Administrative Relations

•Indian Constitution provides for the executive

authorities both at the Centre as well as the State
•The Administrative Relations can be classified in four
headings;
1) Obligation of States to allow Union Laws and
Executive actions on uninterrupted operation

2) Inter-Governmental delegation of administrative

functions
3) Inter – State Disputes and role Union Government
4) Institutional arrangements to solve administrative
problems
1) Obligation of States to allow Union Laws and
Executive actions on uninterrupted operation
 Article 256- Executive of every State shall be so
exercised as to ensure compliance with the laws made
by the parliament
 Article 257- Executive power of every State shall be so
exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of
the executive power of the Union
 Both these Articles empowers centre Government to
issue directions to the State Governments in relation to
implementation of its laws and executive actions
2) Inter-Governmental delegation of administrative
functions
Delegation of the Administrative Powers of the Centre
to State
• Delegation can be made under agreement -Article
258(1)
• Delegation by legislation -Article 258(2)
Delegation of the Administrative power of the State to
the Centre
• Article 258 A – State can delegate its administrative
functions to centre only under the agreement with the
Centre
3) Institutional arrangements to solve administrative
problems: Inter State Council
The Constitution visualises the institutions of Zonal
Councils and Inter- State Councils
These Councils are meant for achieving Governmental
Consultation and Co-operation in Socio-Economic fields.
Article 263 provides for the establishment of inter- state
council
Duties of the Council:
 Inquiring into and advising upon disputes which may
have arisen between States [Article 263(a)]
 Investigating and discussing subjects in which some
or all of the States, or the Union and one or more
of the States, have a common interest [Article
263(b)]
 Making recommendations upon any subject and in
particular, recommendations for the better co-
ordination of policy and action with respect to that
subject [Article 263(c)]
 Establishment, Organisation and prescribing
Procedure of the Council is the authority of the
President
• Based on Article 263, the State Re-Organisation
Act, established five Zonal Councils,
• Each Zonal Council Consists of

1.Union Home Minister- Ex- Officio

Chairman
2. Chief Ministers of the Member
States
3. Two Ministers nominated by
Governor of Each State
 Water Disputes and Remedies
• Article 262 (1) provides that “ parliament may by law
provide for the adjudication of any dispute or compliant
with respect to use, distribution or control of the waters
of, or in, any inter-State or river valley”
• Article 262(2) empowers parliament to exclude , by law,
the jurisdiction of Supreme Court or any other Court
• The Cases related to Question of Water Dispute

▫ T.N.C.N.V.V.N.U.P. Sangham v. Union of India AIR

1990 SC1316
▫ State of Tamil Nadu v. State of Karnataka 1991
Supp(1) SCC 240
▫ In ref. on Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal AIR 1992
SC 522
▫ State of A.P v. State of Karnataka AIR 2001 SC 1560
▫ State of Haryana v. State of Punjab AIR 2002 SC 685