{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:21","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>&mdash; 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\">Rr! Two offices, different constitutional design \u2192 no flat yes\/no \u2192 answer turns on which UT R2 Governor = constitutional head (Art 153, Part VI, Art 163 discretion) vs LG = President\u2019s administrator (Art 239) \u2192 built-in asymmetry<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Governor: advice-bound, limited discretion \u2192 LG: Centre&#039;s role stronger \u2192 Delhi Art 239AA carves out public order \/ police \/ land from the Assembly \u2192 LG wider reach than a state Governor here \u2192 SC accepts greater power in reserved subjects \u2192 but bounded by constitutional morality + no mechanical referral to President<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Edge not uniform \u2192 Puducherry (239A) lacks the same restrictions \u2192 Andaman LG only administers (no legislature) \u2192 Khosla: office for crises, not to displace an elected govt \u2192 Kashyap: no authority supreme<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">rR! \u201cMore powers\u201d holds only for Delhi\u2019s reserved subjects, not as a general routes rule R2 Asymmetry is territory-specific \u2192 LG stronger where the Constitution carves out space; elsewhere the Governor remains the model<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2538,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1129\/revisions\/2538"}],"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}]}}