Constitution of India, 1949
299.Contracts.-
(1) All contracts made in the exercise of the
executive power of the Union or of a State shall be expressed to be made by the
President, or by the Governor of the State, as the case may be, and all such
contracts and all assurances of property made in the exercise of that power
shall be executed on behalf of the President or the Governor by such persons
and in such manner as he may direct or authorize.
(2) Neither the President nor the Governor
shall be personally liable in respect of any contract or assurance made or
executed for the purposes of this Constitution, or for the purposes of any
enactment relating to the Government of India heretofore in force, nor shall
any person making or executing any such contract or assurance on behalf of any
of them be personally liable in respect thereof.