SCHEDULE FIRST – First Schedule

Constitution of India, 1950

SCHEDULE FIRST

First Schedule

FIRST SCHEDULE [Articles 1 and 4] I. THE STATES Name Territories
1. Andhra The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of Pradesh the Andhra State Act, 1953, sub-section (1) of section 3 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959, and the Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968, but excluding the territories specified in the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 and the territories specified in section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
2. Assam The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the Province of Assam, the Khasi States and the Assam Tribal Areas, but excluding the territories specified in the Schedule to the Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1951 and the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 and the territories specified in sections 5, 6 and 7 of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 and the territories referred to in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015, notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) of section 3 of the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, so far as it relates to the territories referred to in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015. Name Territories
3. Bihar The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of Bihar or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province and the territories specified in clause (a) of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968, but excluding the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956, and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the first mentioned Act and the territories specified in section 3 of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000.
4. Gujarat The territories referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960.
5. Kerala The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
6. Madhya The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 9 of Pradesh the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the First Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959, but excluding the territories specified in section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. Name Territories
7. Tamil Nadu The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of Madras or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province and the territories specified in section 4 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, and the Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959, but excluding the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 and subsection (1) of section 4 of the Andhra State Act, 1953 and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section
(1) of section 5, section 6 and clause (d) of sub-section
(1) of section 7 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the territories specified in the First Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959.
8. Maharashtra The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 8 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, but excluding the territories referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960.
9. The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 7 of Karnataka the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 but excluding the territory specified in the Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act, 1968. Name Territories
10. Odisha The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of Orissa or were being administered as if they formed
part of that Province.
11. Punjab The territories specified in section 11 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Acquired Territories
(Merger) Act, 1960 but excluding the territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960 and the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3, section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.
12. The territories specified in section 10 of the States Rajasthan Reorganisation Act, 1956 but excluding the territories specified in the First Schedule to the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1959. Name Territories
13. Uttar The territories which immediately before the Pradesh commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province known as the United Provinces or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province, the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968, and the territories specified in clause
(b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979, but excluding the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968, and the territories specified in section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979.
14. West The territories which immediately before the Bengal commencement of this Constitution were either comprised in the Province of West Bengal or were being administered as if they formed part of that Province and the territory of Chandernagore as defined in clause (c) of section 2 of the Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954 and also the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956 and also the territories referred to in Part III of the First Schedule but excluding the territories referred to in Part III of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015, notwithstanding anything contained in clause (c) of section 3 of the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, so far as it relates to the territories referred to in Part III of the First Schedule and the territories referred to in Part III of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015. Name Territories ** * * *
15. The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of Nagaland the State of Nagaland Act, 1962.
16. The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 Haryana of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979, but excluding the territories specified in clause (v) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of that Act.
17. The territories which immediately before the Himachal commencement of this Constitution were being Pradesh administered as if they were Chief Commissioners’ Provinces under the names of Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur and the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.
18. The territory which immediately before the Manipur commencement of this Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s Province under the name of Manipur. Name Territories
19. Tripura The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was being administered as if it were a Chief Commissioner’s Province under the name of Tripura and the territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015, notwithstanding anything contained in clause (d) of section 3 of the Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1960, so far as it relates to the territories referred to in Part II of the First Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.
20. Meghalaya The territories specified in section 5 of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 and the territories referred to in Part I of the First Schedule but excluding the territories referred to in Part II of the Second Schedule to the Constitution (One Hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015.
21. Sikkim The territories which immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, were comprised in Sikkim.
22. Mizoram The territories specified in section 6 of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
23. Arunachal The territories specified in section 7 of the North-Eastern Pradesh Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
24. Goa The territories specified in section 3 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987. Name Territories
25. Chhattisgarh The territories specified in section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.
26. Uttarakhand The territories specified in section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.
27. Jharkhand The territories specified in section 3 of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000.
28. Telangana The territories specified in section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. II. THE UNION TERRITORIES Name Extent
1. Delhi The territory which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution was comprised in the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Delhi. * * * * *
2. The Andaman The territory which immediately before the and Nicobar commencement of this Constitution was comprised in Islands the Chief Commissioner’s Province of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Name Territories
3. Lakshadweep The territory specified in section 6 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
4. Dadra and The territory which immediately before the eleventh Nagar Haveli day of August, 1961 was comprised in Free Dadra and Daman and Nagar Haveli and the territories specified in and Diu section 4 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987. * * * * *
6. Puducherry The territories which immediately before the sixteenth day of August, 1962, were comprised in the French Establishments in India known as Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahe and Yanam.
7. Chandigarh The territories specified in section 4 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. Name Territories * * * * * * * * * *
8. Jammu and The territories specified in section 4 of the Jammu Kashmir and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
9. Ladakh The territories specified in section 3 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.