THE HARYANA AND UTTAR PRADESH (ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES) ACT, 1979 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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PART I 
PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title. 
2.  Definitions. 

PART II 
ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES 
3.  Replacement of fluctuating boundaries by fixed boundaries. 
4.  Transfer of territories. 
5.  Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution. 
PART III 
REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

6.  Construction of delimitation orders. 
7.  Provision as to sitting members. 

PART IV 
HIGH COURTS 
8.  Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court of Punjab and Haryana. 
9.  Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court at Allahabad. 
10.  Right to appear in any proceedings transferred under section 8 or section 9. 
11.  Interpretation. 

PART V 
AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE 
12.  Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territories under existing appropriation 

Acts. 

13.  Reports relating to accounts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. 

PART VI 
APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

14.  Land and goods. 
15.  Arrears of taxes. 
16.  Right to recover loans and advances. 
17.  Refund of taxes collected in excess. 
18.  Deposits. 
19.  Contracts. 
20.  Liability in respect of actionable wrong. 
21.  Liability as guarantor of co-operative societies. 
22.  Items in suspense. 
23.  Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement. 
24.  Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases. 
25.  Expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund. 

PART VII 
LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

26.  State Financial Corporations and State Electricity Boards. 
27.  Territorial extent of laws. 
28.  Power to adapt laws. 

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SECTIONS 

29.  Power to construe laws. 
30.  Legal proceedings. 
31.  Transfer of pending proceedings. 
32.  Construction of boundary pillars, etc. 
33.  Validity of demarcation done before commencement of Act. 
34.  Effect of provisions inconsistent with other laws. 
35.  Power to remove difficulties. 
36.  Power to make rules. 
THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE HARYANA AND UTTAR PRADESH (ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES) ACT, 1979 

ACT NO. 31 OF 1979 

[11th June, 1979.] 

An Act to provide for the alteration of boundaries of the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and 

for matters connected therewith. 

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

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title.—This  Act  may  be  called  the  Haryana  and  Uttar  Pradesh  (Alteration  of  Boundaries) 

Act, 1979. 

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

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

Official Gazette, appoint; 

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

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

(c) “fixed boundaries” means the boundaries demarcated under the provisions of section 3; 

(d)  “law”  includes  any  enactment,  Ordinance,  regulation,  order,  bye-law,  rule,  scheme, 
notification  or  other  instrument  having  the  force  of  law  in  the  whole  or  in  any  part  of the  State  of 
Haryana or Uttar Pradesh; 

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

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

(g)  “present  deep  stream  line”  means  the  deep  stream  line  of the river-Yamuna  as  verified  and 
determined by the Survey of India during the months of November, 1974, December, 1974, January, 
1975 and February, 1975; 

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

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

(i) “transferred territories” means,— 

(a) in relation to the State of Haryana, the territories transferred by this Act from that State to 

the State of Uttar Pradesh, and 

(b) in relation to the State of Uttar Pradesh, the territories transferred by this Act from that 

State to the State of Haryana; 

(j)  any  reference  to  a district  of a  State shall  be construed  as  a reference  to the area  physically 

comprised within that district immediately before the appointed day. 

PART II 

ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES 

3. Replacement of fluctuating boundaries by fixed boundaries.—(1) As from the appointed day, 
the  boundary  between  the  Karnal  and  Sonepat  districts  of  the  State  of  Haryana  and  the  Saharanpur, 
Muzaffarnagar and Meerut districts of the State of Uttar Pradesh and the boundary between the Gurgaon 
district of the State of Haryana and the Bulandshahr and Aligarh districts of the State of Uttar Pradesh 
which  at  present  is  the  deep  stream  of  the  river-Yamuna,  shall  be  altered  to  and  replaced  by  fixed 
boundaries. 

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(2)  The  said  fixed  boundaries  shall  be  demarcated  by  an  authority  appointed  in  this  behalf  by  the 
Central  Government  so  as  to  be  generally  in  conformity  with  the  fixed  boundaries  described  in  the 
Schedule. 

