Section 1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2, and the Schedule, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 15-5-1986)

1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2, and the Schedule, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 15-5-1986). PART I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title .―This Act may be called the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. 1. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. (n) "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; (o) "successor State", in relation to an existing State, means any State to which the whole or any part of the territories of that existing State is transferred by the provisions of Part II, and includes in relation to the existing State of Madras, also that State as territorially altered by the said provisions and the Union; (p) "transferred territory" means any territory transferred from an existing State to another existing State or to a new State by the provisions of Part II; (q) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury; and (r) any reference to a district, taluk, tahsil or other territorial division of a State shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on the 1st day of July, 1956. 1. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. 2. Subs., ibid ., for "New Part C State". Bhiansa and Kuber circles of Mudhol taluk) and Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and Rajura taluk of Adilabad district, in the existing State of Hyderabad; (c) Buldana, Akola, Amravati, Yeotmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara and Chanda districts in the existing State of Madhya Pradesh; (d) the territories of the existing State of Saurashtra; and (e) the territories of the existing State of Kutch; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing States of Bombay, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra and Kutch, respectively. (2) The said Chandgad taluka shall be included in, and become part of, Kolhapur district, the said Ahmadpur, Nilanga and Udgir taluks shall be included in, and become part of, Osmanabad district, the said Islapur circle of Boath taluk, Kinwat taluk and Rajura taluk shall be included in, and become part of, Nanded district and the territories comprised in the existing State of Kutch shall form a separate district to be known as Kutch district, in the new State of Bombay. 1. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956. (b) the territories of the existing State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union; and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the said existing States of Punjab and Patiala and East Punjab States Union, respectively. 1. Andhra Pradesh . . 2. Bombay . . . . 3. Kerala . . . . 4. Madhya Pradesh . . 5. Madras . . . . Bombay and Mysore Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Mysore Madras Bombay Kerala and Mysore 6. Mysore . . . . Andhra Pradesh, Bombay, and Madras. 1. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) order, 1956. 2. Subs., ibid ., for "Part C State". (4) Every person who becomes a member of a Public Service Commission on the appointed day under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) shall, subject to the proviso to clause (2) of article 316, hold office or continue to hold office until the expiration of his term of office as determined under the provisions applicable to him immediately before the appointed day. 1. Subject to the adjustments mentioned in paragraph 3, the successor State or each of the successor States shall, in respect of pensions granted before the appointed day by an existing State, pay the pensions drawn in its treasuries.