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 been provided that the allowances of the Rajpramukh of a Part B State shall be charged on the State revenues. There is, however, a difference as to the authority for determining the amount to be charged in the two cases. In the case of Governors, the amount is to be determined by the Parliament by law and until provision is made in that behalf it is to be the figure prescribed in the Second Schedule to the Constitution. It has not been considered necessary to make a similar provision in the case of Rajpramukhs. The allowances of some of the Rajpramukhs of Unions of States are prescribed in the Covenants and the Government of India have guaranteed the provisions of these Covenants. The power to fix the salary and allowances of the Rajpramukh now vests in the President. In fixing the amount to be charged the President will no doubt consider the terms of the Covenant in the case of Unions of States and in the case of single States, where there is no Covenant, he will doubtless take into consideration the views of the Government and the Legislature of the State.  (3) Recognition of Rulers.

The Rulers of the merged and integrated States have been guaranteed succession according to law and custom. In the Covenants and some of the Agreements of Merger, provision has been made for the procedure to be observed for the settlement of the cases of disputed succession. In the case of the Rulers of States forming Unions, every question of disputed succession is to be decided by the Council of Rulers after referring to the High Court of the Union and in accordance with the opinion of that Court. Article 366 (22) of the Constitution defines the term 'Ruler' as follows:—

It is expected that in according recognition to Rulers, the President will show due regard to the provisions of the Covenants and Agreements of Merger in respect of the cases to which these provisions apply.  

242. The new Constitution of India has been built on basic concepts and against a background very different from those of the scheme embodied in the Government of India Act, 1935. Apart from the fact that the Crown which was an essential feature of the scheme of 1935, and