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section 85

Provisions as to State Public Service Commissions.

The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
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Part IX PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES

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  1. (1) The Public Service Commission for the existing State of Punjab shall, on and from the appointed day, cease to exist.
  2. (2) The person holding office immediately before the appointed day as Chairman of the Public Service Commission for the existing State of Punjab shall become the Chairman of the Public Service Commission for the State of Haryana or Punjab as the President shall, by order, specify and every other person holding office immediately before that day as member of that Commission shall become a member, or if so specified by the President, the Chairman, of such one of the said Commissions as the President shall, by order, specify.
  3. (3) Every person who becomes the Chairman or other member of a Public Service Commission on the appointed day under sub-section (2) shall—
    • (a) be entitled to receive from the Government of the State conditions of service not less favourable than those to which he was entitled under the provisions applicable to him immediately before the appointed day;
    • (b) subject to the proviso to clause (2) of article 316, hold office or continue to hold office until the expiration of his term of office as determined under the provisions applicable to him immediately before the appointed day.
  4. (4) The report of the Punjab Public Service Commission as to the work done by the Commission in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be presented under clause (2) of article 323 to the Governors of Punjab and Haryana, and the Governor of Punjab shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining as far as possible, 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 of Punjab and it shall not be necessary to cause such report or any such memorandum to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of Haryana.

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