Governor appointment
Governor appointment is a Polity concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2016, 2019). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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खालील विधानापैकी कोणते विधानने भारतीय राज्यघटनेत तरतूद म्हणून समाविष्ट केलेली आहे/त ? Which of the following statements is/are included as provision of the Indian Constitution?
(a)राज्याचा राज्यपाल म्हणून नियुक्त होणारी व्यक्ती ही भारतीय संघातील इतर दुसऱ्या राज्याची रहिवासी असली पाहिजे. / The person to be appointed as Governor of a State should be a domicile of some other State of the Indian Union.
(b)देशाच्या धर्मनिरपेक्ष वैशिष्ट्याची खात्री देण्यासाठी सर्वोच्च न्यायालयातील किमान एक न्यायाधीश हा मुस्लीम असला पाहिजे. / There should be at least one Muslim judge in the Supreme Court so as to ensure its secular character.
(c)संसदेच्या लोकलेखा समितीचा अध्यक्ष हा विरोधी पक्षाचा असला पाहिजे. / The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament should belong to a party in the opposition.
None of the statements are provisions of the Indian Constitution. The Constitution does not require a Governor to be from another state (it is only a convention), does not require a Supreme Court judge to be Muslim, and does not mandate the Public Accounts Committee chair to be from the opposition (it is a parliamentary convention).
खालील विधाने विचारत घ्या : अ. राज्यघटनेच्या मसुड्यात राज्यपालाची निवडणूक प्रौढमताधिकाराने व्हावी अशी तरतूद होती. ब. राज्यपालाच्या नियुक्ती बाबत भारताने अमेरीकेची पद्धत नाकारून कॅनडीयन पद्धत स्विकारली. क. 42 व्या घटनादुरुस्तीनंतर मंत्रिमंडळाचा सल्ला राष्ट्रपतीवर बंधनकारक करण्यात आला आहे परंतु अशी तरतूद राज्यापाला संबंधी करण्यात आलेली नाही. वरीलपैकी कोणती विधाने बरोबर आहेत ? Consider the following statements : a. The Draft Constitution provided for the direct election of the Governor on the basis of adult suffrage. b. About the appointment of Governor, India rejected the American system and accepted the Canadian system. c. After the 42nd Amendment, ministerial advice has been made binding on the President, but no such provision has been made with respect to the Governor. Which of the above statements are correct?
(a)राज्यघटनेच्या मसुड्यात राज्यपालाची निवडणूक प्रौढमताधिकाराने व्हावी अशी तरतूद होती. / The Draft Constitution provided for the direct election of the Governor on the basis of adult suffrage.
(b)राज्यपालाच्या नियुक्ती बाबत भारताने अमेरीकेची पद्धत नाकारून कॅनडीयन पद्धत स्विकारली. / About the appointment of Governor, India rejected the American system and accepted the Canadian system.
(c)42 व्या घटनादुरुस्तीनंतर मंत्रिमंडळाचा सल्ला राष्ट्रपतीवर बंधनकारक करण्यात आला आहे परंतु अशी तरतूद राज्यापाला संबंधी करण्यात आलेली नाही. / After the 42nd Amendment, ministerial advice has been made binding on the President, but no such provision has been made with respect to the Governor.
The Draft Constitution initially proposed direct election of the Governor by adult suffrage, but the Constituent Assembly later adopted the Canadian model of appointment by the President to avoid friction. Also, the 42nd Amendment made ministerial advice binding on the President, but no such explicit blanket amendment was made for Governors (though judicial pronouncements later clarified their discretionary powers). All statements are correct.