The Constitution of India
Adjustment in respect of certain expenses and pensions
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Official sourceprovisions of this Constitution the expenses of any court or Commission, or the pension
payable to or in respect of a person who has served before the commencement of this
Constitution under the Crown in India or after such commencement in connection with the
affairs of the Union or of a State, are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India or the
Consolidated Fund of a State, then, if—
(a) in the case of a charge on the Consolidated Fund of India, the court or Commission
serves any of the separate needs of a State, or the person has served wholly or in part in
connection with the affairs of a State; or
(b) in the case of a charge on the Consolidated Fund of a State, the court or
Commission serves any of the separate needs of the Union or another State, or the person has
served wholly or in part in connection with the affairs of the Union or another State,
there shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the State or, as the case
may be, the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of the other State, such
contribution in respect of the expenses or pension as may be agreed, or as may in default of
agreement be determined by an arbitrator to be appointed by the Chief Justice of India.
176 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part XII. - Finance, Property, Contracts And Suits)
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[290A. Annual payment to certain Devaswom Funds:- A sum of forty-six lakhs and fifty
thousand rupees shall be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of the State of
Kerala every year to the Travancore Devaswom Fund; and a sum of thirteen lakhs and fifty
thousand rupees shall be charged on, and paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of the State of
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[Tamil Nadu] every year to the Devaswom Fund established in that State for the
maintenance of Hindu temples and shrines in the territories transferred to that State on the
1st day of November, 1956, from the State of Travancore-Cochin.]
291. [Privypurse sums of Rulers.]:- Omitted by the Constitution (Twenty-sixth
Amendment) Act, 1971, s.2 (w.e.f. 28-12-1971).
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