law: The Andhra Pradesh reorganization Act, 2014
  The Legislative Councils
  22.  Legislative Council for successor States.
  1.    There
  
  shall be constituted a Legislative Council for each of the successor States
  
  consisting of not more than 50 members in the Legislative Council of Andhra
  
  Pradesh and 40 members in the Legislative Council of Telangana in accordance
  
  with the provisions contained in article 169 of the Constitution.
  2.    The
  
  existing Legislative Council of the State of Andhra Pradesh shall, on and from
  
  the appointed day, be deemed to have been constituted as two Legislative
  
  Councils of the successor States and the existing members shall be allotted to
  
  the Councils as specified in the Fourth Schedule.