gadauli                      

zailsandSadhaura M.C. in Sadhaura thana).” 

4. Delete the heading “SIMLA DISTRICT” and entry 20. 

5.  Before  entry  21,  for  the  heading  “KARNAL  DISTRICT  AREA”,  substitute  the  heading 

“KARNAL AND JIND DISTRICTS”. 

6. In entry 26, for the word “Sangrur”, substitute the word “Jind”. 

7. After entry 68, insert the sub-heading “II-PUNJAB”. 

8.  In  entry  129,  for  the  words  “and  Dalhousie  thana”,  substitute  the  words  and  brackets  “and  zail 

Tarhari (Part) in Dalhousie thana”. 

9. After entry 130, for the heading “HOSHIARPUR DISTRICT AREA”, substitute “HOSHIARPUR 

AND RUPAR DISTRICTS”. 

10. Delete entries 136 and 137 and re-number entries 138 and 139 as 136 and 137, respectively. 

11. For entry 140, substitute the following:— 

“138. Anandpur .……….Anandpur Sahib tahsil in Rupar District; and Rattewal zail in Balachaur 

thana in Garhshankar tahsil in Hoshiarpur District. 

139.  Rupar  .……………Rupar  thana  in  Rupar  tahsil;  and  Khizrabad,  Sialba  and  Tira  zails  in 

Kharar thana in Kharar tahsil. 

140.  Morinda  (SC)  .…..Morinda  and  Chamkaur  thanas  in  Rupar  tahsil;  and  Kurali  town  and 

Kurali zail in Kharar thana in Kharar tahsil. 

36 

 
140A. Kharar.……………Kharar tahsil (excluding Khizrabad, Sialba, Tira and Kurali zails and 

Kurali town in Kharar thana).” 

12. In the Appendix, omit the entries relating to Ambala district. 

13. Insert the following Note at the end of this Part, namely:—  

“NOTE.—Any reference in entries 14, 26, 138 and 140A of this Part to a district, tahsil, kanungo 
circle, patwar circle or other territorial division shall be taken to mean the area comprised within that 
district, tahsil, kanungo circle, patwar circle or other territorial division on the 1st day of November, 
1966, including all municipal towns and forest villages lying within the periphery.”. 

II. AMENDMENT OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE DELIMITATION OF TERRITORIAL COUNCIL 

CONSTITUENCIES (HIMACHAL PRADESH) ORDER, 1962 

1.  In  paragraph  5,  for  the  words  “shall  be  taken”,  substitute  “shall,  save  as  otherwise  expressly 

provided, be taken”. 

2. After entry 41, add the following, namely:— 

“LAHAUL AND SPITI, KULU AND KANGRA DISTRICTS 

42. Kulu . . . . . 

43. Seraj (SC) . . 

44. Palampur . . .    

45. Kangra . . . 

46. Dharamsala . . . 

47. Nurpur . . . 

48. Dera Gopipur . . 

49. Hamirpur (SC) . . 

50. Barsar . . . 

Lahaul and Spiti district and Kulu thana (excluding 
Kanawar,  Harkandhi,  Chung,  Kot  Kandhi, 
Bhallan and Sainsar zails) in Kulu tahsil of Kulu 
district; and Bir Bhangal zail in Palampur thana 
in Palampur tahsil of Kangara district. 

Seraj  thana  and  Kanawar,  Harkandhi,  Chung,  Kot 
Kandhi, Bhallan and Sainsar zails in Kulu thana 
in Kulu tahsil of Kulu district. 

Palampur thana (excluding Naura and Bir Bhangal 

Zails) in Palampur tahsil. 

Kangra 

tahsil 

(excluding  Dharamsala 

thana, 
Shahpur  part-thana  and  Narwana,  Chetru, 
Tayara and Ramgarh part-zails in Kangra thana) 
Chengar  zail  in  Dera  Gopipur  tahsil;  Sujanpur 
part-thana  and  Naura  zail  in  Palampur  thana  in 
Palampur tahsil. 

Dharamsala 

thana,  Shahpur  part-thana 

and 
Narwana Chetru, Tayara and Ramgarh part-zails 
in Kangra thana in Kangra tahsil. 

Nurpur  tahsil;  and  Dhameta  and  Nagrota  zails  in 

Dera Gopipur tahsil. 

