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The fact is that the administrative relations between Union and state operate in a manner that Centre’s supremacy is more than visible. During emergencies the Indian federal arrangement can be suspended and squeezed into a unitary operation. But even during normal times the center can descend upon the state through its powers of delegation, direction and grants in India. The provision of all India services, Inter-state councils and later State Commerce Commission establish Centre’s hegemony and writers like G.N. Singh maintain that states have been reduced to the status of municipalities. The comment may be uncharitable but Article like 256, 246, 257 and 263 are potent weapons by which the administrative activities by states can be made to fall in line to wishes of the Centre. Article 256 of the Constitution specifies the respective obligations of the Union and the state governments. The present research paper highlights the constitutional framework of administrative relations in India.