THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION 263
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948 294
FIRST SCHEDULE
[Articles 1 and 4]
THE STATES AND THE TERRITORIES OP INDIA
*Part I
The territories known immediately before the commence- ment of this Constitution as the Governors’ Provinces of— 5
Madras,
Bombay,
West Bengal,
The United Provinces,
Bihar, 10
East Punjab,
The Central Provinces and Berar,
Assam,
Orissa. 15
Part II
The territories known immediately before the commence- ment of this Constitution as the Chief Commissioners’ Provinces of—
Delhi,
Ajmer-Merwara including Panth Piploda, 20
Coorg.
*The Committee has anxiously considered the question whether Andhra should be specifically mentioned as a separate State in this Sche- dule. There was recently a statement by the Government on this subject, in which it was said that Andhra could be included among the Provinces in the Constitution as was done in the case of Orissa and Sind under the Government of India Act, 1935. Accordingly the Committee was at one stage inclined to mention Andhra as a distinct State in the Schedule. On fuller consideration, however, the Committee feels that the bare mention of the State in the Schedule will not suffice to bring it into being from the commencement of the new Constitution. Preparatory steps will have to be taken immediately under the present Constitution in order that the new State, with all the machinery of government, may be in being from the commencement of the new Constitution. This was what was done in the case of Orissa and Sind under the Act of 1935: they were made into sepa- rate Provinces with effect from April 1, 1936, while the Act came into operation on April 1, 1937. The Committee therefore recommends that a Commission should be appointed to work out or inquire into all relevant matters not only as regards Andhra but also as regards other linguistic regions, with instructions to submit its report in time to enable any new States whose formation it may recommend to be created under section 290 of the Act of 1935 and to be mentioned in this Schedule before the Consti- tution is finally adopted.