{"id":1129,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/do-the-lieutenant-governors-have-more-powers-than-the-governors-upsc-psir-2018-1904\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:01","slug":"do-the-lieutenant-governors-have-more-powers-than-the-governors-upsc-psir-2018-1904","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-the-lieutenant-governors-have-more-powers-than-the-governors-upsc-psir-2018-1904\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Lieutenant Governors have more powers than the Governors of the States? Explain."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Two offices, different constitutional design <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no flat yes\/no <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> answer turns on which UT<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Governor = constitutional head (Art 153, Part VI, Art 163 discretion) vs LG = President\u2019s administrator (Art 239) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> built-in asymmetry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Governor: advice-bound, limited discretion <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> LG: Centre\u2019s role stronger <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Delhi Art 239AA carves out public order \/ police \/ land from the Assembly <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> LG wider reach than a state Governor here <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> SC accepts greater power in reserved subjects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but bounded by constitutional morality + no mechanical referral to President<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Edge not uniform <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Puducherry (239A) lacks the same restrictions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Andaman LG only administers (no legislature) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Khosla<\/b>: office for crises, not to displace an elected govt <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kashyap<\/b>: no authority supreme<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> \u201cMore powers\u201d holds only for Delhi\u2019s reserved subjects, not as a general rule<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Asymmetry is territory-specific <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> LG stronger where the Constitution carves out space; elsewhere the Governor remains the model<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[43],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[60],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1129","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-43","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-principal-organs-of-the-union-and-state-government","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4723,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1129\/revisions\/4723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}