The Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979
Administered Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs / Department of States
Section
Section 1 Short title.
This Act may be called the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979.
Section 2 Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "appointed" day means the day which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;
(b) “assembly constituency”, “council constituency” and “parliamentary constituency” have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(c) "fixed boundaries" means the boundaries demarcated under the provisions of section 3;
(d) "law" includes any enactment, Ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh;
(e) "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette;
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) "present deep stream line" means the deep stream line of the river-Yamuna as verified and determined by the Survey of India during the months of November, 1974, December, 1974, January, 1975 and February, 1975;
(h) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State, means a person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of that House;
(i) "transferred territories" means,—
(a) in relation to the State of Haryana, the territories transferred by this Act from that State to the State of Uttar Pradesh, and
(b) in relation to the State of Uttar Pradesh, the territories transferred by this Act from that State to the State of Haryana;
(j) any reference to a district of a State shall be construed as a reference to the area physically comprised within that district immediately before the appointed day.
(a) "appointed" day means the day which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;
(b) “assembly constituency”, “council constituency” and “parliamentary constituency” have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(c) "fixed boundaries" means the boundaries demarcated under the provisions of section 3;
(d) "law" includes any enactment, Ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh;
(e) "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette;
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) "present deep stream line" means the deep stream line of the river-Yamuna as verified and determined by the Survey of India during the months of November, 1974, December, 1974, January, 1975 and February, 1975;
(h) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State, means a person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of that House;
(i) "transferred territories" means,—
(a) in relation to the State of Haryana, the territories transferred by this Act from that State to the State of Uttar Pradesh, and
(b) in relation to the State of Uttar Pradesh, the territories transferred by this Act from that State to the State of Haryana;
(j) any reference to a district of a State shall be construed as a reference to the area physically comprised within that district immediately before the appointed day.
Section 3 Replacement of fluctuating boundaries by fixed boundaries.
(1) As from the appointed day, the boundary between the Karnal and Sonepat districts of the State of Haryana and the Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut districts of the State of Uttar Pradesh and the boundary between the Gurgaon district of the State of Haryana and the Bulandshahr and Aligarh districts of the State of Uttar Pradesh which at present is the deep stream of the river-Yamuna, shall be altered to and replaced by fixed boundaries.
(2) The said fixed boundaries shall be demarcated by an authority appointed in this behalf by the Central Government so as to be generally in conformity with the fixed boundaries described in the Schedule.
(3) For the purposes of such demarcation,—
(a) the decision of the said authority on any matter relating to the interpretation of any part of the description of the fixed boundary given in the Schedule shall be final;
(b) the said authority shall have power to determine the location of the points at which the boundary pillars shall be constructed and to specify the State Government which shall be responsible for the construction and maintenance of the boundary pillars at such points according to such specifications as that authority may indicate (the pillars of the same specifications being apportioned, as far as practicable, equally between the two State Governments), the decision of the said authority in regard to these matters being final;
(c) it shall be lawful for the said authority and for any person specified by such authority to enter upon and survey any area in the vicinity of any of the fixed boundaries described in the Schedule and to do all other acts as may be necessary.
(4) The authority referred to in sub-section (2) shall also prepare maps of the areas on both sides of the fixed boundaries and in the vicinity thereof showing—
(a) the present deep stream line and the fixed boundary in relation to it; and
(b) the names and boundaries of the villages on both sides of the fixed boundary as indicated by the State Government concerned with reference to the revenue records of that Government,
and send authenticated copies thereof to the Central Government and to the State Governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
(2) The said fixed boundaries shall be demarcated by an authority appointed in this behalf by the Central Government so as to be generally in conformity with the fixed boundaries described in the Schedule.
(3) For the purposes of such demarcation,—
(a) the decision of the said authority on any matter relating to the interpretation of any part of the description of the fixed boundary given in the Schedule shall be final;
(b) the said authority shall have power to determine the location of the points at which the boundary pillars shall be constructed and to specify the State Government which shall be responsible for the construction and maintenance of the boundary pillars at such points according to such specifications as that authority may indicate (the pillars of the same specifications being apportioned, as far as practicable, equally between the two State Governments), the decision of the said authority in regard to these matters being final;
(c) it shall be lawful for the said authority and for any person specified by such authority to enter upon and survey any area in the vicinity of any of the fixed boundaries described in the Schedule and to do all other acts as may be necessary.
