THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION 201
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948 233
PART VII
*The States in Part II of the First
Schedule
Administra- 212. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this tion of States Part, a State for the time being specified in Part II 5 in Part. II of of the First Schedule shall be administered by the the First President acting, to such extent as he thinks fit, Schedule. through a Chief Commissioner or a Lieutenant- Governor to be appointed by him or through the Governor or Ruler of a neighbouring State: 10
Provided that the President shall not act through the Governor or Ruler of a neighbouring State save after—
(a) consulting the Governor or Ruler concern- ed; and 15
(b) ascertaining in such manner as the Presi- dent considers most appropriate the wishes of the people of the State to be so administered.
**(2) Any State for the time being specified in 20 Part III of the First Schedule whose Ruler has ceded full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for and in relation to the governance of the State to the Government of India shall be administered in all respects as if the State were for the time being 25 specified in Part II of the First Schedule; and, accordingly, all the provisions of this Constitution relating to States specified in the said Part II shall apply to such State.
*The Committee is of opinion that it is not necessary to make any detailed provisions with regard to the Constitution of the States specified in Part II of the First Schedule which are at pre- sent Chief Commissioners’ Provinces on the lines suggested by the ad hoc Committee on Chief Commissioners’ Provinces in their recommendations. The revised provisions proposed in this Part would enable the recommendations of the ad hoc Committee, if adopted by the Constituent Assembly, to be given effect to by the President by order. **This clause has been inserted by the Committee to provide for the administration of State.; in Part III of the First Schedule ( e.g. the Orissa States) which have ceded full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers to the Government of India.