Later Political Career
Jatti subsequently moved onto the national scene and was appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry in 1968. He became the Governor of Orissa in 1972 and, in 1974, assumed office as the fifth Vice-President of India. He became acting President for a brief period after the death of Fakruddin Ali Ahmed in 1977.
However, his acting presidency was not without controversy. When in April 1977, the then Union Home Minister, Charan Singh, took the debatable decision to dissolve the Assemblies of nine States, Jatti declined to sign the order and broke the tradition of the President accepting the advice of the Cabinet. Though he later signed the order, Jatti took the stand that the Centre's action should not only be politically and constitutionally correct but also appear to be proper. After leaving the office as Vice-President in 1979, Jatti continued to be in the limelight as a keen observer of the political situation in the country.
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