Dera  Gopipur  tahsil  (excluding  Dhameta,  Nagrota 

and Changar zails). 

Sujanpur,  Rajgir,  Ugialta,  Mewa  and  Mehlta  zails 

in Hamirpur tahsil. 

Hamirpur 

tahsil 

(excluding  Sujanpur,  Rajgir, 

Ugialta, Mewa and Mehlta zails). 

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51. Amb     .           .           .          .         .      

Amb thana and Pandoga and Basal zails and Khad 

part-zail in Una thana in Una tahsil. 

52. Una      .           .            .          .          . 

Una tahsil (excluding Amb thana and Pandoga and 
Basal  zails  and  Khad  part-zail  in  Una  thana)  in 
Kangra district. 

53. Simla    .          .            .         .           . 

54. Nalagarh   .      .           .          .           . 

Simla district (excluding Nalagarh tahsil). 

Nalagarh tehsil in Simla district”. 

SIMLA DISTRICT 

3. Insert the following Note  at the end of the Schedule, namely:— 

“NOTE.—Any reference in entries 3, 4, 42, 43, 50, 53 and 54 of this Schedule to a district, tahsil, kanungo 
circle,  patwar  circle  or  other  territorial  division  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  area  comprised 
within that district, tahsil, kanungo circle, patwar circle or other territorial division on the 1st 
day  of  November,  1966,  including  all  municipal  areas,  notified  areas,  small  town  areas  and 
forest villages lying within the periphery.”. 

____________ 

THE SIXTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 21) 

MODIFICATIONS IN THE DELIMITATION OF COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES (PUNJAB) ORDER, 1951 

In the Table appended to the said Order— 

(1) in the entries under the sub-heading “Graduates’ Constituencies”— 

(i) in column 2 against the entry “Punjab North Graduates”, for the existing entry, substitute the 

following, namely:— 

“Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur Districts”; 

(ii) for the existing entries 2 and 3, substitute the following, namely:— 

“2. Punjab Central Graduates                     Ferozepur, Kapurthala and Jullundur Districts I 

3. Punjab South Graduates                      Ludhiana, Rupar, Patiala, Sangrur and Bhatinda Districts I”; 

(iii) omit entry 4; 

and 

(2) in the entries under the sub-heading “Teachers’ Constituencies”— 

(i) in column 2, against the entry “Punjab North Teachers”, for the existing entry, substitute the 

following, namely:— 

“Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur Districts”; 

(ii) for the existing entries 2 to 4, substitute the following, namely:— 

“2. Punjab Central Teachers           Ferozepur, Kapurthala and Jullundur Districts I 

3. Punjab South Teachers             Ludhiana, Rupar, Patiala, Sangrur and Bhatinda Districts I”; 

(3) under the sub-heading “Local Authorities’ Constituencies”— 

(i) omit entries 3 and 11 to 15; 

(ii) for entry 10, substitute the following, namely:— 

“10. Patiala-cum-Rupar Local Authorities          Patiala and Rupar Districts 2”; and 

38 

 
 
 
(iii)  in  column  3,  against  entries  5,  6  and  9,  relating  to  Jullundur  Local  Authorities,  Ferozepur 
Local  Authorities  and  Ludhiana  Local  Authorities,  for  the  existing  figure  “1”,  substitute  the  figure 
“2”; 

(4)  in  paragraph  3  of  the  Order,  for  the  word  and  figures  “April,  1965”,  substitute  the  word  and 

figures “November, 1966”. 

____________ 

THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 22) 

LIST  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE  LEGISLATIVE  COUNCIL  OF  PUNJAB  WHO  SHALL  CEASE  TO  BE  SUCH  

MEMBERS ON THE 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1966 

1. Shri Chander Bhan 

7. Shri Premsukh Das 

13. Shrimati Lajja 

2. Shri Amir Singh 

8. Shri Birender Singh 

14. Shri Beli Ram 

3. Shri S. L. Chopra 

9. Shri Sher Singh 

15. Shri Siri Chand 

4. Shri Shri Chand Goyal 

10. Shri Dharam Singh 

16. Shrimati Savita Behan 

5. Shrimati Lekhwati Jain 

11. Shri Nasib Singh 

6. Shri Om Prakash 

12. Shri Sultan Singh 

_____________ 

THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 27(1)] 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER, 1950 

