00690pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001600040245005000056260000900106300001400115362001100129520036700140650001500507773003400522180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aVir, Dharam  aLegislature's supremacy and execuive's excess  c2007  ap.561-63.  a17 Feb  aWhen state governments spend ore than what is authorised by the legislature, the Constitution mandates that they approach the latter to regularise the excess expenditure. However, many states repeatedly fail to do so, thus eroding the legislature's authority, weakening the executive's accountability and sometimes even letting scams go undetected. - Reproduced.  aParliament  aEconomic and Political Weekly