Provided that the Government shall, before taking a decision against the advice of the Public Service Commission, refer the matter to the Public Service Commission.

Power to make rules Power to make rules.—

1. (1) The Government may, in consultation with the Public Service Commission and the Board, by notification in the Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for,—
   • (a) the procedure to be followed by the Board for consultation with the Public Service Commission;
   • (b) any matter in respect of which it shall not be necessary to consult the Public Service Commission;
   • (c) any matter which is incidental to or necessary for the purpose of consultation with the Public Service Commission.
3. (3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.