(4) The authority referred to in sub-section (2) shall also prepare maps of the areas on both sides of the fixed boundaries and in the vicinity thereof showing—
(a) the present deep stream line and the fixed boundary in relation to it; and
(b) the names and boundaries of the villages on both sides of the fixed boundary as indicated by the State Government concerned with reference to the revenue records of that Government,
and send authenticated copies thereof to the Central Government and to the State Governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Section 4 Transfer of territories.
(1) As from the appointed day,—
(a) there shall be added to the State of Haryana all the territories of the State of Uttar Pradesh which lie on the Haryana side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
(b) there shall be added to the State of Uttar Pradesh all the territories of the State of Haryana which lie on the Uttar Pradesh side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Haryana.
(2) Each of the State Governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh shall, by order in the Official Gazette of the State, provide for the administration, as from the appointed day, of the territories transferred to that State under sub-section (1) by including them or any part of them in such district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit as may be specified in the order.
(a) there shall be added to the State of Haryana all the territories of the State of Uttar Pradesh which lie on the Haryana side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
(b) there shall be added to the State of Uttar Pradesh all the territories of the State of Haryana which lie on the Uttar Pradesh side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon cease to form part of the State of Haryana.
(2) Each of the State Governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh shall, by order in the Official Gazette of the State, provide for the administration, as from the appointed day, of the territories transferred to that State under sub-section (1) by including them or any part of them in such district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit as may be specified in the order.
Section 5 Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution.
As from the appointed day, in the First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading "I. THE STATES"—
(a) for the entry against "13. Uttar Pradesh", the following shall be substituted, namely:—
"The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province known as the United Provinces or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province, the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 (24 of 1968) and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979, but excluding the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968, and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of 1979).";
(b) for the entry against "17. Haryana", the following shall be substituted, namely:—
"The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of 1979), but excluding the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of that Act.".
(a) for the entry against "13. Uttar Pradesh", the following shall be substituted, namely:—
"The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province known as the United Provinces or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province, the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 (24 of 1968) and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979, but excluding the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968, and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of 1979).";
(b) for the entry against "17. Haryana", the following shall be substituted, namely:—
"The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of 1979), but excluding the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of that Act.".
Section 6 Construction of delimitation orders.
As from the appointed day, any reference in any order relating to delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, assembly constituencies or council constituencies—
(a) (i) to the State of Haryana, shall be construed as including the territories transferred to that State from the State of Uttar Pradesh under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4, but excluding the territories transferred from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar Pradesh under clause (b) of that sub-section;
(ii) to any district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit in the State of Haryana, shall be construed as including that part of the territories, if any, transferred to that State, which is included in that district, sub-division, police station or other administrative unit by order made under sub-section (2) of section 4;
(b) (i) to the State of Uttar Pradesh, shall be construed as including the territories transferred to that State from the State of Haryana under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4, but excluding the territories transferred from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana under clause (a) of that sub-section;
(ii) to any district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit in the State of Uttar Pradesh, shall be construed as including that part of the territories, if any, transferred to that State, which is included in that district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit by order made under sub-section (2) of section 4.
(a) (i) to the State of Haryana, shall be construed as including the territories transferred to that State from the State of Uttar Pradesh under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4, but excluding the territories transferred from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar Pradesh under clause (b) of that sub-section;
(ii) to any district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit in the State of Haryana, shall be construed as including that part of the territories, if any, transferred to that State, which is included in that district, sub-division, police station or other administrative unit by order made under sub-section (2) of section 4;
(b) (i) to the State of Uttar Pradesh, shall be construed as including the territories transferred to that State from the State of Haryana under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4, but excluding the territories transferred from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana under clause (a) of that sub-section;
(ii) to any district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit in the State of Uttar Pradesh, shall be construed as including that part of the territories, if any, transferred to that State, which is included in that district, sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit by order made under sub-section (2) of section 4.
Section 7 Provision as to sitting members.
(1) Every sitting member of the House of the People representing any parliamentary constituency the extent of which has been altered by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding such alteration, be deemed, as from the appointed day, to have been elected to that House by that constituency as so altered.
(2) Every sitting member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh representing any assembly constituency the extent of which has been altered by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding such alteration, be deemed, as from the appointed day, to have been elected to the said Legislative Assembly by that constituency as so altered.
(3) Every sitting member of the Legislative Council of the State of Uttar Pradesh representing any council constituency the extent of which has been altered by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding such alteration, be deemed, as from the appointed day, to have been elected to the said Legislative Council by that constituency as so altered.