(3) For the purposes of such demarcation,— 

(a) the decision of the said authority on any matter relating to the interpretation of any part of the 

description of the fixed boundary given in the Schedule shall be final; 

(b)  the  said  authority  shall  have  power  to  determine  the  location  of  the  points  at  which  the 
boundary pillars shall be constructed and to specify the State Government which shall be responsible 
for  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  boundary  pillars  at  such  points  according  to  such 
specifications as that authority may indicate (the pillars of the same specifications being apportioned, 
as far as practicable, equally between the two State Governments), the decision of the said authority 
in regard to these matters being final; 

(c) it shall be lawful for the said authority and for any person specified by such authority to enter 
upon and survey any area in the vicinity of any of the fixed boundaries described in the Schedule and 
to do all other acts as may be necessary. 

(4) The authority referred to in sub-section (2) shall also prepare maps of the areas on both sides of 

the fixed boundaries and in the vicinity thereof showing— 

(a) the present deep stream line and the fixed boundary in relation to it; and 

(b) the names and boundaries of the villages on both sides of the fixed boundary as indicated by 

the State Government concerned with reference to the revenue records of that Government, 

and  send  authenticated  copies  thereof  to  the  Central  Government  and  to  the  State  Governments  of 
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. 

4. Transfer of territories.—(1) As from the appointed day,— 

(a) there shall  be  added to  the  State  of  Haryana  all the  territories of the State of  Uttar  Pradesh 
which lie on the Haryana side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon cease to 
form part of the State of Uttar Pradesh; and 

(b) there shall  be  added to  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  all  the  territories  of  the  State  of  Haryana 
which lie on the Uttar Pradesh side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon 
cease to form part of the State of Haryana. 

(2)  Each  of  the  State  Governments  of  Haryana  and  Uttar  Pradesh  shall,  by  order  in  the  Official 
Gazette  of  the  State,  provide  for  the  administration,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  of  the  territories 
transferred  to  that  State  under  sub-section  (1)  by  including  them  or  any  part  of  them  in  such  district,              
sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit as may be specified in the order. 

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

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

(a) for the entry against “13. Uttar Pradesh”, the following shall be substituted, namely:— 

“The  territories  which  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  this  Constitution                 

were either comprised in the Province known as the United Provinces or were being administered 
as  if they  formed  part  of  that  Province,  the  territories  specified  in  clause (b)  of  sub-section  (1)                
of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 (24 of 1968) and                        
the  territories  specified  in  clause  (b)  of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  4  of  the  Haryana  and  Uttar 
Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979, but excluding the territories specified in clause (a) 
of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  3  of  the  Bihar  and  Uttar  Pradesh  (Alteration  of  Boundaries)                  
Act, 1968, and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana 
and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of 1979).”; 

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(b) for the entry against “17. Haryana”, the following shall be substituted, namely:— 

“The  territories  specified  in  sub-section  (1)  of  section  3  of  the  Punjab  Reorganisation  Act, 
1966 and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and 
Uttar  Pradesh  (Alteration  of  Boundaries)  Act,  1979  (31  of  1979),  but  excluding  the  territories 
specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of that Act.”. 

PART III 
REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

6.  Construction  of  delimitation  orders.—As  from  the  appointed  day,  any  reference  in  any  order 
to  delimitation  of  parliamentary  constituencies,  assembly  constituencies  or  council 

relating 
constituencies— 

(a) (i) to  the State of Haryana, shall be construed as including the territories transferred to that 
State from the State of Uttar Pradesh under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4, but excluding 
the territories transferred from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar Pradesh under clause (b) of 
that sub-section; 

(ii) to any district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit in the State of Haryana, 
shall  be  construed  as including  that  part  of the  territories, if any,  transferred  to that  State,  which  is 
included in that district, sub-division, police station or other administrative unit by order made under 
sub-section (2) of section 4; 

(b) (i) to the State of Uttar Pradesh, shall be construed as including the territories transferred to 
that State from the State of Haryana under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4, but excluding the 
territories transferred from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana under clause (a) of that 
sub-section; 

(ii)  to  any  district,  sub-division,  police-station  or  other  administrative  unit  in  the  State  of  Uttar 
Pradesh,  shall  be construed  as  including  that part  of the territories,  if  any,  transferred to that  State, 
which  is  included  in  that  district,  sub-division,  police-station  or  other  administrative  unit  by  order 
made under sub-section (2) of section 4. 

