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The Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966
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The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
UNION OF INDIA
India
The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
Act 31 of 1966
Published on 18 September 1966•
Commenced on 18 September 1966•
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The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966ACT NO. 31 OF 1966
1305.
On the 21st March, 1966, it was announced in the Lok Sabha that Government has decided to accept
in principle the reorganisation of the existing State of Punjab on linguistic basis. On the 18th April,
1966, that House was informed that necessary legislation would be brought forward for the
reorganisation of the State as soon as the boundaries of the new States were settled and necessary
legislation to amend Article 3 of the Constitution to enable the transfer of certain areas of the
existing state of the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh was enacted. The Punjab Reorganisation
Bill, 1966, is destined to reorganise the existing State so as to constitute two separate State of Punjab
and Haryana and a new Union Territory by the name of Chandigarh and to transfer certain areas of
the existing State to the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh.The Bill provides for the territories of
two States and the new Union Territory and also specifies the areas to be transferred to the Union
Territory of Himachal Pradesh and makes the necessary supplemental, incidental and consequential
provisions in relation to such reorganisation, including representation in Parliament and in the
State Legislatures.The notes on clauses explain in detail the various provisions of the Bill".[18th
September, 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 :-
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title.
- This Act may be called the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.
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2. Definitions.
- 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;(e)"Delimitation
Commission" means the Delimitation Commission constituted under section 3 of the Delimitation
Commission Act, 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 37.88 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.
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)Narwana 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.
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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.
- (2) 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 kaunugo 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 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(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
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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 power 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 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 Of The Legislature
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.
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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 terms 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. Provisions 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
-(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 "4-", 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 the 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 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 alloted.(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
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time being in force, the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh shall be
deemed to be duly constituted on the appointed.
16. Duration of Legislative Assembly 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, for the existing entry 7, the
following entry shall be substituted, namely :-"7. Punjab 40 14, 33 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.
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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.(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 :-
(1) (2)
Punjab West Central Graduates Punjab Central Graduates.
Punjab East Central Graduates Punjab South Graduates.
Punjab West Central Teachers Punjab Central Teachers.
Punjab East Central Teachers Punjab South Teachers.
Patiala Local Authorities 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' constituency 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 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 Schedule
Castes;(b)thirteen seats to the State of Punjab of which three seats shall be reserved for 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.
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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 Schedule
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 which twenty-three seats shall be reserved for the
Schedule Castes.(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,
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 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
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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 Schedule 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 Order.
(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.
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 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.
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31. Special provision relating to Bar Council and Advocates.
(1)On and from the appointed day, -(a)in the Advocates Act, 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
practise 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.
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.
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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 appeal 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, application 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
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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 an order made by the Court of the Judicial
Commissioner for Himachal Pradesh.
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.
Part V – Authorisation Of Expenditure And Distribution Of
Revenues
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
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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, the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957, and the Estate
Duty (Distribution) Act, 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.
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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 balance
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 :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.
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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 successors 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 any body
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
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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(b)for the purpose of determining the said shares, the debt shall be
deemed to be divided between the successors 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
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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.
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.(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 pension shall pass to, or be apportioned
between, the successor States in accordance with the provisions contained in the Fourteenth
Schedule.
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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 purposes of the State, that contract shall be deemed to have
been made in the exercise of the executive power -(a)if the purposes of the contract are, on and from
the appointed day, 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 successors 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.
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.
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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 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 move 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.
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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; and(b)the State Warehousing
Corporation established under the Warehousing Corporations Act, 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 proceeding 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 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 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 that 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.
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69. Provisions as to Punjab State Financial Corporation.
(1)The Punjab State Financial Corporation established under the State Financial Corporations Act,
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.(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.
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 :-Transitional provision relating to certain multi-unit co-operative societies. - "5D.
(I) 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
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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 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.(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, 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 provision 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 to such exceptions and
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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, the Punjab Agricultural University constituted Act, 1947, the Punjab
Agricultural University constituted under the Punjab Agricultural University Act, 1961, and the
Board constituted under the provisions of Part III of the Sikh Gurdawaras Act, 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, or in any other law.(2)Any directions issued under
sub-section (1) in respect of a company referred to in that sub-section, may include directions
-(a)regarding the division of the interests and shares of 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, 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.
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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 then
notwithstanding anything contained in section 25F, 25FF or 25FFF, of the Industrial Disputes Act,
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
co-operative 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, 25FFF of the Industrial Disputes Act, 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, shall be apportioned
amongst the transferee bodies corporate in accordance with the rules to be made by the Central
Government in this behalf and, upon such apportionment, the share of loss allotted to each
transferee body corporate shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI of the
said Act as if the transferee body corporate had itself sustained such loss in a business carried on by
it in the year 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 institution 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 Government
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
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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 be 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,(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.
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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 Reservoir 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;(b)a
representative each of the Government of the States of Punjab, Haryana 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 s. 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 & 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 operation of the works in 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
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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 sub-ordinate 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 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
States 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 of 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
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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 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, 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
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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 committee 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 :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 Territory 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
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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.
