Governor and His Functions
Published on Sep 17, 2020
The governer has many of the powers which are quite similar to the President but the governer has his power at the state level while the president has his power at the Union level. In Union Territories, the real and important power lies with the Luitenent governer and administrator except for Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and NCR of Delhi because these states share their power with the council of ministers which is owned by the Cheif Ministers.
GOVERNERS OF STATES LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS/ADMINISTRATORS OF UNION TERRITORY
Style His/Her Excellency The honorable
Residence 1. Raj Bhawan(Governors)
2. Raj Niwas(Lieutenant Governers)
The luitenent governers are the in-charge of Union Territory. There are very fewer places where the post of these luitenent are available like Andaman and Nicobar, Jammu, and Kashmir, Ladakh Delhi while in other states or places there are IAS or retired Judges of the Courts. But there are some cases in which the governor of one state is applicable to the other state as well as the Punjab and Chandigarh have the same Governer.
The luitenent and governer are appointed by the President of India on some basics like a five-year plan.
QUALIFICATION
There are some eligibility criteria given for the requirement for the post of Governor. These are as follows:
- One must be a citizen of India.
- The one must not hold any offices
- The one must be at least 35 years.
- One must not be a member of the House of Parliament and House of the state legislature.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
The governer used to play many roles like to protect and defend the constitution and the governor has to take oath under Article 159. All his recommendations are just to protect the constitution. The Governer has many powers :
- Executive power -is related to expellation, appointments, and administrative. This gives power to the Cheif Minister and then the governor to appoint the Advocate General, Election Commission
- Discretionary powers- it is particularly related to the expel of governer. He also has the right to make a choice when there is a misconception between both the parties and can also maintain his place by giving his decision on the topics given by the President.
- Legislative Power- It is related to the law-making about the Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad. These powers can be headed over the Cheif Minister. The governor can dissolve the Money Bills and Can be agreed on any other bill which is good for Constitutional Conscience.
- Financial Powers - the governer can make any choices related to the state. He also works upon the state budget and also can constitute the Finance Commission of State.
CONTINGENCY SITUATION
The governor cannot make any decision of his own without a particular state cabinet. He could not make any decision such as President’s rule but can permit under article 160, 356 and 357 and can charge under the provision of part VI of the constitution.
EMOLUMENTS
The governor has his own different powers like the governer have official free residence, free medication facilities for the rest of his life, free transport facilities, free household facilities, and free accommodation for the rest of his life.
LEGAL IMMUNITY
The governer can get agree only on his voluntary willingness to testify the court about his controversial deeds. The court is able to make a decision about the deeds related to the governer. The governer is not declared guilty until he committed his crime and no one can make him resign until he commits guilty. Only some of the cases can take him behind the bars like disrespecting the Indian Constitution.