7.  Provision  as  to  sitting  members.—(1)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  House  of  the  People 
representing  any  parliamentary  constituency  the  extent  of  which  has  been  altered  by  virtue  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  shall,  notwithstanding  such  alteration,  be  deemed,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  to 
have been elected to that House by that constituency as so altered. 

(2)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Haryana  or  Uttar  Pradesh 
representing any assembly constituency the extent of which has been altered by virtue of the provisions of 
this  Act  shall,  notwithstanding  such  alteration,  be  deemed,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  to  have  been 
elected to the said Legislative Assembly by that constituency as so altered. 

(3)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  Legislative  Council of  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  representing  any 
council  constituency  the  extent  of  which  has  been  altered  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall, 
notwithstanding such alteration, be deemed, as from the appointed day, to have been elected to the said 
Legislative Council by that constituency as so altered. 

PART IV 
HIGH COURTS 

8.  Extension  of  jurisdiction  of,  and  transfer  of  proceedings  to,  High  Court  of  Punjab  and 

Haryana.—(1) Except as hereinafter provided— 

(a) the jurisdiction  of  the High  Court  of  Punjab  and Haryana  shall, as  from  the  appointed day, 
extend  to  the  territories  transferred  by  this  Act  from  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  to  the  State  of 
Haryana; and 

(b)  the  High  Court  of  Judicature  at  Allahabad  shall,  as  from  that  day,  have  no  jurisdiction  in 

respect of the said territories. 

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(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad immediately before the 
appointed  day  as  are  certified  by  the  Chief  Justice  of  that  High  Court,  having  regard  to  the  place  of 
accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and 
decided  by  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and  Haryana shall,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  such  certification,  be 
transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, 
the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall have, and the High Court of Punjab and Haryana 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 Judicature at Allahabad before the appointed day: 

Provided  that  if,  after  such  proceedings  have  been  entertained  by  the  High  Court  of  Judicature  at 
Allahabad, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High 
Court of Punjab and Haryana, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall 
thereupon be transferred accordingly. 

(4) Any order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad— 

(a)  before  the  appointed  day  in  any  proceedings  transferred  to  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and 

Haryana by virtue of sub-section (2), or 

(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad retains 

jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), 

shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, but 
also as an order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. 

(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, any such 
person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of 
Judicature  at  Allahabad  as  may  be  specified  in  this  behalf  by  the  Chief  Justice  of  the  High  Court  of 
Punjab and Haryana having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State 
of  Haryana,  shall  be  recognised  as  an  advocate  entitled  to  practise  in  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and 
Haryana. 

9.  Extension  of 

jurisdiction  of,  and 
Allahabad.—(1) Except as hereinafter provided— 

transfer  of  proceedings 

to,  High  Court  at                         

(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from the appointed day, 
extend  to  the  territories  transferred  by  this  Act  from  the  State  of  Haryana  to  the  State  of  Uttar 
Pradesh; and 

(b) the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect 

of the said territories. 

(2)  Such  proceedings  pending  in  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day  as  are  certified  by  the  Chief  Justice  of  that  High  Court,  having  regard  to  the  place  of 
accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and 
decided by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be 
transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. 

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, 
the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall have, and the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad 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 and Haryana before the appointed day: 

Provided  that  if,  after  such  proceedings  have  been  entertained  by  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and 
Haryana, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High 
Court  of  Judicature  at  Allahabad,  he  shall  order  that  they  shall  be  so  transferred  and  such  proceedings 
shall thereupon be transferred accordingly. 

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(4) Any order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana— 

(a)  before  the  appointed  day  in  any  proceedings  transferred  to  the  High  Court  of  Judicature  at 

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

(b)  in  any  proceedings  with  respect  to  which  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  retains 

jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3), 

shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, but also 
as an order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. 

