A. Appointment and authority of the Governor:

• Each state of India has a Governor.
• The Governor is the Constitutional head of the state.
• All the administration of the state is done in the name of the Governor.
• A Governor to the state is what a President is to the nation.
• Thus, the Governor holds a very important place in the state.
• The President of the nation appoints the Governor of the state after consulting the Prime Minister.
• The term of the office of the Governor is 5 years.
• The Governor is appointed so that the state government functions according to the rules of the Constitution.

B. Functions of the Governor:

Following are the chief functions of the Governor:

(i) Invite the leader of the majority party to form the government
(ii) Appoint the Chief Minister
(iii) Ask Chief Minister and his Cabinet to take oath to be responsible and loyal and maintain secrecy towards Constitution
(iv) Call and adjourn meetings
(v) Pass bills in the Legislative Assembly
(vi) Pass financial bills
(vii) Sign bills passed by the Legislative Assembly so that bill becomes law (viii) Pass ordinance in case of emergency
(ix) Elect judges of all the courts under the High Court
(x) Inform about the working of the state to the Central government