3. Replacement of fluctuating boundaries by fixed boundaries.—(1) As from the appointed day,
the boundary between the Karnal and Sonepat districts of the State of Haryana and the Saharanpur,
Muzaffarnagar and Meerut districts of the State of Uttar Pradesh and the boundary between the Gurgaon
district of the State of Haryana and the Bulandshahr and Aligarh districts of the State of Uttar Pradesh
which at present is the deep stream of the river-Yamuna, shall be altered to and replaced by fixed
boundaries.
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(2) The said fixed boundaries shall be demarcated by an authority appointed in this behalf by the
Central Government so as to be generally in conformity with the fixed boundaries described in the
Schedule.
(3) For the purposes of such demarcation,—
(a) the decision of the said authority on any matter relating to the interpretation of any part of the
description of the fixed boundary given in the Schedule shall be final;
(b) the said authority shall have power to determine the location of the points at which the
boundary pillars shall be constructed and to specify the State Government which shall be responsible
for the construction and maintenance of the boundary pillars at such points according to such
specifications as that authority may indicate (the pillars of the same specifications being apportioned,
as far as practicable, equally between the two State Governments), the decision of the said authority
in regard to these matters being final;
(c) it shall be lawful for the said authority and for any person specified by such authority to enter
upon and survey any area in the vicinity of any of the fixed boundaries described in the Schedule and
to do all other acts as may be necessary.
(4) The authority referred to in sub-section (2) shall also prepare maps of the areas on both sides of
the fixed boundaries and in the vicinity thereof showing—
(a) the present deep stream line and the fixed boundary in relation to it; and
(b) the names and boundaries of the villages on both sides of the fixed boundary as indicated by
the State Government concerned with reference to the revenue records of that Government,
and send authenticated copies thereof to the Central Government and to the State Governments of
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
4. Transfer of territories.—(1) As from the appointed day,—
(a) there shall be added to the State of Haryana all the territories of the State of Uttar Pradesh
which lie on the Haryana side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon cease to
form part of the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
(b) there shall be added to the State of Uttar Pradesh all the territories of the State of Haryana
which lie on the Uttar Pradesh side of the fixed boundaries, and the said territories shall thereupon
cease to form part of the State of Haryana.
(2) Each of the State Governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh shall, by order in the Official
Gazette of the State, provide for the administration, as from the appointed day, of the territories
transferred to that State under sub-section (1) by including them or any part of them in such district,
sub-division, police-station or other administrative unit as may be specified in the order.
5. Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution.—As from the appointed day, in the First
Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “I. THE STATES”—
(a) for the entry against “13. Uttar Pradesh”, the following shall be substituted, namely:—
“The territories which immediately before the commencement of this Constitution
were either comprised in the Province known as the United Provinces or were being administered
as if they formed part of that Province, the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1)
of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 (24 of 1968) and
the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and Uttar
Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979, but excluding the territories specified in clause (a)
of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries)
Act, 1968, and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana
and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of 1979).”;
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(b) for the entry against “17. Haryana”, the following shall be substituted, namely:—
“The territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act,
1966 and the territories specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Haryana and
Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 (31 of 1979), but excluding the territories
specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of that Act.”.