as introduced in the rajya sabha bill no xv  of  2013 the constitution ( one hundred and nineteenth amendment) bill, 2013 a billfurther to amend the constitution of india to give effect to the acquiring of territories by india and transfer of certain territories to bangladesh in pursuance of the agreement and its protocol entered into between the governments of india and bangladesh be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fourth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution ( one hundred and nineteenthamendment) act,  201352 in this act,—definitions(a) "acquired territory" means so much of the territories comprised in the india-bangladesh agreement and its protocol and referred to in the first schedule as are demarcated for the purpose of being acquired by india from bangladesh  in pursuance of the agreement and its protocol referred to in clause (c);5(b) "appointed day" means such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint as the date for acquisition of territories from bangladesh and transfer of the  territories to bangladesh in pursuance of the india- bangladesh agreement and its protocol, after causing the territories to be so acquired and transferred as referred to in the first schedule and second schedule and demarcated for the purpose;10(c) "india-bangladesh agreement" means the agreement between the government of the republic of india and the government of the people's republic of bangladesh concerning the demarcation of the land boundary between india and bangladesh and related matters dated the 16th day of may, 1974, exchange of letters dated the 26th day of december, 1974, the 30th day of december, 1974, the 7th day of october, 1982, the 26th  day of march, 1992 and protocol to the said agreement dated the 6th day of september, 2011, entered into between the governments of india and bangladesh, the relevant extracts of which are set out in the third schedule;15(d) "transferred territory", means so much of the territories comprised in the india-bangladesh agreement and its protocol and referred to in the second schedule as are demarcated for the purpose of being transferred by india to bangladesh in pursuance of the agreements and its protocol referred to in clause (c) 3  as from the appointed day, in the first schedule to the constitution,—20amendment of   first schedule to the constitution25(a) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the state of assam, the words, brackets and figures "and the territories referred to in part i of the second schedule to the constitution (one hundred and nineteenth amendment) act, 2013, 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 hundred and nineteenth amendment) act, 2013",  shall be added at the end;30(b) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the state of west bengal, the words, brackets and figures "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 hundred and nineteenth amendment) act, 2013, 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 iiiof the first schedule and the territories referred to in part iii of the second schedule to the constitution (one hundred and nineteenth amendment) act, 2013", shall be added at the end;35 40(c) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the state of meghalaya, the words, brackets and figures "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 hundred and nineteenth amendment) act, 2013", shall be added at the end;45(d) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the state of tripura, the words, brackets and figures "and the territories referred to in part ii of the first schedule to the constitution (one hundred and nineteenth amendment) act, 2013, 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 hundred and nineteenth amendment) act, 2013", shall be added at the end the first schedule[see sections 2 (a), 2(b) and 3]5the acquired territory in relation to article 2 of the agreement dated the 16th day of may, 1974 and article 3 (i) (b) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) of the protocol dated the 6th day of september, 2011the acquired territory in relation to article 2 of the agreement dated the 16th day of may, 1974 and article 3 (i) (c) (i) of the protocol dated the 6th day of september, 201110the acquired territory in relation to articles 1(12) and 2 of the agreement dated the 16th day of may, 1974 and articles 2 (ii), 3 (i) (a) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) of the protocol dated the 6th day of september, 2011 the second schedule[see sections 2(b), 2 (d), and 3]5the transferred territory in relation to article 2 of the agreement dated 16th day of may,1974 and article 3 (i) (d) (i) (ii) of the protocol dated 6th day of  september, 2011the transferred territory in relation to article 2 of the agreement dated the 16th day of may, 1974 and article 3 (i) (b) (i) of the protocol dated 6th day of september, 201110the transferred territory in relation to articles 1(12) and 2 of the agreement dated the16th day of may, 1974 and articles 2 (ii), 3 (i) (a) (i) (ii) (vi) of the protocol dated the 6th day of september, 2011 the third schedule [see section 2(c)] i  extracts from the land boundary agreement dated 16 may, 1974 article 1 (12): enclaves5the indian enclaves in bangladesh and the bangladesh enclaves in india should beexchanged expeditiously, excepting the enclaves mentioned in paragraph 14 without claim to compensation for the additional area going to bangladesharticle 2:10 15the governments of india and bangladesh agree that territories in adverse possessionin areas already demarcated in respect of which boundary strip maps are already prepared, shall be exchanged within six months of the signing of the boundary strip maps by the plenipotentiaries they may sign the relevant maps as early as possible as and in any case not later than the 31st december, 1974 early measures may be taken to print maps in respect of other areas where demarcation has already taken place these should be printed by 31st may, 1975 and signed by the plenipotentiaries thereafter in order