Section 15: Establishment of Zonal Councils.

As from the appointed day, there shall be a Zonal Council for each of the following five zones, namely:―

(a) the Northern Zone, comprising the States of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir* and the Union territories of Delhi, and Chandigarh;

(b) the Central Zone, comprising the States of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh; (c) the Eastern Zone, comprising the States of Bihar, West Bengal 6[Orissa and Sikkim;] (d) the Western Zone, comprising the States of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra and the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and

(e) the Southern Zone, comprising the States of Andhra Pradesh, 9[Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala] and the Union territory of Pondicherry.