238 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
270 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948
Constitution and were applicable to any public service or any post which has continued to exist after the commencement of this Constitution as a service or post under the Union or a State shall continue in force so far as consistent with the provisions of this Constitution.
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Public Service Commissions for the Union and for the States.
CHAPTER II—Public Service
Commissions
- (1) Subject to the provisions of this article there shall be a Public Service Commission for the Union and a Public Service Commission for each State.
(2) Two or more States may agree—
(a) that there shall be one Public Service Commission for that group of States; or 15
(b) that the Public Service Commission for one of the States shall serve the needs of all the States;
and any such agreement may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as may appear necessary or desirable for giving effect to the purposes of the agreement and shall, in the case of an agreement that there shall be one Commission for a group of States, specify by what Governor or Governors the functions which are under this Part of this Constitution to be discharged by the Governor of a State are to be discharged.
(3) The Public Service Commission for the Union if requested so to do by the Governor of a State may, with the approval of the President, agree to serve all or any of the needs of the State.
(4) 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 the Union, or, as the case may be, the State as respects the paricular matter in question.
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