that the exchange of adversely held possessions in these areas may take place by the 31st december, 1975 in sectors still to be demarcated, transfer of territorial jurisdiction may take place within six months of the signature by plenipotentiaries on the concerned boundary strip maps20 ii   extracts from the protocol to the land boundary  agreement dated 6 september, 2011article 2: (ii) article 1 clause 12 of the 1974 agreement shall be implemented as follows:— enclaves25111 indian enclaves in bangladesh and 51 bangladesh enclaves in india as per the jointly verified cadastral enclave maps and signed at the level of dglr&s, bangladesh and dlr&s, west bengal (india) in april, 1997, shall be exchanged without claim to compensation for the additional areas going to bangladesh article 3: (i)  article 2 of the 1974 agreement shall be implemented as follows:—30the government of india and the government of bangladesh agree that the boundaryshall be drawn as a fixed boundary for territories held in adverse possession as determined through joint survey and fully depicted in the respective adversely possessed land area index map (apl map) finalised by the land records and survey departments of both the countries between december, 2010 and august, 2011, which are fully described in clause (a) to (d) below35the relevant strip maps shall be printed and signed by the plenipotentiaries and transfer of territorial jurisdiction shall be completed simultaneously with the exchange of enclaves the demarcation of the boundary, as depicted in the above-mentioned index maps, shall be as under:—40(a)west bengal sector (i)bousmari - madhugari (kushtia-nadia) areathe boundary shall be drawn from the existing boundary pillar nos 154/5-sto 157/1-s to follow the centre of old course of river mathabanga, as depicted in consolidation map of 1962, as surveyed jointly and agreed in june, 2011(ii)andharkota (kushtia-nadia) areathe boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 152/5-s to boundary pillar no 153/1-s to follow the edge of existing river mathabanga as jointly surveyed and agreed in june, 2011(iii)pakuria (kushtia-nadia) area5the boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 151/1-s to boundary pillar no 152/2-s to follow the edge of river mathabanga as jointly surveyed and agreed in june, 2011(iv)char mahishkundi (kushtia-nadia) area10the boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 153/1-s to boundary pillar no 153/9-s to follow the edge of river mathabanga as jointly surveyed and agreed in june, 2011(v)haripal/khutadah/battoli/sapameri/lnpur (patari) (naogaon—malda) area15the boundary shall be drawn as line joining from existing boundary pillar no 242/s/13, to boundary pillar no 243/7-s/5 and as jointly surveyed and agreed in june, 2011(vi)berubari (panchagarh-jalpaiguri area)the boundary in the area berubari (panchagarh-jalpaiguri) adversely held by bangladesh, and berubari and singhapara-khudipara (panchagarh-jalpaiguri), adversely held by india shall be drawn as jointly demarcated during 1996-199820 (b) meghalaya sector(i)lobachera-nuncherra25the boundary from existing boundary pillar no 1315/4-s to boundary pillar no 1315/15-s in lailong - balichera, boundary pillar no 1316/1-s to boundary pillar no 1316/11-s in lailong- noonchera, boundary pillar no 1317 to boundary pillar no 1317/13-s in lailong- lahiling and boundary pillar no 1318/1-s to boundary pillar no 1318/2-s in lailong- lobhachera shall be drawn to follow the edge of tea gardens as jointly surveyed  and agreed in december,  2010(ii)pyrdiwah/ padua area30the boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 1270/1-s as per jointly surveyed and mutually agreed line till boundary pillar no 1271/1-t the parties agree that the indian nationals from pyrdiwah village shall be allowed to draw water from piyang river near point no 6 of the agreed map(iii)lyngkhat area (aa) lyngkhat-i / kulumcherra and lyngkhat-ii/ kulumcherra35the boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 1264/4-s to boundary pillar no 1265 and bp no 1265/6-s to 1265/9-s as per jointly surveyed and mutually agreed line(ab) lyngkhat-iii/sonarhat40the boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 1266/13-s along the nallah southwards till it meets another nallah in the east-west direction, thereafter it shall run along the northern edge of the nallah in east till it meets the existing international boundary north of reference pillar nos1267/4-r-b and 1267/3-r-i(iv)dawki/tamabil areathe boundary shall be drawn by a straight line joining existing boundary pillar nos 1275/1-s to boundary pillar nos 1275/7-s the parties agree to fencing on 'zero line' in this area(v)naljuri/sreepur area5(aa) naljuri i10the boundary shall be a line from the existing boundary pillar no 1277/2-s in southern direction upto three plots as depicted in the strip map no 166 till it meets the nallah flowing from boundary pillar no 1277/5-t, thereafter it will run along the western edge of the nallah in the southern direction upto 2 plots on the bangladesh side, thereafter it shall run eastwards till it meets a line drawn in southern direction from boundary pillar no 1277/4-s(ab) naljuri iiithe boundary shall be drawn by a straight line from existing boundary pillar no 1278/2-s to boundary pillar no 1279/ 3-s15(vi)muktapur/ dibir hawor areathe parties agree that the indian nationals shall be allowed to visit kali mandir and shall also be allowed to draw water and exercise fishing rights in the water body in the muktapur / dibir hawor area from the bank of muktapur side (c) tripura sector 20(i)chandannagar-champarai tea garden area in tripura/ moulvi bazar sectorthe boundary shall be drawn along sonaraichhera river from existing boundary pillar no 1904 to boundary pillar no 1905 as surveyed jointly and agreed in july, 2011 (d) assam sector 25(i)kalabari (boroibari) area in assam sectorthe boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 1066/24-t to boundary pillar no 1067/16-t as surveyed jointly and agreed in august,  2011(ii)pallathal area in assam