LawgistThe Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act
23Provisions as to Legislative Councils
(1) On and from the appointed day, there shall be 1 [58 seats in the Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh] and 40 seats in the Legislative Council of Telangana, respectively.
(2) In the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950),--
(i) in the Third Schedule,--
2 [(a) for the existing entry 1, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:--
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Andhra Pradesh 58 20 5 5 20 8;']
(b) after entry 7, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:--
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
"7A. Telangana 40 14 3 3 14 6";
(ii) in the Fourth Schedule, after the heading "Tamil Nadu" and the entries relating thereunder, the following heading and the entries shall be inserted, namely:--
"TELANGANA
1. Municipal Corporations.
2. Municipalities.
3. Nagar Panchayats.
4. Cantonment Boards.
5. Zila Praja Parishads.
6. Mandal Praja Parishads.".
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1. Subs. by s.3, ibid., for "50 seats in the Legislative Council of Andhra Pradesh" (w.e.f. 29-4-2015).
2. Subs. by s.3, ibid., for entry 1 (w.e.f. 29-4-2015)
All sections
- 1 Short title
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Formation of Telangana State
- 4 State of Andhra Pradesh and territorial divisions thereof
- 5 Hyderabad to be common capital for States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- 6 Expert Committee for setting up of a capital for Andhra Pradesh
- 7 Governor of existing State of Andhra Pradesh to be common Governor
- 8 Responsibility of Governor to protect residents of common capital of Hyderabad
- 9 Assistance of police forces from Central Government to successor States, etc
- 10 Amendment of First Schedule to Constitution
- 11 Saving powers of State Governments
- 12 Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Constitution
- 13 Allocation of sitting members
- 14 Representation in House of the People
- 15 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
- 16 Provision as to sitting members
- 17 Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies
- 18 Representation of Anglo-Indian community
- 19 Allocation of sitting members
- 20 Duration of Legislative Assemblies
- 21 Speaker, Deputy Speaker and rules of procedure
- 22 Legislative Council for successor States
- 23 Provisions as to Legislative Councils
- 24 Amendment of Delimitation of Council Constituencies Order
- 25 Chairman, Deputy Chairman and rules of procedure
- 26 Delimitation of constituencies
- 27 Power of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Orders up-to date
- 28 Amendment of Scheduled Castes Order
- 29 Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Order
- 30 High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad to be common High Court till establishment of High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- 31 High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- 32 Judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 33 Jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 34 Special provision relating to Bar Council and advocates
- 35 Practice and procedure in Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 36 Custody of seal of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 37 Form of writs and other processes
- 38 Powers of Judges
- 39 Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court
- 40 Transfer of proceedings from Hyderabad High Court to Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 41 Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 42 Interpretation
- 43 Savings
- 44 Authorisation of expenditure of Telangana State
- 45 Reports relating to accounts of Andhra Pradesh State
- 46 Distribution of revenue
- 47 Application of Part
- 48 Land and goods
- 49 Treasury and bank balances
- 50 Arrears of taxes
- 51 Right to recover loans and advances
- 52 Investments and credits in certain funds
- 53 Assets and liabilities of State undertakings
- 54 Public Debt
- 55 Floating Debt
- 56 Refund of taxes collected in excess
- 57 Deposits, etc
- 58 Provident Fund
- 59 Pensions
- 60 Contracts
- 61 Liability in respect of actionable wrong
- 62 Liability as guarantor
- 63 Items in suspense
- 64 Residuary provision
- 65 Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement
- 66 Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases
- 67 Certain expenditure to be charged on Consolidated Fund
- 68 Provisions for various companies and corporations
- 69 Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric power and supply of water
- 70 Provisions as to Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation
- 71 Certain provisions for companies
- 72 Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits
- 73 Special provisions relating to, retrenchment compensation in certain cases
- 74 Special provision as to income-tax
- 75 Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions
- 76 Provisions relating to All-India Services
- 77 Provisions relating to other services
- 78 Other provisions relating to services
- 79 Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post
- 80 Advisory committees
- 81 Power of Central Government to give directions
- 82 Provision for employees of Public Sector Undertakings, etc
- 83 Provisions as to State Public Service Commission
- 84 Apex Council for Godavari and Krishna river water resources and their Management Boards
- 85 Constitution and functions of River Management Board
- 86 Staff of the Management Board
- 87 Jurisdiction of Board
- 88 Power of Board to make regulations
- 89 Allocation of water resources
- 90 Polavaram Irrigation Project to be a national project
- 91 Arrangements on Tungabhadra Board
- 92 Successor States to follow principles, guidelines, etc., issued by Central Government
- 93 Measures for progress and development of successor States
- 94 Fiscal measures including tax incentives
- 95 Equal opportunities for quality higher education to all students
- 96 Amendment of article 168 of the Constitution
- 97 Amendment of article 371D of the Constitution
- 98 Amendment of section 15A of Act 43 of 1951
- 99 Amendment of section 15 of Act 37 of 1956
- 100 Territorial extent of laws
- 101 Power to adapt laws
- 102 Power to construe laws
- 103 Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions
- 104 Legal proceedings
- 105 Transfer of pending proceedings
- 106 Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases
- 107 Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws
- 108 Power to remove difficulties
