The First Ministry of Ramachandran was the Council of Ministers, headed by M. G. Ramachandran, that was formed after the sixth legislative assembly election, which was held in two phases on 12th and 14 June 1977. The results of the election were announced in June 1977, and this led to the formation of the 6th Assembly. On 30 June 1977, the council took office.- - -
Constitutional requirement For the Council of Ministers to aid and advise Governor According to Article 163 of the Indian Constitution,
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 Odisha, 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.
Council of Ministers Cabinet (30 June 1977 – 6 May 1978) Chief MinisterNo.NameConstituencyPortfolioDepartmentsPolitical party1M. G. RamachandranAruppukkottaiChief MinisterPublic General Administration Matters relating to Indian Civil Service and Indian Administrative Service Officers District Revenue Officers Deputy Collectors Police Elections Passport Prohibition Health Medicine Religious Endowments Prevention of Corruption and IndustriesAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamCabinet Ministers2Nanjil K. ManoharanPalayamkottaiMinister for FinanceFinance Planning Commercial Taxes and Excise Revenue and LegislatureAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamrowspan=13 3Panruti S. RamachandranPanrutiMinister for Public WorksPublic Works Minor Irrigation including Special Minor Irrigation Programme Works Mines and Minerals and Iron and Steel Control4K. NarayanaswamyMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for LawLaw Courts Prisons Legislation on Weights and Measures Legislation on money lending Legislation on chits and Registration of Companies5G. R. EdmundTirunelveliMinister for Food and CooperationFood Food Production Cooperation and Fisheries6R. M. VeerappanMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for Information and PublicityInformation and Publicity Film Technology Tourism Development Corporation and Cinematograph Act7C. AranganayagamCoimbatore WestMinister for EducationEducation (including Technical Education) Official Language Approved Schools Employment and Training8K. KalimuthuThiruparankundramMinister for Local AdministrationMunicipal Administration Community Development Panchayats Panchayat Unions Village Industries Rural Industries Project and Rural Indebtedness9S. RaghavanandamMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for LabourLabour Housing Slum Clearance Board Statistics Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board and Town Planning10P. SoundarapandianKrishnarayapuramMinister for Harijan WelfareHarijan Welfare Backward Classes Stationery and Printing Government Press and Hill Tribes11C. PonnaiyanTiruchengodeMinister for TransportTransport Nationalized Transports Motor Vehicles Act Highways and Ports12P. T. SaraswathiThirumangalamMinister for Social WelfareSocial Welfare (including Women and Children Welfare) Animal Husbandry Beggars Home Orphanages Vigilance Service Indian Overseas and Refugees and Evacuees13P. KolandaiveluUdumalaipettaiMinister for AgricultureAgriculture Agriculture Refinance Agricultural Engineering Wing Agro Engineering Wing Milk Dairy Development Corporation and Operation Flood Project14K. Raja MohammedMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for Handlooms and TextilesAccommodation Control News Print Control and Agro Service Cooperative Societies at Block, District and Apex Level (including Federation, Wafts, Textiles, Yarn and Handloom)
Cabinet (7 May 1978 – 17 February 1980) Chief MinisterNo.NameConstituencyPortfolioDepartmentsPolitical Party1M. G. RamachandranAruppukkottaiChief MinisterPublic General Administration Indian Administrative Service Officers District Revenue Officers Deputy Collectors Police Passport Prohibition Prevention of Corruption Large Scale Industries Textiles and Mines and MineralsAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamCabinet Ministers2Nanjil K. ManoharanPalayamkottaiMinister for FinanceFinance Planning Legislature Public Works (Buildings) and Establishment Matters relating to the Public Works DepartmentAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamrowspan=17 3Panruti S. RamachandranPanrutiMinister for ElectricityElectricity and Iron and Steel Control4K. A. KrishnaswamyMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for CooperationCooperation and Registration5S. D. SomasundaramMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for RevenueRevenue Commercial Taxes Legislation on money lending Legislation on chits and Excise6G. R. EdmundTirunelveliMinister for Food-Price Control and CooperationFood Fisheries Youth Service Crops Backward Classes Elections and Ex-Serviceman7R. M. VeerappanMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for Information and Hindu Religious EndowmentsInformation and Publicity Film Technology Tourism Tourism Development Corporation Cinematography Act Hindu Religion and Charitable Endowments Forests Grant of liquor permits and Cinchona8K. NarayanaswamyMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for LawLaw Courts Prisons Legislation on Weights and Measures and Registration of Companies9C. AranganayagamCoimbatore WestMinister for EducationEducation (including Technical Education) Official Language Approved Schools Employment and Training10K. KalimuthuThiruparankundramMinister for Local Administration-Rural IndebtednessMunicipal Administration Community Development Panchayat and Panchayat Unions11S. RaghavanandamMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for LabourLabour Housing Slum Clearance Board Statistics Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board Town Planning and Accommodation Control12P. SoundarapandianKrishnarayapuramMinister for Harijan WelfareHarijan Welfare Backward Classes Stationery and Printing Government Press News Paper Control Hill Tribes and Bonded Labour13C. PonnaiyanTiruchengodeMinister for TransportTransport Nationalized Transports Motor Vehicles Act and Ports14P. KolandaiveluUdumalaipettaiMinister for Agriculture and Irrigation-Agro EngineeringAgriculture Agriculture Refinance Agricultural Engineering Wing Agro Service Co-operative Societies Irrigation (including Minor Irrigation)15K. Raja MohammedMember of the Legislative CouncilMinister for Rural Industries-WakfsRural Industries (including Villages) Cottage and Small Industries Milk and Dairy Development16R. SoundararajanSrirangamMinister for HealthHealth17P. T. SaraswathiThirumangalamMinister for Social WelfareSocial Welfare (including Women and Children Welfare) Animal Husbandry Beggars Home Orphanages Correctional Administration Indian Overseas and Refugees Evacuees and Highway18Subbulakshmi JagadeesanModakkurichiMinister for Khadi and HandloomsHandlooms Khadi and Yarn
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