The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966

This Act may be called the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) “Administrator” the administrator of a Union territory appointed by the President underarticle 239 of the Constitution; (b) “appointed day” means the 1st day of November, 1966; (c) “article” means an article of the Constitution; (d) “assembly constituency”, “council constituency” and “parliamentary constituency” have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (e) “Delimitation Commission” means the Delimitation Commission constituted under section 3of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962 (61 of 1962); (f) “existing State of Punjab” means the State of Punjab as existing immediately before theappointed 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 thewhole 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 theratio of 37.38 to 54.84 to 7.78; (j) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (k) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of the existingState of Punjab, means a person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of thatHouse; (l) “State of Punjab” means the State with the same name, comprising the territories referred to insub-section (1) of section 6; (m) “successor State”, in relation to the existing State of Punjab, means the State of Punjab orHaryana, and includes also the Union in relation to the Union territory of Chandigarh and thetransferred territory; (n)“transferred territory” means the territory which on the appointed day is transferred from theexisting 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 Punjabshall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on the 1st day ofJuly, 1966.

(1) On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a newState to be known as the State of Haryana comprising the following territories of the existing State ofPunjab, namely: (a) Hissar, Rohtak, Gurgaon, Karnal and Mahendragarh districts; (b) Norwana and Jind tahsils of Sangrur district; (c) Ambala, Jagadhri and Naraingarh tahsils of Ambala district; (d) Pinjore kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district; and (e) the territories in Manimajra kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district specified in theFirst 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 asthe 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 districtto 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 formpart 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.

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

(1) On and from the appointed day,there shall be added to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh the territories in the existing State ofPunjab comprised in (a) Simla, Kangra, Kulu and Lahaul and Spiti districts; (b) Nalagarh tahsil of Ambala district; (c) Lohara, Amb and Una kanungo circles of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district; (d) the territories in Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district specified inPart 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 specifiedin Part III of the Third Schedule, and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Punjab. (2) The territories referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and form part of,Simla district. (3) The territories referred to in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, andform part of, Kangra district, and (i) the territories referred to in clauses (c) and (d) shall form a separate tahsil known as Una tahsilin that district and in that tahsil the territories referred to in clause (d) shall form a separate kanungocircle known as the Santokhgarh kanungo circle; and (ii) the territories referred to in clause (e) shall form part of the Hamirpur tahsil in the saiddistrict. (4) The territories referred to in clause (f) of sub-section (1) shall be included in, and form part of, theBhattiyat tahsil of Chamba district in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh and in that tahsil, thevillages Dalhousie and Balun shall be included in, and form part of, Banikhet kanungo circle and thevillage Bakloh shall form part of Chowari kanungo circle.