Punjab Reorganisation Act,1966
Act No : 31
Section :
Land and goods.
48. Land and goods. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, all land and all stores, articles and other goods belonging to the existing State of Punjab shall,-- (a) if within that State, pass to the successor State in whose territories they are situated; or (b) if outside that State, pass to the State of Punjab: Provided that where the Central Government is of the opinion that any goods or class of goods should be distributed among the successor States otherwise than according to the situation of the goods, the Central Government may issue such directions as it thinks fit for a just and equitable distribution of the goods and the goods shall pass to the successor States accordingly. (2) Stores held for specific purposes, such as use or utilisation in particular institutions, workshops or undertakings or on particular works under construction, shall pass to the successor State in whose territories such institutions, workshops, undertakings or works are located. (3) Stores relating to the Secretariat and offices of Heads of Departments having jurisdiction over the whole of the existing State 787 of Punjab shall be divided between the successor States in accordance with such directions as the Central Government may think fit to issue for a just and equitable distribution of such stores. (4) Any other unissued stores of any class in the existing State of Punjab shall be divided between the successor States in proportion to the total stores of that class purchased in the period of three years ending with the 31st day of March, 1966, for the territories of the existing State of Punjab included respectively in each of the successor States: Provided that where such proportion cannot be ascertained in respect of any class of stores or where the value of any class of such stores does not exceed rupees ten thousand, that class of stores shall be divided between the successor States according to the population ratio. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the lands specified in the Thirteenth Schedule which were acquired by the Government of the existing State of Punjab-- (i) for the sewerage scheme of Chandigarh, (ii) for soil conservation measures in the catchment area of Sukhna lake, and (iii) for the setting up of brick kilns of the Chandigarh Capital Project, together with all connected works in or over such land (including any plant, machinery or implements) shall vest in the Union. (6) In this section, the expression "land" includes immovable property of every kind and any rights in or over such property, and the expression "goods" does not include coins, bank notes and currency notes.
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