sector30the boundary shall be drawn from existing boundary pillar no 1370/3-s to 1371/ 6-s to follow the outer edge of the tea garden and from boundary pillar no 1372 to 1373/2-s along outer edge of the pan plantation iii list of exchange of enclaves between india  and bangladesh in pursuant to article 1 (12) of the  agreement dated 16 may 1974 and the protocol to the agreement dated 6th september, 201135 a exchangeable indian enclaves in bangladesh with area| sl        | name of chhits                   | chhit  no     | lying within   | lying within   |   area in ||------------|----------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|| no        | police station                   | police station | acres          |                |           || bangladesh | w bengal                        |                |                |                |           || a         | enclaves with independent chhits |                |                |                |           || 40         |                                  |                |                |                |           || 1         | garati                           | 75             | pochagar       | haldibari      |     5823 || 2         | garati                           | 76             | pochagar       | haldibari      |      079 || 3         | garati                           | 77             | pochagar       | haldibari      |     18    || sl        | name of chhits     | chhit  no     | lying within   | lying within   |   area in ||------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|| no        | police station     | police station | acres          |                |           || bangladesh | w bengal          |                |                |                |           || 1          | 2                  | 3              | 4              | 5              |      6    || 4         | garati             | 78             | pochagar       | haldibari      |    95866 || 5          |                    |                |                |                |           || 5         | garati             | 79             | pochagar       | haldibari      |      174 || 6         | garati             | 80             | pochagar       | haldibari      |     7375 || 7         | bingimari part-i   | 73             | pochagar       | haldibari      |      607 || 8         | nazirganja         | 41             | boda           | haldibari      |     5832 || 9         | nazirganja         | 42             | boda           | haldibari      |    43429 || 10         |                    |                |                |                |           || 10        | nazirganja         | 44             | boda           | haldibari      |     5347 || 11        | nazirganja         | 45             | boda           | haldibari      |      107 || 12        | nazirganja         | 46             | boda           | haldibari      |     1795 || 13        | nazirganja         | 47             | boda           | haldibari      |      389 || 15         |                    |                |                |                |           || 14        | nazirganja         | 48             | boda           | haldibari      |     7327 || 15        | nazirganja         | 49             | boda           | haldibari      |     4905 || 16        | nazirganja         | 50             | boda           | haldibari      |      505 || 17        | nazirganja         | 51             | boda           | haldibari      |      077 || 18        | nazirganja         | 52             | boda           | haldibari      |      104 || 19        | nazirganja         | 53             | boda           | haldibari      |      102 || 20         |                    |                |                |                |           || 20        | nazirganja         | 54             | boda           | haldibari      |      387 || 21        | nazirganja         | 55             | boda           | haldibari      |     1218 || 22        | nazirganja         | 56             | boda           | haldibari      |     5404 || 23        | nazirganja         | 57             | boda           | haldibari      |      827 || 24        | nazirganja         | 58             | boda           | haldibari      |     1422 || 25         |                    |                |                |                |           || 25        | nazirganja         | 60             | boda           | haldibari      |      052 || 26        | putimari           | 59             | boda           | haldibari      |    1228  || 27        | daikhata chhat     | 38             | boda           | haldibari      |    49921 || 28        | salbari            | 37             | boda           | haldibari      |   118893 || 30         |                    |                |                |                |           || 29        | kajal dighi        | 36             |                |                |           || boda       | haldibari          | 77144         |                |                |           || 30        | nataktoka          | 32             | boda           | haldibari      |    16226 || 31        | nataktoka          | 33             | boda           | haldibari      |      026 || 32        | beuladanga chhat   | 35             | boda           | haldibari      |      083 || 33        | balapara iagrabar  | 3              | debiganj       | haldibari      |   175244 || 35         |                    |                |                |                |           || 34        | bara khankikharija | 30             | dimla          | haldibari      |      771 || citaldaha  |                    |                |                |                |           || 35        | bara khankikharija | 29             | dimla          | haldibari      |     3683 || citaldaha  |                    |                |                |                |           || 36        | barakhangir        | 28             | dimla          | haldibari      |     3053 || sl                  | name of chhits                      | chhit  no       | lying