(1) For paragraph 4, substitute— 

“4. Any reference in this Order, except in Parts IV, IVA, VIIA and X of the Schedule, to a State or to 
a district or other territorial division thereof, shall be construed as a reference to the State, district or other 
territorial  division,  constituted  as  from  the  first  day  of  November,  1956;  any  reference  in  Parts  IV  and 
VIIA of the Schedule to a State or to a district or other territorial division thereof shall be construed as a 
reference to the State, district or other territorial division constituted as from the first day of May, 1960; 
and any reference in Parts IVA and X of the Schedule to a State or to a district or other territorial division 
thereof  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the  State,  district  or  other  territorial  division  constituted  as 
from the first day of November, 1966.”. 

(2) After Part IV, the following Part shall be inserted, namely:— 

“PART IVA.—Haryana 

1. Throughout the State:— 

1. Ad Dharmi  

2. Bangali 

3. Barar, Burar or Berar 

4. Batwal 

5. Bauria or Bawaria 

6. Bazigar 

7. Balmiki, Chura or Bhangi 

8. Bhanjra 

9. Chamar, Jatia Chamar, Rehgar, Raigar, Ramdas or Ravidasi 

39 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Chanal 

11. Dagi 

12. Dhanak 

13. Dumna, Mahasha or Doom 

14. Gagra 

15. Gandhila or Gandil Gondola 

16. Kabirpanthi or Julaha 

17. Khatik 

18. Kori or Koli 

19. Marija or Marecha 

20. Mazhabi 

21. Megh 

22. Nat 

23. Od 

24. Pasi 

25. Perna 

26. Pherera 

27. Sanhai 

28. Sanhal 

29. Sansi, Bhedkut or Manesh 

30. Sapela 

31. Sarera 

32. Sikligar 

33. Sirkiband 

2. Throughout the State except in the Mahendragarh and Jind districts:— 

1. Darain 

2. Dhogri, Dhangri or Siggi 

3. Sansoi 

3. In the Mahendragarh and Jind districts:— 

Deha, Dhaya or Dhea.” 

(3) In Part X omit the word “Mohindergarh” occurring in paragraphs 2 and 3 thereof. 

40 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE NINTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 27(2)] 

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

(1) For paragraph 4, substitute:— 

“4. Any reference in this Order, except in Parts II and V of the Schedule, to a Union territory shall be 
construed as a reference to the territory constituted as a Union territory as from the 1st day of November, 
1956;  and  any  reference  to  a  Union  territory  in  Parts  II  and  V  of  the  Schedule  shall  be  construed  as  a 
reference to that territory as existing on the 1st day of November, 1966.”. 

(2) In Part II of the Schedule— 

(a) for the words “Throughout the Union territory”, the figures, words and brackets  “1. Throughout 
the  Union  territory  except  the  territories  specified  in  sub-section  (1)  of  section  5  of  the  Punjab 
Reorganisation Act, 1966” shall be substituted; 

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

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

1966:— 

1. Ad Dharmi 
2. Bangali 
3. Barar, Burar or Berar 
4. Batwal 
5. Bauria or Bawaria 
6. Bazigar 
7. Balmiki, Chura or Bhangi 
8. Bhanjra 
9. Chamar, jatia Chamar, 

