Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Centre Amends Council Rules for UT LGs During President’s Rule
India changed the rules for a group called the Inter-State Council.
The group includes the prime minister, state chief ministers, some Union Territory representatives, and six Union ministers of Cabinet rank.
The new rules allow certain Union Territory lieutenant governors to attend council meetings during President’s rule.
This applies to Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi.
President’s rule is used when the normal constitutional government is not working.
The change was made by President Droupadi Murmu.
It updates a rule created in 1990.
The rule also continues to allow a state governor to attend when Article 356 is being used.
President Droupadi Murmu amended the rules governing India’s Inter-State Council.
Lieutenant governors of Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi may attend council meetings when President’s rule applies.
The amendment was notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs on September 9 and published on September 18.
It replaces a July 1990 proviso in the Inter-State Council Order, 1990, with a four-part provision.
The revised rules retain the provision inviting a state governor when Article 356 is in force.
- Who
- President Droupadi Murmu amended the rules; the change concerns the lieutenant governors of Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi.
- What
- The Inter-State Council rules were amended to allow the specified lieutenant governors to attend meetings during President’s rule in their Union Territories.
- When
- The amendment was notified on September 9 and published on September 18.
- Where
- The change applies to the Union Territories of Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
- Why
- It updates the 1990 council rules to cover Union Territories with assemblies when President’s rule is imposed.
- Amending authority
- President Droupadi Murmu
- Notifying ministry
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Notification date
- September 9
- Publication date
- September 18
- Original rules
- Inter-State Council Order, 1990
- Covered Union Territories
- Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi
- Relevant provisions
- Section 51 of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963; Section 73 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019; and Article 239AB
