In force · As amended up to 2026-08
2. The word and letter "Part A" omitted., ibid .
3. Subs. ibid ., for "Part C State".
4. Ins., ibid .
Union or the existing State as a party to those proceedings, or added as a party thereto, as the case may be, and the proceedings may continue accordingly.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
[ See section 35 (2)]
MODIFICATIONS IN THE DELIMITATION OF COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES (MADRAS) ORDER, 1951 In the Table—
(a) for the entry relating to the Madras (Graduates) Constituency, substitute:— "Madras (Graduates) Entire State[1] [6]";
(b) for the entry in the second column relating to the Madras (Teachers) Constituency, substitute "Entire State";
(c) in the third column, for the figure "3" wherever it occurs, substitute "4"; and
(d) omit the entry relating to the West Coast (Local Authorities) Constituency.
____________ THE THIRD SCHEDULE
[ See section 40]
ALLOCATION OF SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE AND ASSIGNMENT OF SEATS TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
The number of seats in the House of the People to be allotted to each of the States[2] [and Union territories] and the number of seats to be assigned to the Legislative Assembly of each[3] [State other than Jammu and Kashmir*] shall be as shown in the following Table:—
TABLE
2. Proviso omitted by s. 6, ibid . (w.e.f. 18-9-1957).
3. Subs. by s. 5, ibid ., for "Until the said Council has been reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5) of this section and summoned to meet for the first time" (w.e.f. 18-9-1957).
4. Omitted by s. 5, ibid . (w.e.f. 18-9-1957).
5. Subs. by Act 67 of 1956, s. 2, for "48" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid ., for "16, 4 and 4" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
7. The words and brackets "and such two of the six sitting members representing the Madras (Graduates) Constituency" omitted by s. 2, ibid . (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
Legislative Assembly, as the Chairman of the said Council shall by order specify, shall, on the appointed day, cease to be members of the said Council.
(4) If, immediately before the appointed day, the total number of sitting members nominated by the Governor is nine, such one of them as the Governor shall by order specify shall, on the appointed day, cease to be a member of the said Council.
(5) Save as provided by sub-section (3), every sitting member of the said Council representing a council constituency the extent of which is altered by virtue of sub-section (2) shall, as from the appointed day, be deemed to have been elected to the said Council by that constitutency as so altered.
||TABLE|TABLE|
|---|---|---|
|4* * *|Number of seats in the House<br>Number of seats in the||
||of the People|Legislative Assembly|
|1. Andhra Pradesh . . .|43|301|
|2. Assam . . . . .|12|108|
|3. Bihar . . . . . .|55|330|
|4. Bombay . . . . .|66|396|
|5. Kerala . . . . .|18|126|
|6. Madhya Pradesh . . .|36|288|
|7. Madras . . . . .|41|205|
|8. Mysore . . . . .|26|208|
|9. Orissa . . . .|20|140|
|10. Punjab . . . .|22|154|
|11. Rajasthan . . . .|22|176|
|12. Uttar Pradesh . . . .|86|430|
|13. West Bengal . . . .|34|238|
|14. Jammu and Kashmir . .<br>15. Delhi . . . . .<br>16. Himachal Pradesh . .<br>17. Manipur . . . .<br>18.Tripura. . . .|6<br>5<br>4<br>2<br>2||
1. Subs. by Act 67 of 1956, s. 3, for "4" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Ins. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 1) Order, 1956.
3. Subs., ibid ., for "Part A State".
2. Subject to the said adjustments, the liability in respect of pensions of officers serving in connection with the affairs of an existing State 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 successor State, or, if there be two or more successor States, of such one of them as the Central Government may by order specify.
(6) As soon as may be after the appointed day, by-elections shall be held in all the local authorities constituencies to fill the vacancies existing on that day in the said Council.
(7) In order that, as nearly as may be, one-third of the members of the said Council may retire on the 20th April, 1958, and on the expiration of every second year thereafter, the Governor shall after consultation with the Election Commission, make by order such provisions as he thinks fit in regard to the terms of office of the members elected under sub-section (6) and such modifications as he thinks fit in the terms of office of any of the sitting members.
Source: India Code