Section 77: Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions

(1) The Government of the State of Haryana or Punjab, or, as the case may be, the Central Government in relation to the transferred territory or the Union territory of Chandigarh, shall in respect of the institutions specified in the Sixteenth Schedule located in the State or territory aforesaid continue to provide facilities to any other Government aforesaid and the people of the States and territories aforesaid which shall not, in any respect, be less favourable to such Government and people than what were being provided to them before the appointed day for such period and upon such terms and conditions (including those relating to any contributions to be made for the provision of such facilities) as may be agreed upon between the said Governments before the 1st day of April, 1967, or if no agreement is reached by the said date, as may be fixed by order of the Central Government.

(2) The Central Government may, at any time before the 1st day of April, 1967, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in the Sixteenth Schedule any other institution existing on the appointed day in the said States and territories and on the issue of such notification, the Schedule shall be deemed to be amended by the inclusion of the said institution therein.