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Article 315 of the Constitution of India

Article
315
Chapter
CHAPTER I.—S ERVICES
Index row title
(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, there
Source document
India Constitution
Provision ID
2c1a4d92-f9ab-409b-ab56-c3cdbe3a9f14

230 words

Verbatim text

shall be a Public Service Commission for the Union and a Public Service Commission for each State.Transitional provisions. Public Service Commissions forthe Union and forthe States.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XIV. —Services under the Union and the States.— Arts. 312A—315.)185 (2) Two or more States may agree that there shall be one Public Service Commission for that group of States, and if a resolution to that effect is passed by the Houseor, where there are two Houses, by each House of the Legislature of each of those States, Parliament may by law provide for the appointment of a Joint State PublicService Commission (referred to in this Chapter as JointCommission) to serve the needs of those States. (3) Any such law as aforesaid may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as may benecessary or desirable for giving effect to the purposes of the law. (4) The Public Service Commission for the Union, if requested so to do by the Governor 1*** of a State, may, with the approval of the President, agree to serve all orany of the needs of the State. (5) References in this Constitution to the Union Public Service Commission or a State Public Service Commission shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the Commission serving the needs of theUnion or, as the case may be, the State as respects theparticular matter in question.

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  • The index files this text under article 315 of the Constitution of India.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER I.—S ERVICES”.
  • The passage runs to about 230 words.

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