Article 371C, the special provision that sets Manipur's hill areas apart from its panchayats

Background

Manipur's panchayat system, whose Zilla Parishad chairpersons the State has just appointed in its valley districts, runs alongside a separate constitutional arrangement for the hill areas.
That arrangement rests on Article 371C of the Constitution, which was inserted by the Constitution (Twenty-seventh Amendment) Act, 1971.
Under clause (1), the President may by order constitute a committee of the Manipur Legislative Assembly consisting of members elected from the hill areas, and define its functions.
The same order may modify the rules of business of the State government and the rules of procedure of the Assembly, and entrust the Governor with special responsibility for the committee's proper functioning.
Under clause (2), the Governor must report to the President every year, or whenever the President requires, on the administration of the hill areas.
The executive power of the Union extends to giving directions to the State on that administration, and the Explanation defines hill areas as those the President declares to be hill areas by order.