Constitution Section 323 — Reports of Public Service Commissions

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

Administrative Law

Summary

The Union Public Service Commission must give the President a yearly report about its work. After receiving it, the President must send a copy of that report to each House of Parliament, along with a note explaining why the government did not accept the Commission’s advice in any case where it was rejected. Similarly, a State Public Service Commission must give a yearly report to the Governor of that state, and a Joint Commission must give a yearly report to the Governor of each state it serves. In both cases, the Governor must send a copy of the report to the state legislature, along with a note explaining any cases where the Commission’s advice was not accepted and the reasons for that.

Official Text

(1) It shall be the duty of the Union Commission to present annually to the President a report as to the work done by the Commission and on receipt of such report the President shall cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, as respects the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before each House of Parliament.

(2) It shall be the duty of a State Commission to present annually to the Governor of the State a report as to the work done by the Commission, and it shall be the duty of a Joint Commission to present annually to the Governor of each of the States the needs of which are served by the Joint Commission a report as to the work done by the Commission in relation to that State, and in either case the Governor , shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, as respects the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before the Legislature of the State.