Power to make regulations as to conditions of service of members and staff of the Commission
included in editionWhat does this mean?
The President or Governor can regulate Commission membership, service conditions and staff under the stated limits. Service conditions cannot be made less favourable after appointment as prohibited here.
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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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.