within   | lying within   |   area in ||----------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|| no                  | police station                      | police station   | acres          |                |           || bangladesh           | w bengal                           |                  |                |                |           || 1                    | 2                                   | 3                | 4              | 5              |      6    || 37                  | nagarjikobari                       | 31               | dimla          | haldibari      |     3341 || 5                    |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 38                  | kuchlibari                          | 26               | patgram        | mekliganj      |      578 || 39                  | kuchlibari                          | 27               | patgram        | mekliganj      |      204 || 40                  | bara kuchlibari fragment of jl107 | patgram          | mekliganj      | 435           |           || of ps mekliganj     |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 10                   |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 41                  | jamaloaha-belapukhari               | 6                | patgram        | mekliganj      |      524 || 42                  | uponchowki kuchlibari 115/2         | patgram          | mekliganj      | 032           |           || 43                  | uponchowki kuchlibari               | 7                | patgram        | mekliganj      |     4404 || 44                  | bhothnri                            | 11               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     3683 || 45                  | balapukhari                         | 5                | patgram        | mekliganj      |     5591 || 15                   |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 46                  | bara khangir                        | 4                | patgram        | mekliganj      |     5051 || 47                  | bara khangir                        | 9                | patgram        | mekliganj      |     8742 || 48                  | chhat bogdokra                      | 10               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     417  || 49                  | ratanpur                            | 11               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     5891 || 50                  | bogdokra                            | 12               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     2549 || 20                   |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 51                  | pulkar dabri                        | fragment of jl | patgram        | mekliganj      |      088 || 107 of ps mekliganj |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 52                  | kharkharia                          | 15               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     6074 || 53                  | kharkharia                          | 13               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     5162 || 54                  | lotamari                            | 14               | patgram        | mekliganj      |    11092 || 25                   |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 55                  | bhotbari                            | 16               | patgram        | mekliganj      |    20546 || 56                  | komat changrabandha 16 a            | patgram          | mekliganj      | 428           |           || 57                  | komat changrabandha 17 a            | patgram          | mekliganj      | 1601          |           || 58                  | panisala                            | 17               | patgram        | mekliganj      |    13766 || 59                  | dwarikamari khasbash                | 18               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     365  || 30                   |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 60                  | panisala                            | 153/p            | patgram        | mekliganj      |      027 || 61                  | panisala                            | 153/o            | patgram        | mekliganj      |     1801 || 62                  | panisala                            | 19               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     6463 || 63                  | panisala                            | 21               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     514  || 64                  | lotamari                            | 20               | patgram        | mekliganj      |    28353 || 35                   |                                     |                  |                |                |           || 65                  | lotamari                            | 22               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     9885 || 66                  | dwarikamari                         | 23               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     3952 || 67                  | dwarikamari                         | 25               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     4573 || 68                  | chhat bhothat                       | 24               | patgram        | mekliganj      |     5611 || 69                  | baakata                             | 131              | patgram        | hathabhanga    |           || 2235                |                                     |                  |                |                |           || sl        | name of chhits         | chhit  no     | lying within   | lying within   |   area in ||------------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|| no        | police station         | police station | acres          |                |           || bangladesh | w bengal              |                |                |                |           || 1          | 2                      | 3              | 