Lieutenant Governor Has No Right To Interfere In The Daily Affairs Of The Elected Government Of Puducherry, Rules Madras HC

The Lieutenant Governor (LG) does not have the right to interfere in the daily affairs of the elected government of Puducherry, the Madras High Court has ruled.

Kiran Bedi is the present Lieutenant Governor for the Union Territory while the Chief Minister is V. Narayanasami.

According to the report in The News Minute, Justice R. Mahadevan, while disposing of a petition filed by Puducherry Raj Bhavan MLA K Lakshminarayanan, observed:

"The Administrator is bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers in matters where the Legislative Assembly is competent to enact laws as contemplated under Section 44 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1962 though she is empowered to differ with the views of the Council based on some rationale which raises a fundamental issue regarding the action of the Government."

"The Administrator cannot interfere in the day to day affairs of the Government. The decision taken by the Council of Ministers and the Chief Minister is binding on the Secretaries and other officials."

The court held that the Administrator has no exclusive authority to run the administration negating the Constitutional Principles and the Parliamentary Laws governing the issue. 

[Will be updated after accessing Judgment]