Public Service Commissions - Short Trick

The service file sits in cupboard fourteen.

Services under the Union and the States=Part XIV — the Public Service Commissions are in it (Arts 315–323)

The Commission building has fifteen floors.

Public Service Commissions for the Union and the states=Art 315 — one for the Union, one for each state · a joint commission for two or more states is possible

The appointment letter came on the sixteenth.

Appointment and term of office=Art 316 — UPSC and joint commission: President · state commission: Governor

They thought seventeen times before the removal.

Removal and suspension of a member=Art 317 — for misbehaviour, by the President after a Supreme Court inquiry

Conditions ran to eighteen pages.

Conditions of service — regulations=Art 318 — the President (UPSC) / Governor (SPSC) fixes the number of members and their conditions · these cannot be worsened after appointment

He retired and sat at home for nineteen years.

Bar on jobs after retirement (ceasing to be a member)=Art 319 — the UPSC chairman can take no further job · the rest may only move up within the commissions

Work of twenty kinds

Functions (Work)=Art 320 — holds examinations and advises on matters referred to it

Extra work in twenty-one offices

Extension of functions (extra work)=Art 321 — a law of Parliament (UPSC) or the state legislature (SPSC) may give it more work

Expenses of twenty-two rupees

Expenses — charged on the Consolidated Fund=Art 322 — salaries, allowances and pensions are charged, so not voted

A report card of twenty-three pages

Reports=Art 323 — yearly to the President / Governor → laid before Parliament / the legislature, with reasons for advice not accepted