law: The Andhra Pradesh reorganization Act, 2014
  13.  Allocation of sitting members.     
  1.    On and
  
  from the appointed day, eighteen sitting members of the Council of States
  
  representing the existing State of Andhra Pradesh shall be deemed to have been
  
  elected to fill the seats allotted to the States of Andhra Pradesh and
  
  Telangana, as specified in the First Schedule to this Act.
  2.    The
  
  term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered.