निम्नलिखित में से किस एक का यह सुझाव था कि राज्यपाल को उस राज्य के बाहर का एक प्रतिष्ठित व्यक्ति होना चाहिए और उसे एक ऐसा तटस्थ व्यक्ति होना चाहिए जिसके गहन राजनीतिक जुड़ाव न हों या उसने हाल के पिछले वर्षों में राजनीति में भाग नहीं लिया हो?
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Which one of the following suggested that the Governor should be an eminent person from outside the State and should be a detached figure without intense political links or should not have taken part in politics in the recent past?
(a) First Administrative Reforms Commission (1966) · (b) Rajamannar Committee (1969) · (c) Sarkaria Commission (1983) · (d) National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (2000)
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (c) सरकारिया आयोग (1983)
The Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State Relations, set up in 1983, laid down these criteria for a Governor in its report. He should be eminent in some walk of life, come from outside the State, be a detached figure not too intimately connected with the State's local politics, and not have taken too great a part in politics, particularly in the recent past.
- ✓ (c) Paragraph 4.6.09 of the Sarkaria Commission report (Chapter IV, Role of the Governor) lists four criteria for appointing a Governor, and the question paraphrases three of them. The Commission drew on Jawaharlal Nehru's remarks in the Constituent Assembly.
- ✗ (a) The Administrative Reforms Commission is cited in the Sarkaria report only for stressing that a Governor should be impartial and command the respect of all parties. The four-part test in the question is Sarkaria's own.
Remember · Sarkaria (1983) on Governors: eminent, from outside the State, detached from local politics, and not too active in politics recently.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work, Ch 7 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- Report of the Sarkaria Commission, Chapter IV 'Role of the Governor', para 4.6.09 (Inter-State Council Secretariat) ↗ “He should be a person from outside the State. (iii) He should be a detached figure and not too intimately connected with the local politics of the State;”
- NCERT Class 11 · Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7 “recommended that appointments of Governors should be strictly non-partisan”
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