(5)  Subject  to  any  rule  made  or  direction  given  by  the  High  Court  of  Judicature  at  Allahabad,  any 
such  person  who  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  is  an  advocate  entitled  to  practise  in  the  High 
Court of Punjab and Haryana as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of 
Judicature at Allahabad having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Haryana to the State 
of Uttar Pradesh shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at 
Allahabad. 

10.  Right  to  appear  in any  proceedings  transferred  under  section  8  or section  9.—Any  person 
who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab 
and  Haryana  or  the  High  Court  of  Judicature  at  Allahabad  and  was  authorised  to  appear  in  any 
proceedings transferred under section 8 or section 9 shall have the right to appear in the High Court to 
which the proceedings have been transferred in relation to those proceedings. 

11. Interpretation.—For the purposes of sections 8 and 9,— 

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

(b)  references  to  the  High  Court  of  Punjab  and  Haryana  or  the  High  Court  of  Judicature  at 
Allahabad  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. 

PART V 
AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE 

12.  Appropriation  of  moneys  for  expenditure  in  transferred  territories  under  existing 
appropriation Acts.—(1) As from the appointed day, any Act passed by the Legislature of the State of 
Haryana  or  Uttar  Pradesh before  that  day  for  the  appropriation  of  any  moneys  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund  of  the  State  to  meet  any  expenditure  in  respect  of  any  part  of  the  financial  year  in  which  the 
appointed  day  falls  shall  have  effect  also  in  relation  to  the  territories  transferred  to  that  State  by  the 
provisions of Part II and it shall be lawful for the State Government to spend any amount on any service 
in those territories out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for that service during the 
financial year in that State. 

(2)  The  Governor  of  Haryana  or  of  Uttar  Pradesh  may,  after  the  appointed  day,  authorise  such 
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State as he deems necessary for any purpose or service in 
the  territories  transferred  to  that  State  for  a  period  of  not  more  than  six  months  beginning  with  the 
appointed day pending the sanction of such expenditure by the Legislature of the State: 

Provided that no such authorisation shall be made so as to have effect for any period after the end of 

the financial year in which the appointed day falls. 

13. Reports relating to accounts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.—The reports of the Comptroller 
and  Auditor-General  of  India  referred  to  in  clause  (2)  of  article  151  of  the  Constitution  relating  to  the 
accounts  of  the  State  of  Haryana  or  Uttar  Pradesh  in  respect  of  any  financial  year  ending  before  the 
appointed day shall be submitted to the Governor of each of the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh who 
shall cause them to be laid before the Legislature of the State. 

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PART VI 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

14. Land and goods.—(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, all land and all stores, articles 
and other goods belonging to the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh in the transferred territories shall, as 
from the appointed day, pass to the State to which the territories are transferred. 

(2) In this section, the expression “land” includes immovable property of every kind and any rights in 

or over such property. 

15. Arrears of taxes.—The right of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to recover arrears of any 
tax or duty on property situate in the transferred territories, including land revenue, or to recover arrears 
of any other tax or duty in any case where the place of assessment of that tax or duty is in the transferred 
territories shall belong to the State to which the territories are transferred. 

16. Right to recover loans and advances.—The right to recover any loans or advances made before 
the appointed day by the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to any local body,  society, agriculturist, or 
other person in the transferred territories shall belong to the State to which the territories are transferred. 

17. Refund of taxes collected in excess.—The liability of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to 
refund any tax or duty on property situate in the transferred territories including land revenue, collected in 
excess  shall  be  the  liability  of  the  State  to  which  the  territories  are  transferred,  and  the  liability  of  the 
State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to refund any other tax or duty collected in excess in any case where 
the place of assessment of the tax or duty is in the transferred territories shall also be the liability of the 
State to which the territories are transferred. 

18. Deposits.—The liability of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh in respect of any civil deposit or 
local fund deposit made in the transferred territories shall, as from the appointed day, be the liability of 
the State to which the territories are transferred. 

