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Puducherry L-G cannot interfere with administration, rules HC
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- The Madras High Court has that the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of Puducherry could not interfere with the day-to-day administration of the Union Territory when an elected government was in place.
- The court said incessant interference from the L-G would amount to running a parallel government.
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- What Court said?(1) The Central government as well as the Administrator [the term used in the Constitution to refer to the Lieutenant-Governor] should be true to the concept of democratic principles.(2) Otherwise, the constitutional scheme of the country of being democratic and republic would be defeated.(3) The judge made it clear that government secretaries were bound to take instructions from the ministers concerned and the Council of Ministers, headed by the CM, besides reporting to them on official matters.(4) The secretaries are not empowered to issue orders on their own or upon the instructions of the Administrator.
- Powers conferred under Articles 239A and 239AA:(1) The court said though Article 239AA imposes several restrictions on the legislature of Delhi, no such restrictions had been imposed explicitly in the case of Puducherry under Article 239A.(2) While the LG of Delhi is also guided by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991, and the Transaction of Business of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Rules, 1993, the LG of Puducherry is guided mostly by the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.
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The hindu