Article 315 of Constitution of India "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.
Article 316 of Constitution of India "Appointment and term of office of members"
(1) The Chairman and
other members of a Public Service Commission shall be
appointed, in the case of the Union Commission or a Joint
Commission, by the President, and in the case of a State
Commission, by the Governor of the State:
Provided that as nearly as may be one-half of the members of
every Public Service Commission shall be persons who at the
dates of their respective appointments have held office for
at least ten years either under the Government of India or
under the Government of a State, and in computing the said
period of ten years any period before the commencement of
this Constitution during which a person has held office
under the Crown in India or under the Government of an
Indian State shall be included.
(1-A). If the office of the Chairman of the Commission
becomes vacant or if any such Chairman is by reason of
absence or for any other reason unable to perform the duties
of his office, those duties shall, until some persons
appointed under clause (1) to the vacant office has entered
on the duties thereof or, as the case may be, until the
Chairman has resumed his duties, be performed by such one of
the other members of the Commission as the President, in the
case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, and the
Governor of the State in the case of a State in the case of
a State Commission, may appoint for the purpose.
(2) A member of a Public Service Commission shall hold
office for a term of six years from the date on which he
enters upon his office or until he attains, in the case of
the Union Commission, the age of sixty-five years, and in
the case of a State Commission or a Joint Commission, the
age of sixty-two years, whichever is earlier:
Provided that -
(a) a member of a Public Service Commission may, by writing
under his hand addressed, in the case of the Union
Commission or a Joint Commission, to the President, and in
the case of a State Commission, to the Governor of the
State, resign his office;
(b) a member of a Public Service Commission may be removed
from his office in the manner provided in clause (1) or
clause (3) of Article 317.
(3) A person who holds office as a member of a Public
Service Commission shall, on the expiration of his term of
office, be ineligible for re-appointment to that office.