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more-inUnder the Union Territory Act, 1963, the Lieutenant Governor is unequivocally the titular head, says former MP M.
Ramadass. There is bound to be a deficit in democracy in a Union Territory with a legislature,” Mr.
Ramadass said. “That is why I always hold the view that there can be either a State with a legislature or a Union Territory without legislature. And, in a scenario where the LG and the Chief Minister do not see eye to eye, Section 44(1) provides for reference of the dispute to the President. Governor derives her powers from Sections 6, 9, 22, 23, 25, 27, 30, 44 and 51 of the Act..