The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014

This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "appointed day" means the day1 which the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint; (b) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (c) "assembly constituency", "council constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have thesame meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); (d) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President underarticle 324; (e) "existing State of Andhra Pradesh" means the State of Andhra Pradesh as existingimmediately before the appointed day; (f) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notificationor other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or inany part of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh; (g) "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; (h) "population ratio", in relation to the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, means the ratioof 58.32 : 41.68 as per 2011 Census; (i) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of the existingState of Andhra Pradesh, means a person who immediately before the appointed day, is a member ofthat House; (j) "successor State", in relation to the existing State of Andhra Pradesh, means the State ofAndhra Pradesh or the State of Telangana, as the case may be; (k) "transferred territory" means the territory which on the appointed day is transferred from theexisting State of Andhra Pradesh to the State of Telangana; (l) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury; and (m) any reference to a district, mandal, tehsil, taluk or other territorial division of the existingState of Andhra Pradesh shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorialdivision on the appointed day

On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a newState to be known as the State of Telangana comprising the following territories of the existing State ofAndhra Pradesh, namely: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Warangal, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda,Mahbubnagar, 1[Khammam (but excluding the Mandals of Kukunoor, Velairpadu and Bhurgampadubut not including its revenue villages of Pinapaka, Morampalli Banzar, Bhurgampad, Nagineniprolu,Krishnasagar, Tekula, Sarapaka, Iravendi, Mothepattinagar, Uppusaka, Sompalli and Nakripeta underthe Palvancha Revenue Division, and the Mandals of Chintoor, Kunavaram, Vararamachandrapuramand Bhadrachalam but not including the revenue village of Bhadrachalam under the BhadrachalamRevenue Division)] and Hyderabad districts, and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh.

On and from the appointed day, theState of Andhra Pradesh shall comprise the territories of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh other thanthose specified in section 3.

(1) On andfrom the appointed day, Hyderabad in the existing State of Andhra Pradesh, shall be the common capitalof the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh for such period not exceeding ten years. (2) After expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (1), Hyderabad shall be the capital of the Stateof Telangana and there shall be a new capital for the State of Andhra Pradesh. Explanation.In this Part, the common capital includes the existing area notified as the GreaterHyderabad Municipal Corporation under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (HyderabadAct No. 2 of 1956).