President’s Rule in Puducherry notified

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File </p></div><div id="content-body-56833257" class="articlebodycontent col-xl-9 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12" itemprop="articleBody"><p > President’s rule was imposed in the Union Territory (UT) of Puducherry and the Legislative Assembly was placed under suspended animation, according to a <a href=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2021/225455.pdf >notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)</a> on Thursday. </p><p ><strong >Also read:</strong><div class="position-relative"><div class="also-read"><a class="element" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/modi-targets-rahul-over-his-north-south-remarks-lashes-out-at-narayanasamy/article33930491.ece"><div class="label"> ALSO READ </div><div class="picture"><img src="/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/si6ppd/article33930490.ece/alternates/BASE_LANDSCAPE/vbk-PM-Modi-in-Puducherry-PTI" 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hereby placed under suspended animation.”</p><p >UTs are administered in accordance with the provisions of Article 239 to 241 of the Constitution, and according to the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, certain subjects pertaining to the UTs- Legislative matters, Finance and Budget and Services have been allocated to the MHA .</p><p ><strong >Also read:</strong><a href=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/puducherry-cm-narayanasamy-loses-trust-vote/article33900712.ece >Puducherry CM resigns; Speaker rules trust vote defeated</a></p><p >The notification said, “in relation to the said Union territory, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in sections 23 [special provisions as to financial Bills], 27 to 31 [Annual financial statement, Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates, Appropriation Bills, Supplementary, additional or excess grants, Votes on account and section 49 [audit reports] of the Act to the Administrator shall be construed as a 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