The Andhra Pradesh reorganization Act, 2014
83. Provisions as to State Public Service
Commission.
1. The
Public Service Commission for the existing State of Andhra Pradesh shall, on
and from the appointed day, be the Public Service Commission for the State of
Andhra Pradesh.
2. There
shall be constituted a Public Service Commission in accordance with article 315
of the Constitution by the successor State of Telangana, and until such
Commission is constituted, the Union Public Service Commission may, with the
approval of the President, agree to serve the needs of the State of Telangana
in terms clause (4) of that article.
3. The
persons holding office immediately before the appointed day as the Chairman or
other member of the Public Service Commission for the existing State of Andhra
Pradesh shall, as from the appointed day, be the Chairman or, as the case may
be, the other member of the Public Service Commission for the State of Andhra
Pradesh.
4. Every
person who becomes the Chairman or other member of the Public Service
Commission for the State of Andhra Pradesh on the appointed day under
sub-section ( 3 ) shall--
a.
be entitled to receive from the Government of the State of
Andhra Pradesh conditions of service not less favourable than those to which he
was entitled under the provisions applicable to him;
b.
subject to the proviso to clause (2) of article 316, hold office
or continue to hold office until the expiration of his term of office as
determined under the provisions applicable to him immediately before the
appointed day.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. The
report of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission as to the work done by
the Commission in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be
presented under clause (2) of article 323 to the Governors of the States of
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Governor of the State of Andhra Pradesh
shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a
memorandum explaining as far as possible, 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 of Andhra Pradesh
and it shall not be necessary to cause such report or any such memorandum to be
laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State of Telangana.