(1) The Governor shall, on the advice of the Chief Minister, allocate among the Ministers the Business of the Government by assigning one or more Departments of the Secretariat to the charge of a Minister.
(2) The Governor shall on the advice of the Chief Minister allot to every Minister of State other than a Minister and to every Deputy Minister such items of work assigned to the Minister to whom he is attached as the Governor may specify and the Minister of State or the Deputy Minister concerned may 4 subject to the control and orders of the Minister, attend to such items of work allotted to him as the Minister may specify.
Provided that when the Chief Minister or any other Minister is likely to be absent and unable to attend to his work, the work of that Minister may be distributed among the other Ministers in such manner as the Chief Minister may think fit.
1[Provided further that any Department of the Secretariat which is not assigned to a Minister under sub-rule (1) shall be deemed to be assigned to the Chief Minister and when a Minister ceases to hold office for any reason, the Departments of the Secretariat assigned to his charge shall stand assigned to the Chief Minister till the Governor assigns them to any other Minister under sub-rule (1)]1
1. Substituted by Notification No: DCA 1 ARB 96, dt. 22.1.96 KGD dt.24.1.96
Explanation,-In this Rule, Department includes Part or Parts of a Secretariat Department.