Vir, Dharam creator text xu| 2007 continuing ng p.561-63. When 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. Parliament Economic and Political Weekly 180718