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 1[Haryana], 2[Punjab, Himachal Pradesh], Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir* and the 3[Union territories] of Delhi, 4[and Chandigarh];
(b)the Central Zone, comprising the States of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh;
5[(c) the Eastern Zone, comprising the States of Bihar, West Bengal 6[Orissa and Sikkim];]
7[(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, 8[ 9[Tamil Nadu], 10[Karnataka] and Kerala] 11[and the Union territory of Pondicherry].