2nd Pondicherry Representative Assembly explained

2nd Representative Assembly of Pondicherry
Body:Pondicherry Representative Assembly
Election:1959 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election
Before:1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly
After:1st Assembly of Pondicherry
Government:Indian National Congress
Opposition:People's Front
Membership1:39

The Second Representative Assembly of Pondicherry Deuxième Assemblée Représentative de Pondichéry (9 September 1959 - 30 June 1963)[1] succeeded the First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry and was constituted after the victory of Indian National Congress (INC) and its ally in the 1959 assembly election held between 11 and 14 August 1959.[2]

Background

The First Representative Assembly of Pondicherry which was constituted in 1955 after 1955 Pondicherry Representative Assembly election. However, that government was not stable as the ruling party was ridden with personal strifes and factions. The Government of India had to intervene finally by dissolving the Assembly following the instability caused by the change of party affiliation of members. Then, the Chief Commissioner took over the administration in October 1958. Later, after nine months, second general elections were held to the Pondicherry Representative Assembly in 1959.[3]

Important members

Members of the 2nd Pondicherry Representative Assembly

Party Name Members
  21
  People's Front (P.F.) 13
  1
  4
Keys:
Members of the 2nd Pondicherry Representative Assembly
S. NoName ConstituencyRegionParty
1Kamichetty SavithriAnakalapettaiYanamInd.
2K.S.V. Prasadarao NaiduAndhrapettaiYanamInd.
3P.C. Purushottam RettiarArchivak–TavalacoupomPondicherryCongress
4K.Ramanujam AriankuppamPondicherryP.F.
5K. Subrahmania PadayachiBahourPondicherryCongress
6M.M.HusseinBussy StreetPondicherryP.F.
7Annamalai Naicker Embaralam-KalamandapamPondicherryCongress
8S. Somasundara ChettiarKalapetPondicherryCongress
9Mohamed Ismail MaricarKarikal NorthKarikalCongress
10K.E.M. Mohamed Ibrahim MaricarKarikal CentralKarikalInd.
11K.V. ProsperKarikal SouthKarikalCongress
12K.S.GovindarajKaraikovil PathuKarikalCongress
13Smt. Saraswathi SubbiahKasikaddaiPondicherryP.F.
14P.C. Murugaswamy ClemenceauKurichikuppamPondicherryP.F.
15R.L. Purushottam Reddiar Kuruvinattam-KariambutturPondicherryCongress
16V.Ramaswamy Pillai MadhakovilKarikalCongress
17C. E. BarathanMahe TownMaheCongress
18MannadipetPondicherryCongress `
19V.SubbaiahMurungapakkam-Nainar MandapamPondicherryP.F.
20P. AbrahamMuthialpetPondicherryCongress
21P. ShanmugamNedungaduKarikalCongress
22N. GovindarajuNellitope TownPondicherryP.F.
23D. Rathinasabapathy PillaiNeravyKarikalCongress
24Venkatasubba Reddiar NettapakkamPondicherryCongress
25N. GuruswamyOulgaretPondicherryP.F.
26R. VaithilingamOoppalaomPondicherryP.F.
27R. Pakir MohammedOossetteriPondicherryP.F.
28C.T.RamanPalloorMaheP.S.P.
29T.N.PurushottamaPanthakkalMaheCongress
30A. S. GangeyanRajbhavanPondicherryCongress
31V.Narayanaswamy Reddiarpalayam TownPondicherryP.F.
32P.Narayana SwamySaram and LawspetPondicherryP.F.
33S. NatarajanSellipet-SouttoukenyPondicherryP.F.
34K. M. Guruswamy Pillai Thirumeni AlagarKarikalCongress
35V. M. C. Varada Pillai Thirumalayapattinam NorthKarikalCongress
36Nagamuthu Pillai Thirumalarayanpattinam South KarikalCongress
37Subbarayulu Naicker Tirunalar-Badrakaliamman KovilKarikalCongress
38SoundarassamyTirunalar-Darbaranyeswarar KoilKarikalInd.
39M. ChidambaramVillenourPondicherryP.F.

Council of ministers of Reddiar (1959-1963)

Under supervision of then chief commissioner L.R.S Singh a Council of ministers was formed under leadership of V. Venkatasubba Reddiar:[5] on 9 September 1959.[1] President of the assembly that is equivalent to speaker was A. S. Gangeyan.[6]

As on 20 April 1962 the composition of ministry of Venkatasubba Reddiar was as follows:

MinisterPortfolio
V. Venkatasubba Reddiar
Public Works, Electrical, Fisheries and Port
Édouard GoubertFinance, Labour and Industries
C. E. BarathanLocal Administration, Education and Transport
Gouroussamy Pillai
Revenue, Veterinary and Information
P. Shanmugam
Agriculture, Rural Development and Harijan Welfare
Mohamed Ismail Maricar
Health, Hygiene and Co-operation

Council of ministers of Goubert (1963-1964)

The French settlements of India were de jure transferred on 16 August 1962. Pondicherry Representative Assembly functioned until June 30, 1963, and succeeded by Puducherry Legislative Assembly. The Indian Parliament enacted the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 that came into force on 1 July 1963, and the pattern of Government prevailing in the rest of the country was introduced in this territory also, but subject to certain limitations.[7] Edouard Goubert became the chief minister in the subsequent Pondicherry Legislative Assembly.

In the First Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry, under supervision of then chief commissioner S.K. Datta a Council of ministers was formed under leadership of Édouard Goubert:[8] on 1 July 1963.[1] Speaker was A. S. Gangeyan.

MinisterPortfolio
Édouard Goubert
Confidential and Cabinet Department, Home Department, Appointments Department, General Administration Department (except Information, Publicity and Government Press,) Education Department, Legislative and Judicial Department, Industries Department, Finance Department and any other business not allocated to any other Minister
V. Venkatasubba Reddiar
Five Year Plans-Planning, Implementation and Evaluation, Public Works Department, Electricity, Fisheries, Port, Government Press and Statistics
Gouroussamy Pillai
Revenue Department, Animal Husbandry, Information and Publicity Department
Mohamed Ismail Maricar
Medical and Public Health Department, Co-operation and Town Planning
M.K.ZeevaratnamLocal Administration Department, Labour Department, Social, Child and Women's Welfare
V.M.C. Varada Pillay

Agriculture, Community Development and Local Development Works

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature. G. C. Malhotra. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004. 9788120004009.
  2. Web site: India, A Reference Annual 1956. 494. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1956.
  3. News: K. K. . Rajagopalan . September 12, 1959. Pondicherry Assembly Elections An Analysis . The Economic Weekly. 10 June 2020 .
  4. Book: The Statesman's Year-Book 1960: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. S. Steinberg. MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London. 1960. 9780230270893.
  5. Web site: India A Reference Annual 1962. 499. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Publications Division. 1962.
  6. Book: The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. S. Steinberg. MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London. 1963. 9780230270923.
  7. Web site: The Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 8 June 2020.
  8. Web site: The Union Territory of Pondicherry, Maps & Charts. Ajaib Singh, Bureau of Statistics. Government of Pondicherry. 1963.