Constitution of India, 1949
295.Succession to property, assets, rights, liabilities
and obligations in other cases.-
(1) As from the commencement of this
Constitution-
(a) all property and
assets which immediately before such commencement were vested in any Indian
State corresponding to a State specified in Part B of the First Schedule shall
vest in the Union, if the purposes for which such property and assets were held
immediately before such commencement will thereafter be purposes of the Union
relating to any of the matters enumerated in the Union List, and
(b) all rights,
liabilities and obligations of the Government of any Indian State corresponding
to a State specified in Part B of the First Schedule, whether arising out of
any contract or otherwise, shall be the rights, liabilities and obligations of
the Government of India, if the purposes for which such rights were acquired or
liabilities or obligations were incurred before such commencement will
thereafter be purposes of the Government of commencement will thereafter be
purposes of the Government of India relating to any of the matters enumerated
in the Union List, subject to any agreement entered into in that behalf by the
Government of India with the Government of that State.
(2) Subject as aforesaid, the Government of
each State specified in Part B of the First Schedule shall, as from the
commencement of this Constitution, be the successor of the Government of the
corresponding Indian State as regards all property and assets and all rights,
liabilities and obligations, whether arising out of any contract or otherwise,
other than those referred to in clause (1).