Which Article of the Indian Constitution describes the responsibility of the…
2026
Which Article of the Indian Constitution describes the responsibility of the Chief Minister to keep the Governor informed about decisions of the Council of Ministers, provide details on state administration, and refer matters to the Council when asked?
Answer: A. Article 167 — ConceptThe Constitution is organised Part by Part: Part V contains the Union — its executive, its Parliament and its judiciary — while Part VI contains the…
- A.
Article 167
- B.
Article 145
- C.
Article 134
- D.
Article 123
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Correct answer: A
Concept
The Constitution is organised Part by Part: Part V contains the Union — its executive, its Parliament and its judiciary — while Part VI contains the States. Inside Part VI, Chapter II (the State Executive) fixes the working relationship between the Governor and the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister. One provision in that chapter makes the Chief Minister the formal channel of communication between the Council of Ministers and the Governor, so that the constitutional head of the State is never left uninformed about what his ministers have decided. Identifying an Article therefore means matching the duty described to the functionary and the Part it belongs to.
Application
The duty in the question is owed by the Chief Minister to the Governor and concerns the affairs of a State, so it must lie in Part VI, Chapter II. Article 167, headed "Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to Governor, etc.", states precisely three obligations:
Clause (a) — to communicate to the Governor all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the State and proposals for legislation.
Clause (b) — to furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the State and proposals for legislation as the Governor may call for.
Clause (c) — if the Governor so requires, to submit for the consideration of the Council of Ministers any matter on which a decision has been taken by a Minister but which has not been considered by the Council.
Those three clauses map one-to-one onto the three duties named in the question.
Cross-check
The remaining Articles named all belong to Part V and govern Union institutions, not the State Executive:
Article | Part and chapter | What it provides |
|---|---|---|
Article 145 | Part V, Chapter IV — Union Judiciary | Lets the Supreme Court, subject to the approval of the President, make rules regulating the practice and procedure of the Court. |
Article 134 | Part V, Chapter IV — Union Judiciary | Defines the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in regard to criminal matters. |
Article 123 | Part V, Chapter I — Union Executive | Empowers the President to promulgate ordinances at any time except when both Houses of Parliament are in session. |
So the Article that carries this duty is Article 167. A useful confirmation is its Union counterpart: Article 78 imposes the very same information duty on the Prime Minister in relation to the President, which is why the two Articles are usually studied as a pair.