The Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968

This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory)Act, 1968.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "appointed day" means the 1st day of October, 1968; (b) "assembly constituency", "council constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" havethe same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (c) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State,means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House; (d) "transferred territory" means the territory specified in the Schedule and transferred fromthe State of Mysore to the State of Andhra Pradesh by section 3.

(1) As from the appointed day,there shall be added to the State of Andhra Pradesh the territory specified in the Schedule which shallthereupon cease to form part of the State of Mysore. (2) The transferred territory shall be included in, and form part of the Hindupur taluk ofAnantapur district in the State of Andhra Pradesh. (3) Nothing in sub-section (2) shall be deemed to affect the power of the State Government toalter, after the appointed day, the name, extent or boundaries of any district or taluk in the State ofAndhra Pradesh.

As from the appointed day, in the FirstSchedule to the Constitution, under the heading "I. THE STATES", (a) for the entry against "I. Andhra Pradesh, the following shall be substituted, namely: "The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Andhra State Act, 1953,sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the First Schedule to theAndhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959, and the Schedule to theAndhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968, but excluding the territoriesspecified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration ofBoundaries) Act, 1959".; and (b) in the entry against "9. Mysore", after the words and figures "States ReorganisationAct, 1956", the words, brackets and figures "but excluding the territory specified in the Scheduleto the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968" shall be inserted.

As from the appointed day, thetransferred territory shall cease to be part of Madhugiri parliamentary constituency and Bagepalliassembly constituency in the State of Mysore as delimited in Order No. 11 of the DelimitationCommission made under section 10 of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962 (61 of 1962), and shallform part of Hindupur parliamentary constituency and Hindupur assembly constituency in the State ofAndhra Pradesh as delimited in Order No. 3 of the Delimitation Commission made under the saidsection.