Which one of the following statements is correct?

The correct answer is C. The Constitution does not lay down a removal procedure for a Governor. Under Article 156(1), the Governor holds office during the pleasure of the President, and no impeachment-style process or inquiry is prescribed, unlike Articles 61, 124 and 217 for other constitutional posts.

• A is wrong. The proviso to Article 153, inserted by the Seventh Amendment (1956), allows one person to be Governor of two or more States at the same time. This has happened in practice.
• B is wrong. Under Article 217, High Court judges are appointed by the President, after consulting the CJI, the Governor of the State and the CM, not by the Governor.
• D is wrong as a general rule. Delhi's CM is appointed by the President under Article 239AA(4). Puducherry is governed by a different arrangement under the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, so the statement cannot be applied uniformly to all UTs with legislatures.

The core concept is the Governor's tenure and the structure of Centre-State relations. For Mains, this links to debates on Governor's role, the discretionary powers and the Sarkaria and Punchhi Commission recommendations on the appointment and removal of Governors.

Trap: Aspirants often assume that Governors, like judges, have a constitutional removal procedure, so they wrongly reject C.