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

               (a) on all matters relating to methods of recruitment to civil
       services and for civil posts;
               (b) on the principles to be followed in making appointments to
       civil services and posts and in making promotions and transfers from one
       service to another and on the suitability of candidates for such
       appointments, promotions or transfers;
               (c) on all disciplinary matters affecting a person serving under the
       Government of India or the Government of a State in a civil capacity,
       including memorials or petitions relating to such matters;
               (d) on any claim by or in respect of a person who is serving or
       has served under the Government of India or the Government of a State
       or under the Crown in India or under the Government of an Indian State,
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       in a civil capacity, that any costs incurred by him in defending legal
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       proceedings instituted against him in respect of acts done or purporting
       to be done in the execution of his duty should be paid out of the
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       Consolidated Fund of India, or, as the case may be, out of the
       Consolidated Fund of the State;  di
               (e) on any claim for the award of a pension in respect of injuries
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       sustained by a person while serving under the Government of India or
       the Government of a State or under the Crown in India or under the
       Government of an Indian State, in a civil capacity, and any question as to
       the amount of any such award,
and it shall be the duty of a Public Service Commission to advise on any matter
so referred to them and on any other matter which the President, or, as the case
may be, the Governor 1*** of the State, may refer to them:
       Provided that the President as respects the all-India services and also as
respects other services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union,
and the Governor 2***, as respects other services and posts in connection with
the affairs of a State, may make regulations specifying the matters in which
either generally, or in any particular class of case or in any particular
circumstances, it shall not be necessary for a Public Service Commission to be
consulted.
       (4) Nothing in clause (3) shall require a Public Service Commission to
be consulted as respects the manner in which any provision referred to in
clause (4) of article 16 may be made or as respects the manner in which effect
may be given to the provisions of article 335.

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).

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