4              | 5              |      6    || 70        | baakata                | 132            | patgram        | hathabhanga    |     1196 || 5          |                        |                |                |                |           || 71        | baakata                | 130            | patgram        | hathibhanga    |     2048 || 72        | bhogramguri            | 133            | patgram        | hathibhanga    |      144 || 73        | chenakata              | 134            | patgram        | mekliganj      |      781 || 74        | banskata               | 119            | patgram        | mathabanga     |    41381 || 75        | banskata               | 120            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     3075 || 10         |                        |                |                |                |           || 76        | banskata               | 121            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     1215 || 77        | banskata               | 113            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     5786 || 78        | banskata               | 112            | patgram        | mathabanga     |    31504 || 79        | banskata               | 114            | patgram        | mathabanga     |      077 || 80        | banskata               | 115            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     292  || 15         |                        |                |                |                |           || 81        | banskata               | 122            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     3322 || 82        | banskata               | 127            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     1272 || 83        | banskata               | 128            | patgram        | mathabanga     |      233 || 84        | banskata               | 117            | patgram        | mathabanga     |      255 || 20         |                        |                |                |                |           || 85        | banskata               | 118            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     3098 || 86        | banskata               | 125            | patgram        | mathabanga     |      064 || 87        | banskata               | 126            | patgram        | mathabanga     |      139 || 88        | banskata               | 129            | patgram        | mathabanga     |      137 || 89        | banskata               | 116            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     1696 || 90        | banskata               | 123            | patgram        | mathabanga     |     2437 || 25         |                        |                |                |                |           || 91        | banskata               | 124            | patgram        | mathabanga     |      028 || 92        | gotamari chhit         | 135            | hatibandha     | sitalkuchi     |    12659 || 93        | gotamari chhit         | 136            | hatibandha     | sitalkuchi     |     2002 || 94        | banapachai             | 151            | lalmonirhat    | dinhata        |    21729 || 30         |                        |                |                |                |           || 95        | banapachai bhitarkuthi | 152            | lalmonirhat    |                |           || dinhata    | 8171                  |                |                |                |           || 96        | dasiar chhara          | 150            | fulbari        | dinhata        |   164344 || 97        | dakurhat- dakinirkuthi | 156            | kurigram       | dinhata        |     1427 || 98        | kalamati               | 141            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |     2121 || 99        | bhahobganj             | 153            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |     3158 || 100       | baotikursa             | 142            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |     4563 || 35         |                        |                |                |                |           || 101       | bara coachulka         | 143            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |     3999 || 102       | gaochulka ii           | 147            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |      09  || 103       | gaochulka i            | 146            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |      892 || sl                      | name of chhits        | chhit  no     | lying within   | lying within   |   area in ||--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|| no                      | police station        | police station | acres          |                |           || bangladesh               | w bengal             |                |                |                |           || 1                        | 2                     | 3              | 4              | 5              |      6    || 104                     | dighaltari ii         | 145            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |      881 || 5                        |                       |                |                |                |           || 105                     | dighaltari i          | 144            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |     1231 || 106                     | chhoto garaljhora ii  | 149            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |     1785 || 107                     | chhoto garaljhora i   | 148            | bhurungamari   | dinhata        |     3574 || 10                       |                       |                |                |                |           || 108                     | 1 chhit without name | patgram        | mathabanga     | 35            |           || & jl no at the southern |                       |                |                |                |           || and of jl no 38 &       |                       |                |                |                |           || southern and of jl       |                       |                |                |                |           || no 39 (locally known    |                       |                |                |                |           || as ashokabari)         |                       |                |                |                |           | enclaves with fragmented chhits15109(i) bewladanga34haldibariboda86246(ii) bewladangafragmenthaldibaridebiganj110(i) kotbhajni2haldibaridebiganj201227(ii) kotbhajnifragmenthaldibaridebiganj(iii) kotbhajnifragmenthaldibaridebiganj20(iv) kotbhajnifragmenthaldibaridebiganj111(i) dahalakhagrabrihaldibaridebiganj265035(ii) dahalafragmenthaldibaridebiganj(iii) dahalafragmenthaldibaridebiganj(iv) dahalafragmenthaldibaridebiganj25(v) dahalafragmenthaldibaridebiganj(vi) dahalafragmenthaldibaridebiganj171606330the above given details of enclaves have been jointly compared and reconciled with records held by india and bangladesh during the indo-bangladesh conference held at calcutta during 9th - 12th october, 1996 as well as during joint field inspection at jalpaiguri (west bengal) panchagarh (bangladesh) sector during 21-24 november, 1996 note: name of enclave in si no 108 above has been identified as ashokabari by joint ground verification during field season 1996-97 brig jr peter md shafi uddin director land records & survey director general, land records(ex-officio) west bengal, india &and surveys, bangladesh director, eastern circle survey of india, calcutta b exchangeable  bangladesh  enclaves  in  india  with  area| sl       | name of  chhits                  | lying within   | lying within   | jl   |   area in ||-----------|----------------------------------|----------------|----------------|--------|-----------|| no       | police station                   | police station | no            | acres  |           || w bengal | bangladesh                       |                |                |        |           || 5         |                                  |                |                |        |           || 1         | 2                                | 3              | 4              | 5      |      6    || a        | enclaves with independent chhits |                |                |        |           || 1        | chhit kuchlibari                 | mekliganj      | patgram        | 22     |    37064 || 2        | chhit land of kuchlibari         | mekliganj      | patgram        | 24     |      183 || 3        | balapukhari                      | mekliganj      | patgram        | 21     |    33164 || 4        | chhit land of panbari no2       | mekliganj      | patgram        | 20     |      113 || 10        |                                  |                |                |        |           || 5        | chhit  panbari                   | mekliganj      | patgram        | 18     |    10859 || 6        | dhabalsati mirgipur              | mekliganj      | patgram        | 15     |    17388 || 7        | bamandal                         | mekliganj      | patgram        | 11     |      224 || 8        | chhit dhabalsati                 | mekliganj      | patgram        | 14     |     6658 || 9        | dhabalsati                       | mekliganj      | patgram        | 13     |     6045 || 15        |                                  |                |                |        |           || 10       | srirampur                        | mekliganj      | patgram        | 8      |      105 || 11       | jote nijjama                     | mekliganj      | patgram        | 3      |     8754 || 12       | chhit land of jagatber no3      | mathabanga     | patgram        | 37     |     6984 || 13       | chhit land of jagatber no1      | mathabanga     | patgram        | 35     |     3066 || 14       | chhit land of jagatber no2      | mathabanga     | patgram        | 36     |     2709 || 20        |                                  |                |                |        |           || 15       | chhit kokoabari                  | mathabanga     | patgram        | 47     |     2949 || 16       | chhit bhandardaha                | mathabanga     | patgram        | 67     |     3996 || 17       | dhabalguri                       | mathabanga     | patgram        | 52     |     125  || 18       | chhit  dhabalguri                | mathabanga     | patgram        | 53     |     2231 || 19       | chhit land of dhabalguri no3    | mathabanga     | patgram        | 70     |      133 || 25        |                                  |                |                |        |           || 20       | chhit land of dhabalguri no4    | mathabanga     | patgram        | 71     |      455 || 21       | chhit land of dhabalguri no5    | mathabanga     | patgram        | 72     |      412 || 22       | chhit land of dhabalguri no1    | mathabanga     | patgram        | 68     |     2683 || 23       | chhit land of dhabalguri no2    | mathabanga     | patgram        | 69     |     1395 || 30        |                                  |                |                |        |           || 24       | mahishmari                       | sitalkuchi     | patgram        | 54     |    12277 || 25       | bura saradubi                    | sitalkuchi     | hatibadha      | 13     |     3496 || 26       | palnapur                         | sitalkuchi     | patgram        | 64     |    50556 || 27       | amjhol                           | sitalkuchi     | hatibandha     | 57     |      125 || 28       | kismat batrigachh                | dinhata        | kaliganj       | 82     |    20995 || 35        |                                  |                |                |        |           || 29       | durgapur                         | dinhata        | kaliganj       | 83     |     2096 || 30       | bansua khamar gitaldaha          | dinhata        | lalmonirhat    | 1      |     2454 || 31       | paotukuthi                       | dinhata        | lalmonirhat    | 37     |    58994 || 32       | paschim  bakalir chhara          | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 