State Government - Short Trick

The Governor’s house has one hundred fifty-three rooms.

Office of the Governor=Art 153 — a Governor for each State (since the 7th Amendment, 1956, one person may serve two or more) · 154 — the State’s executive power is vested in the Governor

Apples at one fifty-five a kilo

Appointment by the President=Art 155 — by warrant under the President’s hand and seal

Terry wears jersey number one fifty-six.

Term of office=Art 156 — five years, but during the President’s pleasure · resigns to the President · stays until the successor takes charge

A quiz with one hundred fifty-seven questions

Qualifications=Art 157 — citizen of India, 35 years completed

Conditions apply on one fifty-eight offers.

Conditions of office=Art 158 — not a member of Parliament or a State legislature, no other office of profit · salary ₹3.5 lakh a month · shared between States in a ratio the President fixes

Oats for one hundred fifty-nine horses

Oath=Art 159 — given by the Chief Justice (or senior-most judge) of the State’s High Court

He said pardon one hundred sixty-one times.

Pardoning power=Art 161 (President — Art 72) — cannot pardon a death sentence but may suspend, remit or commute it · no court-martial cases

Aid for one hundred sixty-three villages

Aid and advice of the Council of Ministers=Art 163 — except in discretionary matters · whether a matter is discretionary is for the Governor to decide (163(2)) · 164 — other provisions on ministers

An advocate with one sixty-five cases

Advocate-General=Art 165 — appointed by the Governor, holds office at his pleasure · qualified to be a High Court judge · may speak in the legislature, cannot vote (Attorney General — Art 76)

Information board with one hundred sixty-seven notices

Informing the Governor (CM’s duty)=Art 167 — convey Council decisions, give information asked for, place a single minister’s decision before the Council · 166 — business in the Governor’s name

Cooks came and went one hundred sixty-nine times.

Council — creation or abolition=Art 169 — Assembly resolution by special majority (majority of total membership + 2/3 present and voting), then a law of Parliament by simple majority — not an Art 368 amendment

Vicky’s car touched one hundred seventy.

Vidhan Sabha — composition=Art 170 — not fewer than 60, not more than 500 · exceptions Goa 40, Mizoram 40, Sikkim 32

Cousins filled one hundred seventy-one chairs.

Council — composition=Art 171 — at most 1/3 of the Assembly, at least 40

An address book with one seventy-six names

Address by the Governor (special)=Art 176 — at the first session after each general election and the first session of every year (the President in Parliament — Art 87)

We ascended two hundred steps.

Assent to Bills=Art 200 — give assent, withhold it, return the Bill once (not a Money Bill; if re-passed, assent is compulsory), or reserve it for the President

Reserved seat number two hundred one

Bills reserved for the President=Art 201 — a Bill that weakens the High Court must be reserved

The budget is two hundred two rupees.

Budget — the State’s Annual Financial Statement=Art 202 — laid by the Governor (Union — Art 112)

Order placed on the thirteenth

Ordinance=Art 213 — when the legislature is not in session · lapses six weeks after it reassembles unless approved · may be withdrawn any time (Union — Art 123)