THE ANDHRA PRADESH REORGANISATION ACT, 2014
NO. 6 OF 2014
[1st March, 2014.]
An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh
and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appointed day” means the day which the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;
(b) “article” means an article of the Constitution;
(c) “assembly constituency”, “council constituency” and “parliamentary
constituency” have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People
Act, 1950;
Short title.
Definitions.
43 of 1950.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 1st March, 2014/Phalguna 10, 1935 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
1st March, 2014, and is hereby published for general information:—
SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 25
93. The Central Government shall take all necessary measures as enumerated in the
Thirteenth Schedule for the progress and sustainable development of the successor States
within a period of ten years from the oppointed day.
94. (1) The Central Government shall take appropriate fiscal measures, including
offer of tax incentives, to the successor States, to promote industrialisation and economic
growth in both the States.
(2) The Central Government shall support the programmes for the development of
backward areas in the successor States, including expansion of physical and social
infrastructure.
(3) The Central Government shall provide special financial support for the creation
of essential facilities in the new capital of the successor State of Andhra Pradesh including
the Raj Bhawan, High Court, Government Secretariat, Legislative Assembly, Legislative
Council, and such other essential infrastructure.
(4) The Central Government shall facilitate the creation of a new capital for the successor
State of Andhra Pradesh, if considered necessary, by denotifying degraded forest land.
PART XI
ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
95. In order to ensure equal opportunities for quality higher education to all students
in the successor States, the existing admission quotas in all government or private, aided or
unaided, institutions of higher, technical and medical education in so far as it is provided
under article 371D of the Constitution, shall continue as such for a period of ten years
during which the existing common admission process shall continue.
PART XII
LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
96. In sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 168 of the Constitution, for the word
“Tamil Nadu”, the words “Tamil Nadu, Telangana” shall be substituted.
97. On and from the appointed day, in article 371D of the Constitution,––
(a) in the marginal heading, for the words “the State of Andhra Pradesh”,
the words “the State of Andhra Pradesh or the State of Telangana” shall be
substituted;
(b) for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:––
“(1) The President may by order made with respect to the State of Andhra
Pradesh or the State of Telangana, provide, having regard to the requirement of
each State, for equitable opportunities and facilities for the people belonging to
different parts of such State, in the matter of public employment and in the
matter of education, and different provisions may be made for various parts of
the States.”;
(c) in clause (3), for the words “the State of Andhra Pradesh”, the words “the
State of Andhra Pradesh and for the State of Telangana” shall be substituted.
98. In section 15A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, after the words and
figures “under the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act, 2010”, the words and figures “and
constituting the Legislative Council of the State of Telangana under the Andhra Pradesh
Reorganisation Act, 2014” shall be inserted.
99. On and from the appointed day, in section 15 of the States Reorganisation Act,
1956, in clause (e), for the words “Andhra Pradesh”, the words “Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana” shall be substituted.
Measures for
progress and
development
of successor
States.
Fiscal
measures
including tax
incentives.
Equal
opportunities
for quality
higher
education to
all students.
Amendment
of article 168
of the
Constitution.
Amendment
of article
371D of the
Constitution.
16 of 2010.
Amendment
of section
15A of Act
43 of 1951.
Amendment
of section
15 of Act 37
of 1956.
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$ubject: Territorial juriodiction & offering of programmes through off campus/Study centres etc by lnstitutionslUnivorsities- reg.,
$ir/Madam,
The University Grants Commission has from time to time been notifying its policy on
territorial jurisdiction and offering of programmes through offcampuse$lcentreslStudy centres by Universities/lnstitutions. Recenlly vide its PublicNotice No. F.27-1 nAQ (CPP-ll), dated 27tt' June 2013 (copy enclosed), UGC hasnotified its policy on territorialjurisdiction to be followed by all Universitiesllnstitutionsincluding Open and Distance Learning lnstitutions, which is as under:
a Central or $tate Government University can conduct course$ on its owndepartments, its constituent colleges and/or through its affiliated colleges;
a University established or incorporated bywithin the territorialjurisdiction allotted to itterritory of the state of its location;
universities and deemed universities cannot affiliate any college orinstitution for conducting courses leading to award of its diplomas, degrees or otherqualifications;
iv) no university, whether central, state, private or deemed, can offer its progreimmesthrough franchising arrangement with private coaching institutions even for thepurpose of conducting courses through distance mode;
v) all universities shall award only such degrees as are specified by the UGC andpublished in the official gazette;
vi) the universities shall conduct their first degrees and Master's degree programmes in
accordance with the regulations notified by the UGC in this regard.
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or under a State Act shall operate onlyunder its Act and in no case beyond the
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2. The UGC has also issued regulations relating to Private Universities and deemed
universities which should be sirictly followed ny tne concerned University' A copy of
these regulations ara hosted on UGC website wY.w,ugc'a.c'in'
However, it has come to the uGC that some universitie$ are offering programmes
through distance mode without approval of UGC/ erstwhile DEC - and several
Universities/lnstitutions have opened'their Study centres in violation of the policy of
UGC and erstwhile DEC on territorial jurisdiction. Some lnstitutions are giving
misleading advertisements in newspafers and other publlc^ media that the
progra*nies offered by these lnstitutions are approved by the UGC' The same is not
permissible by UGC and should be immediately stopped'
Therefore, all Universities/lnstitutions are hereby requested to offer, only.those
programmes which are apprqved by UGC/erstwhile DEC and followlhe policy of
UCb on territorial jurisdiciion, Study centres, and non-franchising of Study centres
for offering programmes through diitance mode. The activities at the Study centre
such as admission, examinatioir, conduct of Personal Conduct Programmes (PCPs)
etc should be operated by the concerned University. $tudy centres can not conduct
exanrinations on their own nor can they award degiee/diploma etc. No sub-letting of
study centres should be allowed and any such centre opened by any
University/lnstitution would be in violation of the UGC policy.
The UGC/erstwhile DEC has not given approval to any University for opening ,ofODL study centres outside lndia, Thu's, any such centre opened by any University
must be immediaiely closed. Universities/institutions are atso requested to close
down any Study .enire opened in violation of above policy. Also any prograrnme not
recognized by the uGCi erstwhile DEC and wherever necessary by other Apex
regui-atory bodies, should not be offered through distance mode'
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Z. Member Secretary, All India Council of Technical Education, 7tt' Fl0or, Chanderlok
building, Janpath, New Delhi 110 001.
3. Shri Anant Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Govt of lndia, Dept of Higher Education,
MHRD, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi- 110 015.
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