790 D of 1966.
The High Court rejected the petition.
Appeal from the judgment and order dated October 7, 1966 of the Punjab High Court in Circuit Bench at Delhi in Civil Writ Petition No.
and the Haryana Legislative Assembly companysists of 54 members.
The Act was challenged as illegal and ultra vires of the Constitution on diverse grounds in a writ petition filed by the two appellants in the High Court of Punjab.
The old State of Punjab had a bi cameral Legislature with 154 members in the Legislative Assembly and 51 members in the Legislative Council.
V. Gupte, Solicitor General, R. Ganapathy.
C. Setalvad, Ravinder Narain, J. B. Dadachanji, for the appellants.
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By the Act which came into force on November 1, 1966, the eastern hilly areas of the old State were transferred to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh the territory known as Chandigarh in Kharar tahsil was companystituted into a Union territory and the remaining territory was divided between the new State of Punjab and the Haryana State.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Shah, J. The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 hereinafter called the Act was enacted with the object of reorganising the State of Punjab.
Out of the original membership of 51.
The new State of Punjab has also a bi cameral Legislature.
Under s. 13 of the Act as from November 1, 1966, the Legislative Assembly of the new State of Punjab companysists of 87 members.
2314 of 1966.
Iyer, R. N. Sachthey, and R. H. Dhebar, for the respondent.
16 members whose names are set out in the Seventh Schedule to the Act ceased to be members of the Legislative Council, and the remaining members companytinued to be members of the Legislative Council of the new State of Punjab.
Out of the 16 members who ceased to be members of the Legislative Council, 14 members, it is claimed by the appellants, belong to the Haryana area and 2 to the Himachal Pradesh Union territory.
