834 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
*The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (Bombay : General) : Sir, I move :
“That for article 254 the following article be substituted :—
284. (1) Subject to the provisions of this article, there shall be a Public Public Service Commissions for the Service Commission for the Union and a Union and for the State. Public Service Commission for each State.
(2) Two or more Slates may agree that there shall be one Public Service Commission for that group of states, and if a resolution to that effect is passed by the House or, where there are two Houses, by each House of the Legislature of each of those States Parliament may by law provide for the appointment of a Joint Public Service Commission (referred to in this Chapter as Joint Commission) to serve the needs of those States.
(2a) Any such law as aforesaid may contain such incidental and consquential provisions as may appear necesary or desirable for giving effect to the purposes of clause (2) of this article.
The Public Service Commission for the Union, if requested so to do by the governor or Ruler of a State, may with the approvel 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 Commision serving the needs of the Union or, as the case may be, the State as respects the particular matter in question.”
The article is self-explanatory and I do not think that any observations are necessary to clear up any point in this article. I will therefore reserve may remarks to the stage when I may be called upon to reply to any criticism that may be made.
Shri Lakshminarayan Sahu (Orissa : General) : May I know, Sir, why the provision as to any such law by Parliament is introduced and also why mention has been made of Ruler in these provisions ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : If I understand my friend Mr. Sahu correctly, he wants to know why we have introduced the provision for Parliament to make law. He will understand that the basic principle is that each State should have its own Public Service Commission. But, if, for administrative purposes or for financial purposes it is not possible for each State to have a Public Service Commission of its own, power is left open for two States by a resolution to confer power upon the centre to make provision for a joint Regional Commission to serve the needs of two such States which, as I have said, either for administrative or for financial reasons are not in a position to have a separate independent Commission for themselves. Obviously, when such a power is conferred upon the Centre, it must be that the power so conferred must be regulated by law made by Parliament and it should not be open to the President either to constitute a Joint Commission for two States by purely executive
*CAD, Vol. IX, 22nd August 1949, pp. 555-556.