THE HARYANA AND PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES ACT, 1970
An Act to provide for the establishment of two independent Agricultural Universities in place of
the Punjab Agricultural University constituted by the Punjab Agricultural University
Act, 1961, and for matters consequential on, or connected with the establishment of those
independent Agricultural Universities.
WHEREAS, for the development of agriculture in the States of Haryana and Punjab, it is expedient to
provide for the establishment of two independent Agricultural Universities in place of the Punjab
Agricultural University constituted by the Punjab Agricultural University Act, 1961;
AND WHEREAS, the Legislatures of the States of Haryana and Punjab have passed resolutions in terms
of clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution in relation to the above-mentioned matter and matters
ancillary thereto in so far as such matters are matters enumerated in List II in the Seventh Schedule to the
Constitution;
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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