Rehgar, Raigar, Ramdasi or 
Ravidasi 
10. Chanal 
11. Dagi 

12. Darain 

13. Dhanak 

14. Dhogri, Dhangri or Siggi 

15. Dumna, Mahasha or Doom 

16. Gagra 

17. Gandhila or Gandil Gondola 

18. Kabirpanthi or Julaha 

19. Khatik 

20. Kori or Koli 

21. Marija or Marecha 

22. Mazhabi 

23. Megh 

24. Nat 

41 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Od 

26. Pasi 

27. Perna 

28. Pherera 

29. Sanhai 

30. Sanhal 

31. Sansoi 

32. Sansi, Bhedkut or Manesh 

33. Sapela 

34. Sarera 

35. Sikligar 

36. Sirkiband.”. 

 (3) After Part IV, the following Part shall be inserted:— 

PART V.—Chandigarh 

1. Ad Dharmi 

2. Bangali 

3. Barar, Burar or Berar 

4. Batwal 

5. Bauria or Bawaria 

6. Bazigar 

7. Balmiki, Chura or Bhangi 

8. Bhanjra 

9. Chamar, jatia Chamar, Rehgar, 
Raigar, Ramdasi or Ravidasi 

10. Chanal 

11. Dagi 

12. Darain 

13. Dhanak 

14. Dhogri, Dhangri or Siggi 

15. Dumna, Mahasha or Doom 

16. Gagra 

17. Gandhila or Gandil Gondola 

18. Kabirpanthi or Julaha 

19. Khatik 

20. Kori or Koli 

21. Marija or Marecha 

22. Mazhabi 

42 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Megh 

24. Nat 

25. Od 

26. Pasi 

27. Perna 

28. Pherera 

29. Sanhai 

30. Sanhal 

31. Sansoi 

32. Sansi, Bhedkut or Manesh 

33. Sapela 

34. Sarera 

35. Sikligar 

36. Sirkiband.”. 

_________ 

THE TENTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 28(1)] 

AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER, 1950 

Part X shall be omitted.  

__________ 

THE ELEVENTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 28(2)] 

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

(1) For paragraph 3, substitute— 

“3.  Any  reference  in  this  Order,  except  in  Part  I  of  the  Schedule,  to  a  Union  territory  shall  be 
construed as a reference to the territory constituted as a Union territory as from the 1st day of November, 
1956; and any reference to a Union territory in Part I of the Schedule shall be construed as a reference to 
that territory constituted as a Union territory as existing on the 1st day of November, 1966.”. 

(2) In Part I of the Schedule— 

(a) for the words “throughout the Union territory”, the figures, words and brackets “1. Throughout the 
Union territory except the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation 
Act, 1966” shall be substituted; and 

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

“2. In Lahaul and Spiti district:— 

1. Gaddi 

2. Swangla 

3. Bhot or Bodh.”. 

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THE TWELFTH SCHEDULE 

[See section 46] 

I. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION (DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES) ORDER, 1965 

The  following  provisos  shall  be  inserted  immediately  below  the  Table  in  sub-paragraph  (2)  of 

paragraph 3 of the Order, namely:— 

“Provided  that  the  share  of  taxes  on  income  payable  to  the  State  of  Punjab  as  it  existed 
immediately before the 1st day of November, 1966, shall be construed, as from that date, as payable 
to  the  State  of  Haryana  and  the  State  of  Punjab  and  the  Union  in  the  proportion  of  
37.38 : 54.84 : 7.78 : 

Provided further that the share allocable to the Union shall be retained by it and shall be deemed 

to form part of the Consolidated Fund of India.”. 

II. AMENDMENTS TO THE UNION DUTIES OF EXCISE (DISTRIBUTION) ACT, 1962 

The  following  provisos  shall  be  inserted  immediately  after  the  Table  in  section  3  of  the  Act, 

namely:— 

Provided that the share of the distributable Union duties of excise payable to the State of Punjab 
as it existed immediately before the 1st day of November, 1966, shall be construed, as from that date, 
as  payable  to  the  State  of  Haryana  and  the  State  of  Punjab  and  the  Union  in  the  proportion  of  
37.38: 54.84: 7.78: 

Provided  further  that  the  share  allocable  to  the  Union  shall  be  retained  by  it  and  shall  not  be 

withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund of India.”. 

III.  AMENDMENTS  TO  THE  ADDITIONAL  DUTIES  OF  EXCISE  (GOODS  OF  SPECIAL  IMPORTANCE)  
                                                                           ACT, 1957 

The  following  provisos  shall  be  inserted  at  the  end  of  the  Table  in  paragraph  2  of  the  Second 

Schedule to the Act, namely:— 

“Provided  that  the  share  of  the  additional  duties  of  excise  payable  to  the  State  of  Punjab  as  it 
existed immediately before the 1st day of November, 1966, shall be construed, as from that date, as 
payable  to  the  State  of  Haryana  and  the  State  of  Punjab  and  the  Union  in  the  proportion  of  
37.38: 54.84: 7.78: 

Provided  further  that  the  share  allocable  to  the  Union  shall  be  retained  by  it  and  shall  not  be 

withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund of India.”. 