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
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-(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 proceeding.
(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,
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"
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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 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 filing 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 the Bhakra Management
Board or the Beas Construction Board;(d)the maintenance of record 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
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authority by which such estimates shall be approved;(g)the condition 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.(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 in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in
which it is so laid or the session immediately following, 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 this rule.THE FIRST SCHEDULE[See section 3(1)(e)]Territories Transferred
from Manimajra, Kanungo Circle or Kharar Tahsil or Ambala District in the Existing State of Punjab
to the New State of Haryana
1. The following patwar circles :-
BhareliBatawarBarwalaMajriKalka
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 :-
ManimajraMauliChandimander.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 :-
DhanasKalibarKailerDadu MajraKanthalaHallo Majra.
2. The following villages of Manimajra kanungo circle of Kharat Tahsil of
Ambala District.
Name of the Village Hadbast No. Name of patwar circle in which village included.
1 2 3
Lahore 348 Lahore
Sarangpur 347 Sarangpur
Khuda Alisher 353 Kansal
Daria 374 Manimajra
Manimajra 375 Manimajra
Mauli Jagran 373 Mauli
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Bara Raipur 371 Mauli
Chota Raipur 232 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)
Punjab Government notification under which acquired.
1 2 3 4
Suketri 376 77.74
C-11544-55/VI-1003, dated the 12thNovember,
1955.C-11544/55/VI/1008, dated the 12thNovember, 1955.
Karoran 352 214.59
C-2707-51/1232, dated the 22nd/23rdMay, 1951.C-1058-53/1111,
dated the 26thFebruary, 1953.C-539-52/351, dated the
29thJanuary, 1952.C-3144/53/2106, dated the 15thApril,
1953.C-2352-W-64/I/6710, dated the 14thMarch, 1964.
Kansal 354 199.78
C-542/399, dated the 1stFebruary, 1952.C-1152-52/734, dated the
15thFebruary, 1952.
4. The following villages of Manauli kanungo circle of Kharar Tahsil of
Ambala district :-
Name of Village Hadbast No. Name of patwar circle in which village is included.
1 2 3
Behlana 231 Bhabat
Chuharpur 233 Bhabat
Bair Majra 224 Dharamgarh
Nizampur Kumbra 197 Kumbra
Budheri 12 Kumbra
Kujheri 198 Kujheri
Attawa 199 Kujheri
Palsora 11 Mataur
Maloya 13 Maloya
Salahpur 201 Maloya
Burail 222 Burail
Nizampur Burail 259 Burail
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Jumro 260 Burail
THE THIRD SCHEDULE[See section 5(1)]Territories referred to in Clauses (d), (e) and (f) of
Sub-Section (i) of Section 5 Transferred from the Existing State of Punjab to the Union Territory of
Himachal Pradesh
Part I – 1. The following patwar circle of Santokhgarh kanungo
circle of Una Tahsil of Hoshiarpur District :-
Name of patwar circle Patwar circle No.
Palkwah 60
Pubowal 62
Polian 63
Dulehar 64
Bietan 65
Kungrat 66
Nangal Kalan 67
Nangran 68
Bathu 74
2. The following villages of Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una Tahsil of
Hoshiarpur District :-
Name of village Hadbast No.
No. of patwar circle in which village
is included.
Name of patwar circle in
which village is included.
1 2 3 4
Fattewal 460 61 Jakhera
Bangarh 461 61 Jakhera
Charatgarh 225 72 Charatgarh
Khanpur 226 72 Charatgarh
Chhatharpur 227 73 Santokhgarh
Jatpur 245 73 Santokhgarh
Takhatpur 247 73 Santokhgarh
Santokhgarh 246 73 Santokhgarh
Bathori 476 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
notifed area for the purposes of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, by the
notification of the Government of Punjab No. 2225-CI(3C1)-61-9684, dated the
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21st March, 1961 :-
Name of
Village.
Hadbast
No.
No. of patwar circle in which
village is included.
Name of patwar circle in which
village is included.
1 2 3 4
Jakera 229 61 Jakhera
Malikpur 242 61 Jakhera
Binewal 243 69 Kanchehra
Majara 248 69 Kanchehra
Mehatpur 230 70 Bhabhaur
Bhatoli 231 70 Bhabhaur
Basdehra 228 70 Bhabhaur
Ajauli 237 71 Basdehra
Puna 244 71 Basdehra
Raipur 218 72 Charatgarh
Sanoli 249 77 Sanoli
Part II – 4. Village Kosar forming part of Una Tahsil of
Hoshiarpur District.
Part III – 5. The following villages of Dhar Kalan kanungo circle
of Pathankot Tahsil of Gureaspur District :-
Name of Village Hadbast No.
Bakloh 421
Balun 422
Dalhousie 423
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.
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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 Parliament 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 zails and Sadaura 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".
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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.
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 word "shall be taken", substituted "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 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
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Bhangal zail in Palampur thana in Palampur thana in Palampur tahsil of Kangra
district.
