3. Formation of Telangana State.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new
State to be known as the State of Telangana comprising the following territories of the existing State of
Andhra Pradesh, namely:—
Adilabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Nizamabad, Warangal, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda,
Mahbubnagar, 1
[Khammam (but excluding the Mandals of Kukunoor, Velairpadu and Bhurgampadu but
not including its revenue villages of Pinapaka, Morampalli Banzar, Bhurgampad, Nagineniprolu,
Krishnasagar, Tekula, Sarapaka, Iravendi, Mothepattinagar, Uppusaka, Sompalli and Nakripeta under the
Palvancha Revenue Division, and the Mandals of Chintoor, Kunavaram, Vararamachandrapuram and
Bhadrachalam but not including the revenue village of Bhadrachalam under the Bhadrachalam Revenue
Division)] and Hyderabad districts,
and there upon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State ofAndhra Pradesh.
4.State of Andhra Pradesh and territorial divisions thereof.––On and from the appointed day, the
State of Andhra Pradesh shall comprise the territories of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh other than
those specified insection 3.
5. Hyderabad to be common capital for States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.––(1) On and
from the appointed day, Hyderabad in the existing State of Andhra Pradesh, shall be the common capital
of the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh for such period not exceeding ten years.
(2) After expiry of the period referred to in sub-section (1), Hyderabad shall be the capital of the State
of Telangana and there shall be a new capital for the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Explanation.––In this Part, the common capital includes the existing area notified as the Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (Hyderabad
Act No. 2 of 1956).
6. Expert Committee for setting up of a capital for Andhra Pradesh.—The Central Government
shall constitute an expert committee to study various alternatives regarding the new capital for the
successor State of Andhra Pradesh and make appropriate recommendations in a period not exceeding six
months from the date of enactment of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
7. Governor of existing State of Andhra Pradesh to be common Governor.—On and from the
appointed day, the Governor of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh shall be the Governor for both the
successor States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for such period as may be determined by the President.
8. Responsibility of Governor to protect residents of common capital of Hyderabad.—(1) On and
from the appointed day, for the purposes of administration of the common capital area, the Governor shall
have special responsibility for the security of life, liberty and property of all those who reside in such area.
(2) In particular, the responsibility of the Governor shall extend to matters such as lawand order,
internal security and security of vital installations, and management and allocation of Government
buildings in the common capital area.
(3) In discharge of the functions, the Governor shall, after consulting the Council of Ministers of the
State of Telangana, exercise his individual judgment as to the action to betaken:
Provided that if any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the
Governor is under this sub-section required to act in the exercise of his individual judgment, the decision
of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall
not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in the exercise of his
individual judgment.
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 2014, s.2, for certain words (w.e.f. 29-5-2014).
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(4) The Governor shall be assisted by two advisors to be appointed by the Central Government.
9. Assistance of police forces from Central Government to successor States, etc.—(1) The Central
Government shall assist the successor States of Andhra Pradeshand Telangana to raise additional police
forces.
(2) The Central Government shall, for a period of three years, on and from the appointed day,
maintain and administer the Greyhound Training Centre in Hyderabad which shallfunction as a common
training centre for the successor States and, at the expiry of the said period, the existing Greyhound
Training Centre in Hyderabad shall become the training centre of the State of Telangana.
(3) The Central Government shall assist the successor State of Andhra Pradesh to set up a similar
state-of the-art training centre at such place as the State Government of Andhra Pradesh may by order
notify.
(4) The Central Government shall provide financial assistance to the successor States in setting up
new operational hubs for Greyhounds at such locations as the successor States may by order notify.
(5) The Greyhound and OCTOPUS forces of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh shall be distributed
between the successor States after seeking options from the personnel and, each of these forces, on or
after the appointed day shall function under the respective Director General of Police of the successor
States.
10.Amendment of First Schedule to Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the First
Schedule to the Constitution, underthe heading “I. THE STATES’’,––
(a) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of Andhra Pradesh, after the words,
brackets and figures “Second Schedule to the Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries)
Act, 1959(56 of 1959)”, the following shall be inserted, namely:—
“and the territories specified in section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014”;
(b) after entry 28, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—
“29. Telangana: The territories specified in section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation
Act, 2014.”.
11. Saving powers of State Governments.—Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be
deemed to affect the power of the Government of Andhra Pradesh or the Government of Telangana to
alter, after the appointed day, the name, area or boundaries of any district or other territorial division in
the State.