The Madras High Court held that the role of Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor and that of an elected government in the Union Territory were intertwined as per law, and therefore they were expected to act in unison and not in division.
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The bench set aside the judgment of a single judge who had delivered a verdict in favour of the elected government and held that the L-G could not interfere with its day-to-day functioning by fostering a incorrect opinion that the legislature of the Union Territory was on a par with that of a State.
The recent verdict by Madras High Court bench said the State legislatures were a creation of the Constitution, whereas the Union Territory legislatures were created under a law such as the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963.
The constitutional provisions, the 1963 Act as well as the Rules of Business of the Government of Puducherry lay expect the Lieutenant Governor to act as a bridge between the local government and the Centre and the latter to play the role of an umpire whenever there was a disagreement between the Lieutenant Governor and the Council of Ministers.
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