Constitution of India, 1949
239.Administration of Union territories.-
(1) Save as otherwise provided by Parliament
by law, every Union territory shall be administered by the President acting, to
such extent as he thinks fit, through an administrator to be appointed by him
with such designation as he may specify.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Part
VI, the President may appoint the Governor of a State as the administrator of
an adjoining Union territory, and where a Governor is so appointed, he shall
exercise his functions as such administrator independently of his Council of
Ministers.