ISSUE:
Whether the appointment of Shri Tej Parkash Singh for a second time during the term of the same Legislature, without being elected as a Member of the Legislature, violative of the constitutional provisions?
RULE:
Article 164 (4) of the Constitution of India states that 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.