IV. AMENDMENTS TO THE ESTATE DUTY (DISTRIBUTION) ACT, 1962 

The following provisos shall be inserted at the end of clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the 

Act, namely:— 

“Provided that the share payable under clause (b) to the State of Punjab, as it existed immediately 
before the 1st day of November, 1966, shall be construed, as from that date, as payable to the State of 
Haryana and the State of Punjab and the Union in the proportion of 37.38: 54.84: 7.78: 

Provided further that the share allocable to the Union shall be retained by it and shall be deemed 

to form part of the Consolidated Fund of India.”. 

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THE THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 48) 

(1) Lands acquired for the sewerage scheme of Chandigarh:— 

S.No  Name of village  Hadbast  

   No. 

Area in  
acres 

Punjab Government notification under which 
acquired 

1 

2 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

Jagatpura . . 

Kambali . . 

Taraf Kumbra . 

Kumbra . . 

Kumbala . . 

Chilla . . . 

Papri . . . 

Manauli . . 

Chacho Majra 

10. 

11. 

Matran . . . 

Bakarpur . . 

TOTAL 

3 

261 

225 

5 

6 

226 

3 

269 

270 

268 

267 

264 

5 

C-3097-W-60/X/4564, dated 11th May, 1960. 

C-47-(I)-W-I/7649, dated 14th March, 1966. 

4 

4.58 

4.18 

6.07 

5.38 

20.28 

C-2985-W-62/I/13254, dated 10th May, 1962. 

  C-6718-W-63/I/6071, dated 11th March, 1964. 

   10430-W-4-62/34079, dated 6/8th November, 
1962. 

5.62 

5.21 

4.28 

8.52 

2.78 

3.68 

70.58 

(2) Lands acquired for soil conservation measures in the catchment area of Sukhna Lake:— 

S.No  Name of village  Hadbast  

2 

Suketri . . 

Manakpur 
(Khol-Gama) 

Kuranwala . . 

Dhamala . . . 

Dara Khurani.... 

   No. 

3 

376 

104 

105 

122 

390 

Area in  
acres 

Punjab Government notification under which 
acquired 

5 

517-Ft.-IV/63/474, dated 13th February, 1963. 

1789-Ft.-IV/63/898, dated 15th March, 1963. 

4 

2452.07 

346.45 

461.00 

198.94 

557.82 

1 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

  Kansil. . . 

  354 

2155.81 

    TOTAL 

6172.09 

 (3) Lands acquired for the setting up of brick kilns of the Chandigarh Capital Project:— 

S.No  Name of village  Hadbast  

1 

1 

2 

Judian . . 

   No. 

3 

379 

Area in  
acres 

Punjab Government notification under which 
acquired 

4 

5 

68.93 

C-73-52/58, dated 8th January, 1952. 

C-504-56/VI/526, dated 21st January, 1956. 

C-1650-W-60/X/37469, dated 5th September, 1960. 

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THE FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 58) 

APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF PENSIONS 

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

2. Subject to the said adjustments, the liability in respect of pensions of officers serving in connection 
with the affairs of the existing State of Punjab 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 Punjab. 

3. There shall be computed, in respect of the period commencing on the appointed day and ending on 
the 31st day of March, 1967, and in respect of each subsequent financial year, the total payments made in 
all the successor States in respect of the pensions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. That total representing 
the  liability  of  the  existing  State  of  Punjab  in  respect  of  pensions  shall  be  apportioned  between  the 
successor States in the population ratio and any successor State paying more than its due share shall be 
reimbursed the excess amount by the successor State or States paying less. 

4. The liability of the existing State of Punjab in respect of pensions 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 
Punjab 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 Punjab under paragraph 1. 

5. (1) The liability in respect of the pension of any officer serving immediately before the appointed 
day in connection with the affairs of the existing State of Punjab and retiring on or after that day, shall be 
that of the successor State granting 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 Punjab 
shall be allocated between the successor States in the population ratio, and the Government granting the 
pension shall be entitled to receive from each of the other successor States its share of 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 successor State or States other than the one granting the pension shall reimburse 
to the Government by which the 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 the 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  to  the 

commuted value of the pension. 