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

(a)  if  such  purposes  are,  as  from  that  day,  purposes  relatable  exclusively  to  the  transferred 

territories, of the State to which the territories are transferred; and 

(b)  in  any  other  case,  of  the  State  which  made  the  contract,  and  all  rights  and liabilities  which 
have accrued, or may accrue, under any such contract shall, to the extent to which they are rights or 
liabilities  of  the  State  which  made  the  contract,  be  the  rights  or  liabilities  of  the  State  specified  in 
clause (a) or clause (b) above. 

(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. 

20.  Liability  in  respect  of  actionable wrong.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the 
State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh 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 transferred territories, be a liability of the State 

to which the territories are transferred; and 

(b) in any other case, continue to be a liability of the State which, immediately before that day, 

was subject to such liability. 

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21.  Liability  as  guarantor  of  co-operative  societies.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed 
day, the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh is liable as guarantor in respect of any liability of a registered 
co-operative society, that liability shall,— 

(a) if the area of the society’s operations is limited to the transferred territories, be a liability of 

the State to which the territories are transferred; and 

(b) in any other case, continue to be a liability of the State which, immediately before that day, 

was subject to such liability. 

22. 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. 

23. Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement.—Where the States of Haryana and Uttar 
Pradesh 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. 

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

25. Expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund.—All sums payable by either the State 
of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to the other State by virtue of the provisions of this Part shall be charged on 
the Consolidated Fund of the State by which such sums are payable. 

PART VII 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

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

(a) 

the  Financial  Corporations  constituted  under 
Act, 1951 (63 of 1951), for the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh; and  

the  State  Financial  Corporations                              

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

for the said States, 

 shall be deemed to have been constituted for those States with their areas as altered by the provisions of 
section 4. 

27. Territorial extent of laws.—The provisions of section 4 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  Haryana  or  Uttar  Pradesh  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. 

28. Power to adapt laws.—For the purpose of facilitating the application of any law in relation to the 
State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh, the appropriate Government may, before the expiration of two years 
from the appointed 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  or  modifications  so  made  until  altered,  repealed  or  amended  by  a  competent 
Legislature or other competent authority. 

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Explanation.—In  this section,  the expression  “appropriate  Government”  means as  respects any  law 
relating to a matter enumerated in the Union List, the Central Government, and as respects any other law, 
the State Government. 

29. Power to construe laws.—Notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been 
made 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 Haryana or Uttar Pradesh, 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. 

30.  Legal  proceedings.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the  State  of  Haryana  or 
Uttar  Pradesh  is  a  party  to  any  legal  proceedings  with  respect  to  any  property,  rights  or  liabilities 
transferred to the other State under this Act, the other State shall be deemed to be substituted for the State 
from which such property, rights or liabilities are transferred as a party to those proceedings, or added as 
a party thereto, as the case may be, and the proceedings may continue accordingly. 

31.  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 the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh shall, if it is a proceeding/relatable exclusively 
to any part of the territories which as from that day are the territories of the other State, stand transferred 
to the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer in the other State. 

(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, 
authority or officer before which, or before 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 means— 

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

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

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

32. Construction of boundary pillars, etc.—(1) It shall be lawful for the State Government which is 
responsible for the construction of any boundary pillar under sub-section (3) of section 3 to cause such 
pillar to be constructed and maintained and no suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against 
the State Government or any of its officers for anything in good faith done or intended to be done under 
this section. 

(2)  The  boundary  pillars  shall  be  inspected  jointly  by  the  officers  of  the  State  Governments  of 
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in accordance with such rules as the Central Government may  make in this 
behalf. 

(3) Whoever wilfully removes or injures any boundary pillars shall be punishable with imprisonment 

of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. 

(4)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure,  1973  (2  of  1974),  an 
offence under sub-section (3) may be inquired into and tried by a court in either of the States of Haryana 
and Uttar Pradesh. 

33.  Validity  of  demarcation  done  before  commencement  of  Act.—All  things  done  and  all  steps 
taken before the commencement of this Act in connection with the demarcation of the fixed boundaries 
shall, in so far as they are in conformity with the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 3, be 
deemed to have been done in accordance with law. 

