According to which of the following articles of the constitution of India, the executive power of each state will be exercised in such a way that there is no interference with or no adverse effect on the exercise of the executive power of the union.
(1) The executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union,and the executive power of the Union shall extend to the giving of such directions to a State as may appear to the Government of India to be necessary for that purpose. Article 258 Power of the States to entrust functions to the Union.- Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,the Governor of a State may, with the consent of the Government of India, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to that Government or to its officers functions in relation to any mat ter to which the executive power of the State extends. Article 355 of Constitution of India deals with Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance. In the Republic of India, the phrase “President’s rule” refers to the imposition of Article 356 of the Constitution of India on a State whose constitutional machinery has failed. In the event that a State government is not able to function as per the Constitution,the State comes under the direct control of the central government; in other words, it is “under President’s rule”. Subsequently, executive authority is exercised through the centrally appointed Governor, who has the authority to appoint retired civil servants or other administrators to assist him.