🛡 *CENTRE-STATE ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS* *Article 256 —* Obligation of states and the Union *Article 257 —* Control of the Union over states in certain cases *Article 257A —* Assistance to States by deployment of armed forces or other forces of the Union (Repealed) *Article 258 —* Power of the Union to confer powers, etc., on states in certain cases *Article 258A —* Power of the states to entrust functions to the union. *Article 259 —* Armed Forces in States in Part B of the First Schedule (Repealed) *Article 260 —* Jurisdiction of the Union in relation to territories outside India