3. Formation of Uttaranchal State.—On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new
State to be known as the State of Uttaranchal comprising the following territories of the existing State of
Uttar Pradesh, namely:—
Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Uttar Kashi, Chamoli, Dehradun, Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh,
Udham Singh Nagar, Bageshwar, Champawat, Rudraprayag and Hardwar districts,
and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Uttar Pradesh.
4. State of Uttar Pradesh and territorial divisions thereof.—On and from the appointed day, the
State of Uttar Pradesh shall comprise the territories of the existing State of Uttar Pradesh other than those
specified in section 3.
5. Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the
First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading “I. THE STATES”,—
(a) in the paragraph relating to the territories of the State of Uttar Pradesh, after the words,
brackets and figures “clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
(Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1968 (24 of 1968), the following shall be inserted, namely:—
“and the territories specified in section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000”;
(b) after entry 26, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—
“27. Uttaranchal: The territories specified in section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act,
2000.”.
6. Saving powers of State Governments.—Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be
deemed to affect the power of the Government of Uttar Pradesh or Uttaranchal to alter, after the appointed
day, the name, area or boundaries of any district or other territorial division in the State.