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THE FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 70) 

1. The Punjab State Co-operative Bank Ltd., Chandigarh. 

2. The Punjab State Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank Ltd., Chandigarh. 

3. The Punjab State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd., Chandigarh. 

4. The Punjab Co-operative Union Ltd., Chandigarh. 

5. The Punjab State Co-operative Labour and Construction Federation Ltd., Chandigarh. 

6. The Punjab State Handloom Weavers Apex Co-operative Society Ltd., Chandigarh. 

7. The Punjab State Co-operative Sugar Mills Federation Ltd., Chandigarh. 

8. The Punjab State Federation of Consumers Co-operative Wholesale Stores Ltd., Chandigarh. 

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9. The Punjab State Co-operative Industrial Federation Ltd., Chandigarh. 

10. The Rupar Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Rupar. 

11. The Ambala Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Ambala City. 

12. The Hoshiarpur Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Hoshiarpur. 

13. The Sangrur Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Sangrur. 

14. The Gurdaspur Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Gurdaspur. 

15. The Jogindra Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Nalagarh. 

16. The Hoshiarpur Primary Land Mortgage Bank Ltd., Hoshiarpur. 

17. The Gurdaspur Primary Land Mortgage Bank Ltd., Gurdaspur. 

18. The Sunam Primary Land Mortgage Bank Ltd., Sunam (Sangrur). 

19. The Primary Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank Ltd., Chandigarh. 

20.  The  Rupar  Sub-Division  Wholesale  Co-operative  Supply  and  Marketing  Society  Ltd.,  Rupar 
(Ambala). 

21. The Hoshiarpur District Wholesale Co-operative Supply and Marketing Society Ltd., Hoshiarpur. 

22. The Gurdaspur District Wholesale Co-operative Supply and Marketing Society Ltd., Gurdaspur. 

23. The Sangrur District Wholesale Co-operative Supply and Marketing Society Ltd., Sangrur. 

24. The Ambala Co-operative Labour and Construction Union Ltd., Ambala City. 

25. The Gurdaspur Co-operative Labour and Construction Union Ltd., Gurdaspur. 

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THE SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE 

(See section 77) 

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS WHERE EXISTING FACILITIES SHOULD BE CONTINUED 

1. Land Reclamation, Irrigation and Power Research Institute, Amritsar. 

2. Hydraulic Research Institute, Malakpur. 

3. Police Training School, Phillaur. 

4. Finger Print Bureau, Phillaur. 

5. Recruits Training Centre, Jahan Khelan. 

6. Constables Advance Training Centre, Ambala. 

7. Wireless Training Centre, Chandigarh. 

8. Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh. 

9. Gram Sewak Training Centre, Nabha. 

10. Gram Sewak Training Centre, Batala. 

11. Panchayats Secretaries Training Centre, Rai, District Rohtak. 

12. Dental College, Amritsar. 

13. Ayurvedic College, Patiala. 

14. Punjab Health School, Amritsar. 

15. T.B. Centre, Patiala for T.B. Health Visitors course. 

16. Punjab Mental Hospital, Amritsar. 

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17. T.B. Sanatorium, Amritsar. 

18. T.B. Sanatorium, Tanda, District Kangra. 

19. Hardinge Sanatorium, Dharampura, District Simla. 

20. T.B. Hospital, Hermitage, Sangrur. 

21. B.T. and B.Ed. Training Colleges at Simla, Dharamsala, Jullundur, Faridkot and Patiala. 

22. College of Physical Education, Patiala. 

23. Sports College for Boys, Jullundur. 

24. Sports College for Women, Kurukshetra. 

25. Bikram College of Commerce, Patiala. 

26. Jail Training Centre, Hissar. 

27. Government Institute for the Blind, Panipat. 

28. Training Centre for the Adult Blind, Sonepat. 

29. Training-cum-Production Centre and J.B.T. Training Centre, Gandhi Vanita Ashram, Jullundur. 

30. After Care Home, Amritsar. 

31. After Care Home, Madhuban (Karnal). 

32. Protective Home, Sangrur. 

33. Laboratory of Chemical Examiner, Patiala. 

34. Hygiene and Vaccine Institute, Punjab, Amritsar. 

35. Government Press, Chandigarh. 

36. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. 

37. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. 

38. College of Architecture, Chandigarh. 

39. General Hospital, Chandigarh. 

40. Government College for Women, Chandigarh. 

41. Government College for Men, Chandigarh. 

42. Home Science College, Chandigarh. 

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