PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Organs of Government
Critically examine the role of Governor in recent times.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
rR! Constitutional head + Union-State link → Sarkaria: “sentinel and vital link” / Ambedkar: representative of the people, not a party R2 Office “acutely controversial” (Austin) → recent conduct departs from constitutional design
Body flow
Departure clearest in government formation (Goa, Manipur → BJP invited over single-largest Congress; Karnataka → SC shortens majority window) → Article 356 strain (Uttarakhand recommendation overturned by HC) → delayed assent (Tamil Nadu) → Kothari: Governor as instrument of the Centre
Counter-view
Judiciary narrows the discretion → Bommai (floor test, 356 reviewable) → Nabam Rebia (reason, caution, good faith)
Conclusion routes
Rr! Reform path: neutral appointment, fixed tenure, CM consultation, time- fusion bound assent R2 Governor as guardian of constitutionalism + cooperative federalism, not a partisan actor
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
