Annadurai ministry

The Ministry of Annadurai was the Council of Ministers, headed by C. N. Annadurai, that was formed after the fourth legislative assembly election, which was held in three phases on 15th, 18th and 21st February 1967. The results of the election were announced in February 1967, and this led to the formation of the 4th Assembly. On 6 March 1967, the Council took office.^[1][2][3][4]

Annadurai Ministry
1st Ministry of Tamil Nadu
Head of the government
Dr. C. N. Annadurai Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Date formed	6 March 1967
Date dissolved	3 February 1969
People and organisations
Governor	Ujjal Singh
Chief Minister	C. N. Annadurai
Chief Minister's history	Teacher
Total no. of members	9
Member party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Status in legislature	Majority 173 / 234 (74%)
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
Opposition leader	P. G. Karuthiruman
History
Election	1967
Outgoing election	1962
Legislature terms	1 year, 334 days
Predecessor	Bhakthavatsalam ministry
Successor	First Nedunchezhiyan ministry

Constitutional requirement

For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor

According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,

# There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his function, except in so far as he is by or under this Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion.

1. If any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which the Governor is by or under this Constitution required to act in his discretion, the decision of the Governor in his discretion shall be final, and the validity of anything done by the Governor shall not be called in question on the ground that he ought or ought not to have acted in his discretion.
2. The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Governor shall not be inquired into in any court.

This means that the Ministers serve under the pleasure of the Governor and he/she may remove them, on the advice of the Chief Minister, whenever they want.

The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister, and the Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor:
Provided that in the States of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes or any other work.

# The Council of Minister shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.

1. Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Governor shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
2. A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.
3. The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislature of the State may from time to time by law determine and, until the Legislature of the State so determines, shall be a specified in the Second Schedule.

Council of Ministers

Chief Minister
No.	Name	Constituency	Portfolio	Departments	Political party
1	C. N. Annadurai	Leader of the Legislative Council	Chief Minister	Public General Administration Matters relating to Indian Civil Service and Indian Administrative Service Officers District Revenue Officers and Deputy Collectors Finance Planning Police Elections Prohibition Indian Overseas Refugees and Evacuees	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Cabinet Ministers
2	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	Triplicane	Minister for Education and Industries	Education (including Technical Education) Official Language Industries Textiles Yarn Handlooms Mines and Minerals Iron and Steel Control Electricity Labour Companies Religious Endowments and Legislature	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3	M. Karunanidhi	Saidapet	Minister for Public Works	Public Works Minor Irrigation (including Special Minor Irrigation Project Works) Housing Highways Transport Nationalised Transport and Ports
4	K. A. Mathiazhagan	Thousand Lights	Minister for Food and Revenue	Food Revenue Board of Revenue District Revenue Establishments and Commercial Taxes
5	A. Govindasamy	Mugaiyur	Minister for Agriculture	Agriculture Animal Husbandry Fisheries Forests and Cinchona
6	Sathiavani Muthu	Perambur	Minister for Harijan Welfare and Information	Harijan Welfare Information and Publicity Department Stationery and Printing Government Press Cinematograph Act and Women's and Children's Welfare
7	S. Madhavan	Tiruppattur	Minister for Law and Co-operation	Law Co-operation Courts Prisons Registration Approved Schools and Vigilance Services Passports Legislation on Chits Legislation on Money Lending (Rural Indebtedness) and Legislation on Weights and Measures
8	S. J. Sadiq Pasha	Udumalaipettai	Minister for Public Health	Public Health Medicines Accommodation Control Orphanages Beggars News Print Control Waqf and Prices and Supplies of Goods Act
9	M. Muthuswamy	Namakkal	Minister for Local Administration	Municipal Administration Community Development Panchayats Bhoodan and Gramdan Khadi and Village Industries Rural Industries Project and Ex-Servicemen

References

1. TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUADRENNIAL REVIEW 1967-70 (PDF), Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, 1971
2. OVERVIEW, FOURTH ASSEMBLY. "FOURTH ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW". assembly.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
3. a timeline, C. N. Annadurai (15 September 2009). "C. N. Annadurai: a timeline". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
4. The southern separatist-turned-nationalist, CN Annadurai (15 September 2018). "CN Annadurai: The southern separatist-turned-nationalist". ThePrint. Retrieved 25 May 2021.