Article 323 Constitution: Reports of Public Service Commissions

PART XIV SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES · CHAPTER II.— PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS

Article 323: Reports of Public Service Commissions

(1) It shall be the duty of the Union Commission to present annually to the President a report as to the work done by the Commission and on receipt of such report the President shall cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, as respects the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before each House of Parliament.

(2) It shall be the duty of a State Commission to present annually to the Governor ¹*** of the State a report as to the work done by the Commission, and it shall be the duty of a Joint Commission to present annually to the Governor ¹*** of each of the States the needs of which are served by the Joint Commission a report as to the work done by the Commission in relation to that State, and in either case the Governor ²***, shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, as respects the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before the Legislature of the State.

Footnotes in the official text

1.The words "or Rajpramukh" omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2.The words "or Rajpramukh, as the case may be" omitted by s. 29 and Sch. ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11- 1956).

Questions on this article

2 questions in 3 of our papers cite Article 323. Try these from the free papers:

1. Under Article 323(1), the Union Public Service Commission presents its annual report on the work done by it to:
2. The Chhattisgarh Rent Control Tribunal is constituted under Section 6(1) of the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act, 2011 in terms of which Article of the Constitution of India?