Tenure of office of persons serving the Union or a State
included in editionWhat does this mean?
Covered public servants hold office during the pleasure of the President or Governor, subject to constitutional exceptions. This must be read with Article 311 and other service protections rather than as unrestricted dismissal power.
Public-service recruitment, tenure safeguards, All-India Services and Public Service Commissions.
Why is this provision here?
Public-service institutions need predictable appointment, independence, continuity and accountability arrangements. This is the particular safeguard or enabling rule described above.
This Article number belongs to the original constitutional framework, but its present wording may include later amendments or substitutions. A provision-specific original Assembly debate has not been verified here. The explanation of function above is editorial inference from the text, not an attributed single motive of the framers. The original draft-making archive is a research resource, not proof of a particular historical reason.
The explanation of purpose is an editorial reading of the provision. A drafting motive is attributed only where a linked historical source supports it.
Limits, exceptions & reading carefully
Educational summary of the linked source text. Exceptions, provisos, implementing laws and applicable judgments must be read before applying it to a real case.
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Source-page notes · may concern neighbouring Articles
1. Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch., for "means a State specified in Part A or Part B of the First Schedule" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 2. The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by s.29 and Sch., ibid (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). 3. The words "or, as the case may be, the Rajpramukh" omitted by s.29 and Sch., ibid. . (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
1. Subs. by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 10, for cls. (2) and (3) (w.e.f. 5-10-1963). 2. Certain words omitted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s. 44 (w.e.f. 3-1-1977). 3. Subs. by s. 44, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 3-1-1977).
Extracted from the Legislative Department’s May 2026 edition. Page footnotes may refer to neighbouring provisions; check their markers in the PDF. Inclusion in this edition does not by itself establish commencement or judicial effect.