Constitution of India, 1949
315.Public Service Commissions for the Union
and for the States.-
(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 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 State Public Service
Commission (referred to in this Chapter as Joint Commission) to serve the needs
of those States.
(3) Any such law as aforesaid may contain such
incidental and consequential provisions as may be necessary or desirable for
giving effect to the purposes of the law.
(4) 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.
(5) 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 particular matter in question.