Uttarakhand Public Service Commission :

The State of Uttarakhand came into existence on 09 th November, 2000 under the Reorganisation of Uttar Pradesh Act 2000. The Uttarakhand Public Service Commission was Constituted under the provisions of the Article 315 of the Constitution of India by the Governor of Uttarakhand. The Commission came into existence on 15 May, 2001. At present the strength of the Commission is the Chairman & the Six Members.

            The working of Uttarakhand Public Service Commission is regulated by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission Procedure and Conduct of Business Rule 2013.

Constitutional powers: 

Article relating to Public Service Commission 315 Public Service Commission for the Union and for the State-

(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Article, there shall be a Public Service Commission for the Union and a Public Service Commission for each State.

(2) Two or more states may agree that there shall be one Public Service Commission for that group of States and if a resolution to that effect is passed by the House or, where there are two Houses, by each House of the Legislature of each of those States, Parliament may by law provide for the appointment of a Joint State Public Service Commission (referred to in this Chapter as Joint Commission) to serve the needs of those States.

(3) Any such law as aforesaid may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as may be necessary or desirable for giving effect to the purposes of the law.

(4) The Public Service Commission for the Union, if requested so to do by the Governor of a State, may, with the approval of the president, agree to serve all or any of the needs of the States.

(5) References in this constitution to the Union Public Service Commission or a State Public Service Commission shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the Commission serving the needs of the Union or, as the case may be, the State as respects the particular matter in question.

Appointment and Term of office of Members :

 (1) The Chairman and other Members of a Public Service Commission shall be appointed, in the case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, by the President, and in the case of a State Commission, by the Governor of the State:Provided that as nearly as may be one half of the Members of every Public Service Commission shall be persons who at the dates of their respective appointments have held office for at least ten years either under the Government of India or under the Government of State, and in computing the said period of ten years any period before the commencement of this constitution during which a person has held office under the Crown in India or under the Government of an Indian State shall be included.

(1-A)  If the office of the Chairman of the Commission becomes vacant or if any such Chairman is by reason of absence or for any other reason unable to perform the duties of his office, those duties shall, until some person appointed under clause (1) of the vacant office has entered on the duties there of or, as the case may be, until the Chairman has resumed his duties, be performed by such one of the other members of the Commission as the President, in the case of the Union Commission or a joint Commission, and the Governor of the State in the case of a State Commission, may appoint for the purpose.

(2)  A Member of a Public Service Commission shall hold office for a term of  six years from the date on which he enters upon his office or until he attains, in the case of the Union Commission, the age of sixty five years, and in the case of a State Commission or a joint Commission, the age of sixty two years, whichever is earlier.

(3)  A person who holds office as a member of a Public Service Commission  shall, on the expiration of his term of office, be ineligible for reappointment to that office.

Functions :

 (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 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-

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, in a civil capacity, that any costs incurred by him in defending legal 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 Consolidated Fund of India, or as the case may be, out of the Consolidated Fund of the State;

(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.

(5)  All regulations made under the proviso to clause (3) by the President or the Governor of a State shall be laid for not less than fourteen days before each House of Parliament or the House or each House of the Legislative Assembly of the State, as the case may be, as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subjected to such modifications, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as both Houses of Parliament or the House or both Houses of Legislative Assembly of the State may make during the session in which they are so laid.

Power to extend functions of Public Service Commissions :

 An Act made by Parliament or, as the case may be, the Legislature of a State may provide for the exercise of additional functions by the Union Public Service Commission or the State Public Service Commission as respects the services of the Union or the State and also as respects the services of any local authority or other body corporate constituted by law or of any public institution.