Constitution of India, 1949
210.Tenure of office of persons serving the
Union or a State.-
(1) Except as expressly provided by this Constitution,
every person who is a member of a defense service or of a civil service of the
Union or of an all-India service or holds any post connected with defense or
any civil post under the Union, holds office during the pleasure of the
President, and every person who is a member of a civil service of a State or
holds any civil post under a State holds office during the pleasure of the
Governor of the State.
(2) Notwithstanding that a person holding a
civil post under the Union or a State holds office during the pleasure of the
President or, as the case may be, of the Governor of the State, any contract
under which a person, not being a member of a defense service or of an
all-India service or of a civil service of the Union or a State, is appointed under
this Constitution to hold such a post may, if the President or the Governor as
the case may be, deems it necessary in order to secure the services of a person
having special qualifications, provide for the payment to him of compensation,
if before the expiration of an agreed period, that post is abolished or he is,
for reasons not connected with any misconduct on his part, required to vacate
that post.