38     |    15198 || sl       | name of  chhits          | lying within   | lying within   | jl   |   area in ||-----------|--------------------------|----------------|----------------|--------|-----------|| no       | police station           | police station | no            | acres  |           || w bengal | bangladesh               |                |                |        |           || 1         | 2                        | 3              | 4              | 5      |      6    || 33       | madhya  bakalir chhara   | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 39     |     3272 || 5         |                          |                |                |        |           || 34       | purba  bakalir chhara    | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 40     |     1223 || 35       | madhya masaldanga        | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 3      |    13666 || 36       | madhya chhit masaldanga  | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 8      |     1187 || 37       | paschim chhit masaldanga | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 7      |      76  || 38       | uttar  masaldanga        | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 2      |     2729 || 10        |                          |                |                |        |           || 39       | kachua                   | dinhata        | bhurungamari   | 5      |    11974 || 40       | uttar  bansjani          | tufanganj      | bhurungamari   | 1      |     4717 || 41       | chhat tilai              | tufanganj      | bhurungamari   | 17     |     8156 | b enclaves with fragmented chhits| 42                                            | (i) nalgram                | sitalkuchi   | patgarm      |   65 |   139734 ||------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------|--------------|------|-----------|| 15                                             |                            |              |              |      |           || (ii) nalgram (fragment)                        | sitalkuchi                 | patgarm      | 65           |      |           || (iii) nalgram (fragment)                       | sitalkuchi                 | patgarm      | 65           |      |           || 43                                            | (i) chhit nalgram          | sitalkuchi   | patgarm      |   66 |     495  || (ii)chhit nalgram (fragment)                   | sitalkuchi                 | patgarm      | 66           |      |           || 44                                            | (i) batrigachh             | dinhata      | kaliganj     |   81 |    57737 || 20                                             |                            |              |              |      |           || (ii)batrigachh (fragment)                      | dinhata                    | kaliganj     | 81           |      |           || (iii)batrigachh (fragment)                     | dinhata                    | phulbari     | 9            |      |           || 45                                            | (i)karala                  | dinhata      | phulbari     |    9 |    26991 || (ii)karala (fragment)                          | dinhata                    | phulbari     | 9            |      |           || (iii)karala (fragment)                         | dinhata                    | phulbari     | 8            |      |           || 25                                             |                            |              |              |      |           || 46                                            | (i) sipprasad mustati      | dinhata      | phulbari     |    8 |    3732  || (ii) sipprasad mustati (fragment)              | dinhata                    | phulbari     | 6            |      |           || 47                                            | (i) dakshin masaldanga     | dinhata      | bhurungamari |    6 |    57138 || (ii) dakshin masaldanga (fragment)             | dinhata                    | bhurungamari | 6            |      |           || (iii) dakshin masaldanga (fragment) dinhata    | bhurungamari               | 6            |              |      |           || 30                                             |                            |              |              |      |           || (iv) dakshin masaldanga (fragment) dinhata     | bhurungamari               | 6            |              |      |           || (v) dakshin masaldanga (fragment)              | dinhata                    | bhurungamari | 6            |      |           || (vi) dakshin masaldanga (fragment) dinhata     | bhurungamari               | 6            |              |      |           || 48                                            | (i) paschim masaldanga     | dinhata      | bhurungamari |    4 |     2949 || (ii) paschim masaldanga (fragment)             | dinhata                    | bhurungamari | 4            |      |           || 35                                             |                            |              |              |      |           || 49                                            | (i) purba chhit masaldanga | dinhata      | bhurungamari |   10 |     3501 || (ii) purba chhit masaldanga (fragment) dinhata | bhurungamari               | 10           |              |      |           || 50                                            | (i) purba  masaldanga      | dinhata      |              |      |           || bhurungamari                                   | 11                         | 15389       |              |      |           || sl                               | name of  chhits      | lying within   | lying within   | jl   |   area in ||-----------------------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|-------|-----------|| no                               | police station       | police station | no            | acres |           || w bengal                         | bangladesh           |                |                |       |           || 1                                 | 2                    | 