43. Seraj (SC)
Seraj thana and Kanawar, Harkandhi, Chung,Kot Kandhi, Ballan and Sainsar zails
in Kulu thana in Kulu district.
44. Palampur Palampur thana (excluding Naura and Bir Bhangal zails) in Palampur tahsil.
45. Kangra
Kangra tahsil (excluding Dhramsala thana, Shahpur part-thana and Narwana,
Chetru, Tayara and Ramgarh part-zails in Kangra thana); Changar zail in
Palampur thana in Palampur tahsil.
46. Dharamsala
Dharamsala thana, Shahpur part-thana and Narwana, Chetru, Tayara and
Ramgarh part-zails in Kangra thana in Kangra tahsil.
47. Nurpur Nurpur tahsil; and Dhameta and Nagrota zails in Dera Gopipur tahsil.
48. Dera
Gopipur
Dera Gopipur tahsil (excluding Dhameta, Nagrota and Changar zails).
49.
Hamirpur(SC)
Sujanpur, Rajgir, Ugialta, Mewa and Mehlta zails in Hamirpur tahsil.
50. Barsar Hamirpur tahsil (excluding Sujanpur, Rajgir, Ugialta, Mewa and Mehlta zails).
51. Amb
Amb thana and Pandoga and Basal zails and Khand 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 Simla district (including Nalagarh tahsil).
54. Nalagar Nalagarh tahsil in 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 of 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 District, 1.
3. Punjab South Graduates Ludhiana, Rupar, Patiala, Sangrur and Bhatinda District�.1" and
(iii)Omit entry 4;(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 :-
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2. Punjab Central Teachers Ferozepur, Kapurthala and Jullundur District, 1.
3. Punjab South Teachers Ludhiana, Rupar, Patiala, Sangrur and Bhatinda District�.1"
(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(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.
2. Shri Amir Singh.
3. Shri S.L. Chopra.
4. Shri Shri Chand Goel.
5. Shrimati Lekhwati Jain.
6. Shri Om Prakash.
7. Shri Premsukh Das.
8. Shri Birender Singh.
9. Shri Sher Singh.
10. Shri Dharam Singh.
11. Shri Nasib Singh.
12. Shri Sultan Singh.
13. Shrimati Lajja.
14. Shri Beli Ram.
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15. Shri Siri Chand.
16. Shrimati Savita Behan.
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. Bengali
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, Raigarh, Ramdasi or Ravidasi
10. Chanal
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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
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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.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 constituted 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 Barwaria
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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
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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
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6. Bazigar
7. Balmiki, Chura or Bhangi
8. Bhanjra
9. Chamar, Jatia Chamar, Rehgar, Raigarh, 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. Mazahabi
23. Megh
24. Nat
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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 -(1)For paragraph 3, substitute -(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 :-
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1. Gaddi
2. Swangla
3. Bhot or Bodh".
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 its 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 37.88 : 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, 1962The 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, 1957The 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,
1962The 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 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".THE THIRTHEENTH 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 3 4 5
1. Jagatpura 261 4.58 C-3097-W-6-/X/4564, dated 11th May, 1960.
2. Kambali 225 4.18 C-47-(1)-W-1/7469, dated 14th March, 1966.
3. Taraf Kumbra 5 5.07
4. Kumbra 6 5.38
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5. Kumbala 226 20.28 C-2985-W-62/I/13254, dated 10th May, 1962
6. Chilla 5 5.62 C-6718-W-63/I/6071, dated 11th March, 1964
7. Papri 269 5.21
8. Manauli 270 4.28
9. Chacho Majra 268 8.52
10430-W-4-62/34079, dated 6/8th November,
1962.
10. Matran 267 2.78
11. Bakarpur 264 3.68
Total 70.58,
(2)Lands acquired for soil conservation measures in the catchment area of Sukhna Lake :-
S.
No.
Name of village
Hadbast
No.
Area in
acres
Punjab Government Notification under which
acquired
1 2 3 4 5
1. Suketri 376 2452.07
517-Ft.-IV(63)/474, dated 13th February,
1963.
2.
Manakpur (Khol
Ganna)
104 346.45 1789-Ft-IV/63/989, dated 15th March, 1963
3. Kuranwala 105 461.00
4. Dhamala 122 198.94
5. Dara Khurani 390 557.82
6. Kansil 354 2155.81
7. Total 6172.09
(3)Lands acquired for the setting up of brick kilns of the Chandigarh Capital Project :-
S.
No.
Name of
village
Hadbast
No.
Area in
acres
Punjab Government Notification under which acquired
1 2 3 4 5
1. Judian 379 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.
THE FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE[See section 58]Apportionment of Liability in respect of Pensions
1. Subject to the adjustment mentioned in paragraph 3, each of the
successor States, 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
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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.
THE FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE[See section 70]
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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7. Wireless Training Centre, Chandigarh.
8. Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh.
9. Gram Sewak Training Centre, Nabha.
10. Gram Sewak Training Centre, Batala.
11. Panchayat 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.
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 Woken, Kurukshetra.
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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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