Article 310 of the Constitution of India

Constitution, every person who is a member of a defenceservice or of a civil service of the Union or of anall-India service or holds any post connected with defenceor any civil post under the Union holds office during thepleasure of the President, and every person who is a member of a civil service of a State or holds any civil post under a State holds office during the pleasure ofthe Governor 3*** of the State. (2) Notwithstanding that a person holding a civil post under the Union or a State holds office during the 181Interpretation. Recruitment and conditions ofservice of personsserving the Unionor a State. Tenure of office of persons serving theUnion or a State. 1 Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch., for “means a State specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule”. 2The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by s. 29 and Sch., ibid. 3The words “or, as the case may be, the Rajpramukh” omitted by s. 29 and Sch., ibid. pleasure of the President or, as the case may be, of the Governor 1*** of the State, any contract under which a person, not being a member of a defence service or of anall-India service or of a civil service of the Union or aState, is appointed under this Constitution to hold sucha post may, if the President or the Governor 2***, as the case may be, deems it necessary in order to secure the services of a person having special qualifications, provide for the payment to him of compensation, if before theexpiration of an agreed period that post is abolished orhe is, for reasons not connected with any misconduct onhis part, required to vacate that post.