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Article 323. Reports of Public Service Commissions

  1. (1) It shall be the duty of the Union Commission to present annually to the President a report as to the work done by the Commission and on receipt of such report the President shall cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, 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 each House of Parliament.
  2. (2) It shall be the duty of a State Commission to present annually to the Governor 1of the State a report as to the work done by the Commission, and it shall be the duty of a Joint Commission to present annually to the Governor 1of each of the States the needs of which are served by the Joint Commission a report as to the work done by the Commission in relation to that State, and in either case the Governor 2, shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a memorandum explaining, as respects the cases, if any, where the advice of the Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such nonacceptance to be laid before the Legislature of the State.

  1. [1] The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by ibid.
  2. [2] The words “or Rajpramukh as the case may be” omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).