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dated November 22, 1955: New States by Oct. next

The Union Home Minister, Pandit Pant, announced in the Rajya Sabha on November 21 that the new grouping of States would come into being on or about October 1 next year, according to a tentative time-table for the implementation of the decisions to be taken on the States Reorganisation Commission's report. Replying to a question by Mr. H.C. Mathur, he said the Government were fully alive to the need for taking a decision on the report as early as possible in order that the reorganised States might be brought into existence before the next general elections, scheduled for 1957. It was proposed that legislation for implementing the scheme of reorganisation, as it finally emerged, should be passed by Parliament by the end of May 1956. The conference of Chief Ministers held in October last had settled certain procedural matters. The State Governments were expected to communicate their views on the SRC recommendations to the Central Government by the end of this month, after which State Legislatures would be consulted within the terms of Article 3 of the Constitution relating to the provision of the States Reorganisation Bill. The SRC report would be placed for decision before the House in the current session and discussed on such days as might be allotted by the Chairman. Answering supplementaries by Mr. Dhage of the Democratic Group, the Home Minister declared that the Government of India had not issued any direction to the State Governments that there should be no free discussion on the report in the State Legislature. When Mr. Dhage referred to the reported statement by the Bombay Chief Minister that legislatures should not hold a free discussion on the report, Pandit Pant replied that he was not aware of any such statement by Mr. Morarji Desai.

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