1102 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
“Provided that the President may by order direct that the provisions of this
article shall not apply to any State specified in the order.,’ ”
“That for clause (1) of article 258, the following clause be substituted :—
‘(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, the Government
of India may, subject to the provisions of clause (2) of this article, enter into an
agreement with the Government of a State for the time being specified in Part
III of the First Schedule with respect to—
(a) the levy and collection of any tax or duty leviable by the Government of
India in such State and for the distribution of the proceeds thereof otherwise
than in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter;
(b) the grant of any financial assistance by the Government of India to such
State in consequence of the loss of any revenue which that State used to derive
from any tax or duty leviable under this Constitution by the Government of
India or from any other sources;
(c) the contribution by such State in respect of any payment made by the
Government of India under clause (1) of article 267A of this Constitution, and
when an agreement is so entered into, the provisions of this Chapter shall in
relation to such State have effect subject to the terms of such agreement.’ ”
“That in chapter I of Part IX, after article 267, the following new article shall
be inserted, namely :—
‘267A. (1) Where under any covenant or agreement entered into by the Ruler
of any Indian State before the commencement of this Privy purse sums Constitution, the payment of any sums, free of tax, of Rulers. has been guaranteed or assured by the Government
of the Dominion of India to any Ruler of such State as Privy Purse—
(a) such sums shall be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund
of India; and
(b) the sums so paid to any Ruler shall be exempt from all taxes on income.
(2) Where the territories of any such Indian State as aforesaid are comprised
within a State specified in Part I or Part III of the First Schedule there shall be
charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of that State such contribution,
if any, in respect of the payments made by the Government of India under clause
(1) of this article and for such period as may, subject to any agreement entered into
in that behalf under clause (1) of article 258 of this Constitution, be determined
by order of the President,’ ”
“That after article 270, the following new article be inserted :—
‘270A. (1) As from the commencement of this Constitution—
(a) all assets relating to any of the matters enumerated in the Union List
vested immediately before such commencement, Succession to property in any Indian State corresponding to any State assets, liabilities and for the time obligations of being specified in Part obligations of Indian III of the First Schedule shall be vested in the States. Government of India, and
(b) all liabilities relating to any of the said matters of the Government of
any Indian State corresponding to any State for the time being specified in
Part III of the First Schedule shall be the liabilities of the Government of India,
subject to any agreement entered into in that behalf by the Government of India
with the Government of that State.
(2) As from the commencement of this Constitution the Government of each State
for the time being specified in Part III of the First Schedule shall be the successor
of the Government of the corresponding Indian State as regards all property,
assets, liabilities and obligations other than the assets and liabilities referred to
in clause (1) of this article.’ ”