The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966

Section 2. The Gurdaspur District Wholesale Co-operative Supply and Marketing Society Ltd., Gurdaspur

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

22. The Gurdaspur District Wholesale Co-operative Supply and Marketing Society Ltd., Gurdaspur. 2. Definition .—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 (43 of 1950); (e) "Delimitation Commission" means the Delimitation Commission constituted under section 3 of the Delimitation Commission Act, 1962 (61 of 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 37.38 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 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. 2. The following villages of Manimajra kanungo circle of Kharar tahsil of Ambala district:— |Name of village|Name of village|Hadbast No.|Name of patwar circle in which| |---|---|---|---| ||||village is included| ||1|2|3| |Lahora . . . .||348|Lahora| |Sarangpur . . . .||347|Sarangpur| |Khuda Alisher .|. .|353|Kansal| |Daria . . . .||374|| |Manimajra . . . .||375|Manimajra| |Mauli Jagran . .|.|373|| |Bara Raipur . . .|.|371|Mauli| |Chota Raipur . .|.|232|| 2. The following villages of Santokhgarh kanungo circle of Una tahsil of Hoshiarpur district:— |Name of village|Name of village|Hadbast No.|No. and name of patwar circle in which|No. and name of patwar circle in which| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||village is included| ||1|2||3| |Fattewal . .|. .|460|61|Jakhera| |Bangarh . .|. .|461||| |Charatgarh|. . . .|225|72|Charatgarh| |Khanpur . .|. .|226||| |Chhatharpur . . .||227||| |Jatpur . . . .||245|73|Santokhgarh| |Takhatpur .|. . .|247||| |Santokhgarh . . .||246||| |Bathri . . . .||476|75|Bathri| 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. 2. Delete the heading "Lahaul and Spiti, Kulu and Kangra Districts Area" and entries 1 to 13. 2. After entry 41, add the following, namely:— ||"LAHAUL AND SPITI, KULU AND KANGRA DISTRICTS|"LAHAUL AND SPITI, KULU AND KANGRA DISTRICTS| |---|---|---| |42.|Kulu . . . . .|Lahaul and Spiti district and Kulu thana (excluding<br>Kanawar, Harkandhi, Chung, Kot Kandhi,| |||Bhallan and Sainsar zails) in Kulu tahsil of Kulu| |||district; and Bir Bhangal zail in Palampur thana| |||in Palampur tahsil of Kangara district.| |43.|Seraj (SC) . .|Seraj thana and Kanawar, Harkandhi, Chung, Kot<br>Kandhi, Bhallan and Sainsar zails in Kulu thana| |||in Kulu tahsil of Kulu district.| |44.|Palampur . . .|Palampur thana (excluding Naura and Bir Bhangal<br>Zails) in Palampur tahsil.| |45.|Kangra . . .|Kangra tahsil (excluding Dharamsala thana,<br>Shahpur part-thana and Narwana, Chetru,| |||Tayara and Ramgarh part-zails in Kangra thana)| |||Chengar zail in Dera Gopipur tahsil; Sujanpur| |||part-thana and Naura zail in Palampur thana in| |||Palampur tahsil.| |46.|Dharamsala . . .|Dharamsala<br>thana,<br>Shahpur<br>part-thana<br>and<br>Narwana Chetru, Tayara and Ramgarh part-zails| |||in Kangra thana in Kangra tahsil.| |47.|Nurpur . . .|Nurpur tahsil; and Dhameta and Nagrota zails in<br>Dera Gopipur tahsil.| |48.|Dera Gopipur . .|Dera Gopipur tahsil (excluding Dhameta, Nagrota<br>and Changar zails).| |49.|Hamirpur (SC) . .|Sujanpur, Rajgir, Ugialta, Mewa and Mehlta zails<br>in Hamirpur tahsil.| |50.|Barsar . . .|Hamirpur tahsil (excluding Sujanpur, Rajgir,<br>Ugialta, Mewa and Mehlta zails).| 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 before that day, shall be the liability of the State of Punjab.

Source: India Code