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

notwithstanding any law, custom or usage which is inconsistent therewith. 

35. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the President may, by notified order, do anything, not inconsistent with such provisions which 
appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty. 

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

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

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

(2) Every rule made by the Central Government 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 in two or more successive sessions, and if before the expiry of 
the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in 
making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall 
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that 
any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done 
under that rule. 

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THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 3 (2)] 

Description of the fixed boundaries 

1. The fixed boundary between the Karnal and Sonepat districts of Haryana on the one side and the 
Saharanpur,  Muzaffarnagar  and  Meerut  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh  on the  other  side  shall  be  the  present 
deep stream line. 

2.  (1)  The  fixed  boundary  between  the  Gurgaon  district  of  Haryana  on  the  one  side  and  the 
Bulandshahr  and  Aligarh  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh  on  the  other  side  shall  commence  from  the  point 
where the present deep stream line crosses the north-west boundary of BASANTPUR and proceed along 
the said boundary up to the point where it crosses the north bank of the river Yamuna as ascertained at the 
1971-72 river survey conducted by the Survey of India. 

(2)  It  shall  then  proceed  along  the  said  north  bank  up  to  the  point  where  it  meets  the  boundary 
between  BASANTPUR  and  SALARPUR;  thence  along  the  northern  and  eastern  boundaries  of 
SALARPUR,  the  eastern  boundary  of  ASALATPUR,  the  north-eastern  boundary  of  DADSIA,  the 
northern  and  north-eastern  boundaries  of  KIRAWLI,  the  northern  boundary  of  LALPUR,  the  northern 
and  eastern  boundaries  of  MAHABATPUR,  the  eastern  boundary  of  MUAZZAMABAD,  the  eastern 
boundary  of  BHASKOLA,  the eastern  and  northern boundaries  of  RAJPUR  KALAN  including  CHAK 
PHULERA, the northern and eastern boundaries of SHIKARGAH, the northern and eastern boundaries of 
AMINPUR, the eastern boundary of CHIRSI, the eastern boundary of AKBARPUR, the eastern boundary 
of MOZAMABAD-MAZRA-SHEIKHPUR, the eastern boundary of SHEIKHPUR, the eastern boundary 
of  MANJHAWLI,  the  eastern  boundary  of  GARHI  BEGAMPUR,  the  south-eastern  boundary  of 
DALELGARH,  the  eastern  boundary  of  NANGLA-MAZRA-CHANDPUR,  the  northern  and  eastern 
boundaries  of  SHAHJAHANPUR,  the  eastern  boundary  of  LATIFPUR,  the  eastern  boundary  of 
PARASRAMPUR alias DULEHPUR, the eastern boundary of MAKANPUR, the north-eastern boundary 
of WALIPUR, the western, northern and eastern boundaries of SHEIKHPUR, the northern and the north-
eastern  boundaries  of  BEHRAMPUR,  and  the  north-western  boundary  of  NANGLIA  up  to  the  point 
where it meets the present deep stream line. 

(3)  From  this  point,  it  shall  proceed  along  the  present  deep  stream  line  following  the  boundary  on 
Uttar  Pradesh  side  of  NANGLIA,  JHUPPA,  BAGHPUR  KHALAN,  BAGHPUR  KHURD,  SOLRAH, 
BHOLRA, DOSTPUR, GURWARI AND CHANDHAT up to the junction of the old main stream of the 
river Yamuna and the channel or branch of the river commonly known as the Zair Nala, and thence along 
the present deep stream line up to the southern boundary of MAHOLI. 

Explanation.—In this paragraph,— 

(a)  any  reference  to  the  boundary  of  a  village  named  in  sub-paragraphs  (1)  and  (2)  shall  be 
construed as a reference to the boundary of that village as ascertained and mapped at the Settlement 
of Gurgaon district completed in 1943; 

(b)  the  references  to  the  present  deep  stream  line  at  the  end  of  sub-paragraph  (2)  and  the 
beginning  of  sub-paragraph  (3)  shall  be  construed  as  references  to  the  present  deep  stream  line 
pertaining to the old main stream of the river Yamuna. 

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