Article 316 of the Constitution of India

Service Commission shall be appointed, in the case of theUnion Commission or a Joint Commission, by the President, and in the case of a State Commission, by the Governor 1*** of the State: Provided that as nearly as may be one-half of the members of every Public Service Commission shall bepersons who at the dates of their respective appointmentshave held office for at least ten years either under theGovernment of India or under the Government of a State, and in computing the said period of ten years any period before the commencement of this Constitution duringwhich a person has held office under the Crown in Indiaor under the Government of an Indian State shall be included.Appointment and term of office ofmembers. 1The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part XIV. —Services under the Union and the States.— Arts. 315—316.)186 1[(1A) If the office of the Chairman of the Commission becomes vacant or if any such Chairman is by reason of absence or for any other reason unable to perform theduties of his office, those duties shall, until some person appointed under clause (1) to the vacant office has entered on the duties thereof or, as the case may be,until the Chairman has resumed his duties, be performedby such one of the other members of the Commission asthe President, in the case of the Union Commission or aJoint Commission, and the Governor of the State in the case of a State Commission, may appoint for the purpose. (2) A member of a Public Service Commission shall hold office for a term of six years from the date on whichhe enters upon his office or until he attains, in the caseof the Union Commission, the age of sixty-five years, and in the case of a State Commission or a Joint Commission, the age of 2[sixty-two years], whichever is earlier: Provided that— (a) a member of a Public Service Commission may, by writing under his hand addressed, in the caseof the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, to the President, and in the case of a State Commission, to the Governor 3*** of the State, resign his office; (b) a member of a Public Service Commission may be removed from his office in the manner providedin clause (1) or clause (3) of article 317. (3) A person who holds office as a member of a Public Service Commission shall, on the expiration of his term of office, be ineligible for re-appointment to that office.