A native can never be a governor of his native place. Nor can a native be an IGP. For obvious reasons (ie prevent possible "coup-de etat" or its equivalent).
Only exception to the above convention was when a Goan, Bernardo Peres da Silva was made a Prefect (Prefeito do Estado da India) rather than Governor-General, in 1822 and then again in 1827. Therefore, a Goan can never be a Governor or an IGP of Goa. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Vasant Baliga <vabal...@yahoo.com> > To: Goanet <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Sent: Tue, 14 December, 2010 4:47:51 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Respect our right to Identity > > Oscar Lobo: And by the way, I was asked "Why do we have a Sikh as the > Governor > of Goa? Don't we have reputable Goans left in Goa for this position? How can >one > > respect our identity with a Governor from other state? Response from > Marshall: > > As per the Constitution or maybe practice (I need to check and confirm) > persons > > from the same state cannot be appointed as Governors. However, a few days > ago > Fredertick posted a news item that the head of the State Human Rights >Commission > > was a retired justice from Bihar.This I am not able to fathom why a person > from > > Bihar needed to be appointed in Goa. > > Comment from Vasant: > There is no Constitutional Bar on any person being appointed as Governor of > any > > state-General Sunith Francis Rodrigues was appointed Governor of Punjab in > 2004-Sikhs could ask why a Sikh was not appointed to maintain the Sikh >Identity? > Justice Ferdino Inacio Rebello has been appointed Chief Justice of the >Allahabad > > High Court earlier this year.Why not someone from UP? > http://allahabadhighcourt.in/service/judgeDetail.jsp?id=156 > > > >