The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART 11—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 379] NEW DELHI. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1966/KARTIKA 25, 1888
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DELIMITATION COMMISSION
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th November, 1966
S.O. 3513.—The Order made by the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, is hereby published :—
ORDER
Whereas clause (2) of article 8x of the Constitution of India as applied to the State of Jammu and Kashmir provides that there shall be allotted to the State six seats in the House of the People and that the State shall be divided into single member territorial constituencies by the Delimitation Commission in accordance with such procedure as the Commission may deem fit;
1592 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART H-SEC. S(H)]in the Gazette of India and in the Jammu and Kashmir Govern- ment Gazette:
And whereas all the objections and suggestions received were considered at public sittings held at Srinagar on the 24th and 25th October, 1966 and at Jammu on the 27th and 28th October, 1966 :
We hereby determine that the territorial constituencies into which the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be divided for the purpose of elections to the House of the People and the extent of each such constituencv shall be as shown in the following Table: —
TABLE
Extent SI.
CO
No. and name of nstituency
2
I
1.
2. 3.
4.
Baramulla Srinagar Anantnag Ladakh Udhampur
5-
6- Jammu
Baramulla district. Srinagar district. Anantnag district. Ladakh district. UdhaTtrur., Doda and Kathua districts- Jammu and Poonch districts.
NOTE.—Reference in this Table to a district shall be taken to mean the area comprised within that district on the 1st day of November, 1966.
J. L. KAPUR, Chairman.
R. C. SONti M t J. c
K. V. K. SUNDARAM f M e m D e r s-
[No. 282/JK/HP/66.]
By Order,
P. S. SUBRAMANIAN, Secretary.