Inter State Council (Amendment) Order, 2026

The Gazette of India

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EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 4937] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026/BHADRA 27, 1948

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 9th September, 2026

S.O. 5143(E).— The following order by the President is published for general information.

ORDER

In exercise of the powers conferred by article 263 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following order further to amend the Inter-State Council Order, 1990, namely:-

1. (1) This order may be called the Inter-State Council (Amendment) Order, 2026.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. In the Inter-State Council Order, 1990, in clause 2 for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

Provided that–

(i) where a proclamation issued by the President under article 356 of the Constitution of India in relation to any State is in force, the Governor of that State shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Council; or

(ii) where an order issued by the President under article 239AB of the Constitution of India in relation to the National Capital Territory is in force, the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Council; or

(iii) where an order issued by the President under section 51 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (20 of 1963) in relation to the Union territory of Puducherry is in force, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Puducherry shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Council; or

(iv) where an order issued by the President under section 73 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019) in relation to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir is in force, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Council”.

NEW DELHI, DROUPADI MURMU

Dated the ___ September, 2026 President

[F. No. IV/11017/3/90-CSR-Part-(1)]

ARVIND KHARE, Jt. Secy.

NOTE : The Inter-State Council Order, 1990 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 512(E), dated the 28th May, 1990 and subsequently amended vide number S.O. 575(E), dated the 19th July, 1990 and S.O. 902(E), dated the 24th December 1996.

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