The following Regulation which was made on 27 th June, 1963 by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh under paragraph 5 (2) of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of India after consulting the Andhra Pradesh Tribes Advisory Council.  Received the assent o the President on the 3 rd August, 1963.

A Regulation to validate the transfer of the Scheduled Areas comprised in the Taluks of Nugur and Bhadrachalam in the East Godavari District to the Khammam District in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 5 of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of India, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, with the assent of the President, hereby makes the following Regulation in the  Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India, namely:-

This Regulation may be called the Nugur and Bhadrachalam Scheduled Areas (Validation of Transfer to Khammam District) Regulation 1963.

The transfer of the Scheduled Areas comprised in the taluks of Nugur and Bhadrachalam from the East Godavari District to the Khammam Districts as from the 30 th November, 1959, effected by the Revenue Department Notification No.533, dated the 17 th November, 1959, purporting to have been issued in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 read with Section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Land Revenue Act, 1317-F. (Act VIII of 1317-F) subject to the condition that notwithstanding such transfer, all laws which extended to or were in force in those Areas immediately before the transfer shall continue to apply to those Areas, is hereby validated; and accordingly it is hereby enacted that all action taken and other things done in pursuance of the Notification shall be to have been lawfully taken and done as if this Regulation were in force at all material times and shall not be questioned in any Court merely on the ground that the transfer was not valid as the said Land Revenue Act did not extend to and was not in force in the East Godavari District.

For any reference in any law to the Scheduled Areas comprised in the taluks of Nugur and Bhadrachalam as forming part of the East Godavari District, the  reference to those Areas as forming part of the Khammam District shall be substituted.