Section 15. Establishment of Zonal Councils

15. Establishment of Zonal Councils .―As from the appointed day, there shall be a Zonal Council for each of the following five zones, namely:― (a) the Northern Zone, comprising the States of[1] [Haryana],[2] [Punjab, Himachal Pradesh], Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir* and the[3] [Union territories] of Delhi,[4] [and Chandigarh]; (b) the Central Zone, comprising the States of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; 5 6 [(c) the Eastern Zone, comprising the States of Bihar, West Bengal [Orissa and Sikkim];] 7[(d) the Western Zone, comprising the States of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and] (e) the Southern Zone, comprising the States of Andhra Pradesh,[8] [[9] [Tamil Nadu],[10] [Karnataka] and Kerala][11] [and the Union territory of Pondicherry].