3              | 4              | 5     |      6    || (ii)purba  masaldanga (fragment)  | dinhata              | bhurungamari   | 11             |       |           || 5                                 |                      |                |                |       |           || 51                               | (i) uttar  dhaldanga | tufanganj      | bhurungamari   | 14    |     2498 || (ii) uttar  dhaldanga (fragment)  | tufanganj            | bhurungamari   | 14             |       |           || (iii) uttar  dhaldanga (fragment) | tufanganj            | bhurungamari   | 14             |       |           || total area                        | 7,11002             |                |                |       |           |10the above given details of enclaves have been jointly compared and reconciled with records held by india and bangladesh during the indo-bangladesh conference held at calcutta during 9th-12th october 1996 as well as during joint field inspection at jalpaiguri (west bengal) - panchagarh (bangladesh) sector during 21-24 november 1996 brig jr peter md shafi uddin director land records & survey director general, land records(ex officio) west bengal, india &and surveys, bangladesh director, eastern circle survey of india, calcutta statement of objects and reasonsindia and bangladesh have a common land boundary of approximately 40967 kmsthe india-east pakistan land boundary was determined as per the radcliffe award of 1947 disputes arose out of some provisions in the radcliffe award, which were sought to be resolved through the bagge award of 1950 another effort was made to settle these disputes by the nehru-noon agreement of 1958 however, the issue relating to division of berubari union was challenged before the hon'ble supreme court to comply with the opinion rendered by the hon'ble supreme court of india, the constitution (ninth amendment) act, 1960 was passed by the parliament due to the continuous litigation and other political developments at that time, the constitution (ninth amendment) act, 1960 could not be notified in respect of territories in former east pakistan (presently bangladesh)2 on 16th may, 1974, the agreement between india and bangladesh concerning the demarcation of the land boundary and related matters was signed between both the countries to find a solution to the complex nature of the border demarcation involved this agreement was not ratified as it involved, inter alia, transfer of territory which requires a constitutional amendment in this connection, it was also required to identify the precise area on the ground which would be transferred subsequently, the issues relating to demarcation of un-demarcated boundary; the territories in adverse possession; and exchange of enclaves were identified and resolved by signing a protocol on 6th  september, 2011, which forms an integral part of the land boundary agreement between india and bangladesh, 1974 the protocol was prepared with support and concurrence of the concerned state governments of assam, meghalaya, tripura and west bengal3 accordingly, the constitution (one hundred and ninteenth amendment) bill, 2013which proposes to amend the first schedule of the constitution, for the purpose of giving effect to the acquiring of territories by india and transfer of territories to bangladesh through retaining of adverse possession and exchange of enclaves, in pursuance of the aforesaid agreement of  1974 and its protocol entered between the governments of  india and bangladesh4 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectsnew delhi;salman  khurshidthe 26th february, 2013 memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause (b) of section 2 of the bill provides that the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint the date for acquisition of territories from bangladesh and transfer of the territories to bangladesh in pursuance of  the india-bangladesh agreement and its protocol, after causing the territories to be so acquired and transferred as referred to in the first schedule and second schedule and demarcated for the purpose annexure extracts from the constitution of india part i the union and its territory1 (1) india, that is bharat, shall be a union of states(2) the states and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the first schedulename and territory of the union(3) the territory of india shall comprise—(a) the territories of the states; (b) the union territories specified in the first schedule; and (c) such other territories as may be acquired4 (1) any law referred to in article 2 or article 3 shall contain such provisions for the amendment of the first schedule and the fourth schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of the law and may also contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions as to representation in parliament and in the legislature or legislatures of the state or states affected by such law) as parliament may deem necessary(2) no such law as aforesaid shall be deemed to be an amendment of this constitution for the purposes of article 368laws made under articles 2 and 3 to provide for the a m e n d m e n t of the first and the fourth schedules and supplemental, incidental and consequential matters first  schedule [articles 1 and 4] i  the statesassamthe 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, 1971west bengal the territories which immediately before the 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) and also the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the bihar and west bengal (transfer of terrotories) act, 1956meghalayathe territories specified in section 5 of the north-eastern areas (reorganisation) act,1971tripurathe 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———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india to give effect to the acquiring of territoriesby india and transfer of certain territories to bangladesh in pursuance of the agreement and its protocol entered into between the governments of india and bangladesh————(shri salman khurshid, minister of external affairs)