CONSTITUTIONAL Provision For UTTAR PRADESH (UP)

• Under the Constitution
  of India, Uttar Pradesh has a Governor and a bicameral Legislature.
• The Lower House (Vidhan
  Sahha) having 404 members, out of which 403 are elected and 1 nominated and
  the Upper House.
• The Legislative Council
  (Vidhan Parishad) having 100 members.
• The State has also a
  High Court at Allahabad with its bench at Lucknow.
• The executive power of
  the State is vested in the Governor as it is exercised by him either directly
  or through officers subordinate to him according to the constitutional
  provisions.

Governor of
the State (Article 153) :

• All the executive
  business of the State is carried on in the name of the Governor.
• Article 155: The
  Governor of a State shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his
  hand and seal.
• Article 163: Council of Minister
  to aid and advice the Governor.
• Article 161: Governor is
  empowered to grant pardon, reprieve or remission, or to suspend or commute
  the punishment of any person convicted of any crime against Law.
• Article 174: He summons
  and prorogue both or either of the Houses of Legislature and suspend
  /dissolve the Vidhan Sabha.
• Article 200: Assent of
  the Governor to the bill passed by the State Legislature.
• Article 213: Power of
  Governor to promulgate ordinances.

Vidhan Sabha:

• The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha has a total of 404
  members including one Anglo-Indian member who is norminated by the Governor.
  Till 1967, it had a strength of 431 members including one nominated
  Anglo-Indian member.
• According to the
  recommendation of the Delimitation Commission, which is appointed after every
  Census, the State had been divided into 403 Vidhan Sabha Constituencies.
• The Term of the Vidhan
  Sabha is five years unless dissolved earlier. The election for it is held on
  the principle of ‘one adult one vote’.

Rules of the
House:

• The quorum of the House
  is one-tenth of its membership.
• The business of the
  Vidhan Sabha is conducted by the Speaker and in his absence by the Deputy
  Speaker. Both of these are elected by the members by a majority of votes.
• The main busines of
  Vidhan Sabha is to enact laws, grant money for Government expenditure and
  exercise control over the activities of the Government through debates and
  raising matters of urgent public importance.
• The Language of the
  House is Hindi in Devanagri script.
• The Money bill (Article 199)
  can not be kept pending by the Vidhan Parishad for more than 14 days from the
  date of its receipt and if it is kept pending so, it will be deemed as passed
  by both the Houses and sent to the Governor for his assent.
• Article 202: Annual
  Financial Statement (State Budget).

Vidhan
Parishad:

• The State has a bi-cameral Legislature since 1937.
  
• The Upper House or the
  Vidhan Parishad is a permanent House.
• Members are elected or
  nominated for six years and one-sixth of them retire every second year.
• It has 100 members, 12
  of whom are nominated by the Governor.

High Court of State
(Article 214):

• The High Court is the apex court in the State in
  respect of civil and criminal cases.
• As a court of record, it
  has also the power to punish persons guilty of its contempt.
• The Chief Justice of the
  High Court is appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Chief
  Justice of the Supreme Court of India and the Governor of the State.
• Other Judges are
  appointed by the President on the advice of the Chief Justice.
• Only such persons are
  eligible for the post of High Court who have worked as an advocate for at
  least ten years or held office in any Judicial Service for the same period.
• Article 226: Power of
  High Court to issue certain writs – It has both original and appellate
  jurisdiction in civil as well as criminal cases.

Other Important Facts About
UP Administration:

• Number of members in Lok
  Sabha from UP – 80.
• Number of members in Rajya
  Sabha from UP – 31.
• Districts having minimum
  number of seats in Vidhan Sabha – 2 (Chitrakut, Mahoba and Shravasti).
• District having maximum
  number of seats in Vidhan Sabha – 11 (Allahabad).
• Smallest Division – Saharanpur
• Largest Divisions –
  Kanpur and Lucknow
• First Chief Minister of
  UP – Govind Vallabh Pant
• First Women Chief
  Minister of UP – Sucheta Kriplani
• First Governor of UP –
  Sarojini Naidu

Administrative Unit:

• Number of Districts – 75
  
• Number of Division – 18
• Municipal Corporation –
  16
• Municipal Council – 193
• Nagar Panchayat – 438
• Village Panchayat –
  59073