Section 2(2)(a) in Telangana State Co-Operative Societies (Reconstitution) Act, 1956
(a)the territories comprised in the talukas of Bidar, Humnabad, Bhalki and Santpur of Bidar district, the talukas of Raichur, Manvi, Sindhnur, Gangawathi, Kopbal, Yelbarga, Kushtagi, Lingsugur and Devdurg of Raichur district, and the talukas of Gulbarga, Chitapur, Yadgir, Shahpur, Shorapur Jiwargi, Afzalpur, Aland Chincholi and Sedam of Gulbarga district (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the Karnataka area);