district levels. These will be empowered through effective devolution of functions, functionaries and finances to emerge as true institutions of participative democracy. The Gram Sabha
shall assume
the role of the Executive Government of
the State. Statutory functions are
assigned to the State by the Legislature ... Courts, as indicated hereinbefore,
ordinarily is reluctant to assume the
functions of the statutory
functionaries. It allows them to
perform their duties at the first
Rajan and others [(2003) 7
SCC 546] holding :
"...Statutory functions are assigned to
the State by the Legislature and not by
the Court ... Courts, as
indicated hereinbefore, ordinarily is
reluctant to assume the functions of the
statutory functionaries. It allows them
to perform their duties at the first
that: "Sovereign function in the new sense may have very wide ramification but essentially sovereign functions are primary inalienable functions which only the State ... agricultural produce, the Marketing Committee including its functionaries cannot be said to be performing functions which are sovereign in character, and most of its functions
Government in India, Decentralisation in A.P., Devolution of functions, Recommendations on Functional devolution, Finances, Functionaries, Accountability, Territorial consolidation of Panchayats etc. Pages ... though the intention is to make these Institutions more effective in their functioning, these Local bodies cannot be placed on par with Centre and States
would ordinarily be mandatory but when a public functionary is required to perform a public function within a time-frame, the same will be held
functionaries had actually put up a draft of detention order for the approval/vetting by the detaining authority which implies that the lower functionaries presumed ... vetting by the competent authorities/senior functionaries can perhaps be justified in the routine discharge of administrative functions and duties in various Ministries and Departments
favouritism, nepotism and so many other factors, which determines the functioning of Government/public functionaries in day to day working unless some monitoring cell
administrative, that whenever a decision-making function is entrusted to the subjective satisfaction of a statutory functionary, there is an implicit obligation to apply
identity of the complainant, the public functionaries involved and the nature of the allegations levelled against said public functionaries. The petitioners have also challenged ... prestige of public functionaries against false and frivolous allegations and the matters connected therewith.
47. Expression "public functionary' was defined in Section
