Constitution Section 318 — Power to make regulations as to conditions of service of members and staff of the Commission

Part XIV — SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES — CHAPTER II.— PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS

Administrative Law

Summary

For the Union Public Service Commission or a Joint Commission, the President can make rules about how many members and staff it will have and what their working conditions will be. For a State Public Service Commission, the Governor of that state has the same power. However, once a person is appointed as a member of a Public Service Commission, their working conditions cannot be changed in a way that harms them.

Official Text

In the case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, the President and, in the case of a State Commission, the Governor of the State may by regulations—

(a) determine the number of members of the Commission and their conditions of service; and

(b) make provision with respect to the number of members of the staff of the Commission and their conditions of service:Provided that the conditions of service of a member of a Public Service Commission shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment.

Related Judgments

  • U.P. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AT ALLAHABAD vs SURESH CHANDRA TEWARI & ANR — Supreme Court of India (1987)
  • BHAGAT RAM SHARMA vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (1987)
  • BIHAR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND ANR. ETC. vs DR. SHIV JATAN THAKUR AND ORS. ETC — Supreme Court of India (1994)
  • STATE OF PUNJAB vs SAUL SABHLOK AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2013)
  • G.L. BATRA vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (2013)
  • Dr.P.Perumalsamy vs 1.The Government of Tamil Nadu,, rep. by its Chief Secretary,, Secreta — Madras High Court (Principal Bench, Chennai) (2024)