J. S. Khehar, J.

1. The Punjab Agricultural University Act, 1961 was incorporated during the subsistence of the composite State of Punjab prior, to its reorganisation w. e. f.1.11.1966. The State of Haryana came into existence w. e. f.1.11.1966. Th the necessity for constituting a separate Agricultural University for the successor State of Haryana was felt by the successor Stataryana. It is, therefore, that the prliament enacted the Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Agricultural Universities Act ).

2. For an effective adjudication of the controversy raised in the instant writ petition, it would be essential to narrate how the parliament came to enact the Joint Agricultural Universities Act . The following paragraphs, therefore, is a brief delineation of the manner in which the Joint agricultural Universities Act was promulgated.

3. The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India incorporates three lists i. e. the Union List, the State List and the Concurrent List. The state List incorporates entries in respect of which State Legislatures have exclusive authority to legislate. Vide Entries 11 and 32, incorporated i