(2) Every sitting member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh representing any assembly constituency the extent of which has been altered by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding such alteration, be deemed, as from the appointed day, to have been elected to the said Legislative Assembly by that constituency as so altered.
(3) Every sitting member of the Legislative Council of the State of Uttar Pradesh representing any council constituency the extent of which has been altered by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding such alteration, be deemed, as from the appointed day, to have been elected to the said Legislative Council by that constituency as so altered.
Section 8 Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(1) Except as hereinafter provided—
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from the appointed day, extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana; and
(b) the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territories.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad immediately before the appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall have, and the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad—
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana by virtue of sub-section (2), or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, but also as an order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, any such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana, shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from the appointed day, extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana; and
(b) the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territories.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad immediately before the appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall have, and the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad—
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana by virtue of sub-section (2), or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, but also as an order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, any such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Uttar Pradesh to the State of Haryana, shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.
Section 9 Extension of jurisdiction of, and transfer of proceedings to, High Court at Allahabad.
(1) Except as hereinafter provided
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from the appointed day, extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
(b) the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territories.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana immediately before the appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall have, and the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad by virtue of sub-section (2); or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Punjab and Haryana retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, but also as an order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, any such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar Pradesh shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(a) the jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as from the appointed day, extend to the territories transferred by this Act from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
(b) the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall, as from that day, have no jurisdiction in respect of the said territories.
(2) Such proceedings pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana immediately before the appointed day as are certified by the Chief Justice of that High Court, having regard to the place of accrual of the cause of action and other circumstances, to be proceedings which ought to be heard and decided by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall, as soon as may be after such certification, be transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (2), but save as hereinafter provided, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana shall have, and the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall not have, jurisdiction to entertain, hear or dispose of appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review and other proceedings, where any such proceedings seek any relief in respect of any order passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana before the appointed day:
Provided that if, after such proceedings have been entertained by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, it appears to the Chief Justice of that High Court that they ought to be transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, he shall order that they shall be so transferred and such proceedings shall thereupon be transferred accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana
(a) before the appointed day in any proceedings transferred to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad by virtue of sub-section (2); or
(b) in any proceedings with respect to which the High Court of Punjab and Haryana retains jurisdiction by virtue of sub-section (3),
shall, for all purposes, have effect not only as an order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, but also as an order made by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
(5) Subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, any such person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad having regard to the transfer of territories from the State of Haryana to the State of Uttar Pradesh shall be recognised as an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
Section 10 Right to appear in any proceedings transferred under section 8 or section 9.
Any person who immediately before the appointed day is an advocate entitled to practise in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and was authorised to appear in any proceedings transferred under section 8 or section 9 shall have the right to appear in the High Court to which the proceedings have been transferred in relation to those proceedings.
Section 11 Interpretation.
For the purposes of sections 8 and 9,—
(a) proceedings shall be deemed to be pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad until that Court has disposed of all issues between the parties, including any issue with respect to the taxation of the costs of the proceedings and shall include appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review, petitions for revision and petitions for writs;
(b) references to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall be construed as including references to a Judge or division court thereof, and references to an order made by a court or a Judge shall be construed as including references to a sentence, judgment or decree passed or made by that court or Judge.
(a) proceedings shall be deemed to be pending in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad until that Court has disposed of all issues between the parties, including any issue with respect to the taxation of the costs of the proceedings and shall include appeals, applications for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, applications for review, petitions for revision and petitions for writs;
(b) references to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad shall be construed as including references to a Judge or division court thereof, and references to an order made by a court or a Judge shall be construed as including references to a sentence, judgment or decree passed or made by that court or Judge.
Section 12 Appropriation of moneys for expenditure in transferred territories under existing appropriation Acts.
(1) As from the appointed day, any Act passed by the Legislature of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh before that day for the appropriation of any moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the State to meet any expenditure in respect of any part of the financial year in which the appointed day falls shall have effect also in relation to the territories transferred to that State by the provisions of Part II and it shall be lawful for the State Government to spend any amount on any service in those territories out of the amount authorised by such Act to be expended for that service during the financial year in that State.
(2) The Governor of Haryana or of Uttar Pradesh may, after the appointed day, authorise such expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State as he deems necessary for any purpose or service in the territories transferred to that State for a period of not more than six months beginning with the appointed day pending the sanction of such expenditure by the Legislature of the State:
Provided that no such authorisation shall be made so as to have effect for any period after the end of the financial year in which the appointed day falls.
