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180                  THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                (Part XIV.—Services under the Union and the States)

           (a) determine the number of members of the Commission and their
       conditions of service; and
           (b) make provision with respect to the number of members of the
       staff of the Commission and their conditions of service:
       Provided that the conditions of service of a member of a Public Service
Commission shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment.
       319. Prohibition as to the holding of offices by members of
Commission on ceasing to be such members.—On ceasing to hold office—
           (a) the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission shall be
       ineligible for further employment either under the Government of India
       or under the Government of a State;
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           (b) the Chairman of a State Public Service Commission shall be
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       eligible for appointment as the Chairman or any other member of the
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       Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of any other State
       Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment either
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       under the Government of India or under the Government of a State;
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           (c) a member other than the Chairman of the Union Public Service
       Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman of the
       Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of a State Public
       Service Commission, but not for any other employment either under the
       Government of India or under the Government of a State;
           (d) a member other than the Chairman of a State Public Service
       Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman or any
       other member of the Union Public Service Commission or as the
       Chairman of that or any other State Public Service Commission, but not
       for any other employment either under the Government of India or under
       the Government of a State.
       320. Functions of Public Service Commissions.—(1) It shall be the
duty of the Union and the State Public Service Commissions to conduct
examinations for appointments to the services of the Union and the services of
the State respectively.
       (2) It shall also be the duty of the Union Public Service Commission, if
requested by any two or more States so to do, to assist those States in framing
and operating schemes of joint recruitment for any services for which
candidates possessing special qualifications are required.
       (3) The Union Public Service Commission or the State Public Service
Commission, as the case may be, shall be consulted—

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