(2) The Governor of Haryana or of Uttar Pradesh may, after the appointed day, authorise such expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State as he deems necessary for any purpose or service in the territories transferred to that State for a period of not more than six months beginning with the appointed day pending the sanction of such expenditure by the Legislature of the State:
Provided that no such authorisation shall be made so as to have effect for any period after the end of the financial year in which the appointed day falls.
Section 13 Reports relating to accounts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India referred to in clause (2) of article 151 of the Constitution relating to the accounts of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh in respect of any financial year ending before the appointed day shall be submitted to the Governor of each of the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh who shall cause them to be laid before the Legislature of the State.
Section 14 Land and goods.
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, all land and all stores, articles and other goods belonging to the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh in the transferred territories shall, as from the appointed day, pass to the State to which the territories are transferred.
(2) In this section, the expression "land" includes immovable property of every kind and any rights in or over such property.
(2) In this section, the expression "land" includes immovable property of every kind and any rights in or over such property.
Section 15 Arrears of taxes.
The right of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to recover arrears of any tax or duty on property situate in the transferred territories, including land revenue, or to recover arrears of any other tax or duty in any case where the place of assessment of that tax or duty is in the transferred territories shall belong to the State to which the territories are transferred.
Section 16 Right to recover loans and advances.
The right to recover any loans or advances made before the appointed day by the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to any local body, society, agriculturist, or other person in the transferred territories shall belong to the State to which the territories are transferred.
Section 17 Refund of taxes collected in excess.
The liability of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to refund any tax or duty on property situate in the transferred territories including land revenue, collected in excess shall be the liability of the State to which the territories are transferred, and the liability of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh to refund any other tax or duty collected in excess in any case where the place of assessment of the tax or duty is in the transferred territories shall also be the liability of the State to which the territories are transferred.
Section 18 Deposits.
The liability of the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh in respect of any civil deposit or local fund deposit made in the transferred territories shall, as from the appointed day, be the liability of the State to which the territories are transferred.
Section 19 Contracts.
(1) Where, before the appointed day, the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh has made any contract in the exercise of its executive power for any purposes of the State, that contract shall be deemed to have been made in the exercise of the executive power—
(a) if such purposes are, as from that day, purposes relatable exclusively to the transferred territories, of the State to which the territories are transferred; and
(b) in any other case, of the State which made the contract, and all rights and liabilities which have accrued, or may accrue, under any such contract shall, to the extent to which they are rights or liabilities of the State which made the contract, be the rights or liabilities of the State specified in clause (a) or clause (b) above.
(2) For the purposes of this section, there shall be deemed to be included in the liabilities which have accrued or may accrue under any contract—
(a) any liability to satisfy an order or award made by any court or other tribunal in proceedings relating to the contract; and
(b) any liability in respect of expenses incurred in or in connection with any such proceedings.
(3) This section shall have effect subject to the other provisions of this Part relating to the apportionment of liabilities in respect of loans, guarantees and other financial obligations.
(a) if such purposes are, as from that day, purposes relatable exclusively to the transferred territories, of the State to which the territories are transferred; and
(b) in any other case, of the State which made the contract, and all rights and liabilities which have accrued, or may accrue, under any such contract shall, to the extent to which they are rights or liabilities of the State which made the contract, be the rights or liabilities of the State specified in clause (a) or clause (b) above.
(2) For the purposes of this section, there shall be deemed to be included in the liabilities which have accrued or may accrue under any contract—
(a) any liability to satisfy an order or award made by any court or other tribunal in proceedings relating to the contract; and
(b) any liability in respect of expenses incurred in or in connection with any such proceedings.
(3) This section shall have effect subject to the other provisions of this Part relating to the apportionment of liabilities in respect of loans, guarantees and other financial obligations.
Section 20 Liability in respect of actionable wrong.
Where, immediately before the appointed day, the State of Haryana or Uttar Pradesh is subject to any liability in respect of an actionable wrong, other than breach of contract, that liability shall,—
(a) if the cause of action arose wholly within the transferred territories, be a liability of the State to which the territories are transferred; and
(b) in any other case, continue to be a liability of the State which, immediately before that day, was subject to such liability.
(a) if the cause of action arose wholly within the transferred territories, be a liability of the State to which the territories are transferred; and
(b) in any other case, continue to be a liability of the State which, immediately before that day, was subject to such liability.