The Constitution of India
Special provision for Anglo-Indian community in certain services
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 336
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourcefirst two years after the commencement of this Constitution, appointments of members of the
Anglo-Indian community to posts in the railway, customs, postal and telegraph services of
the Union shall be made on the same basis as immediately before the fifteenth day of
August, 1947.
During every succeeding period of two years, the number of posts reserved for the
members of the said community in the said services shall, as nearly as possible, be less by
ten per cent. than the numbers so reserved during the immediately preceding period of two
years:
Provided that at the end of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution all
such reservations shall cease.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall bar the appointment of members of the Anglo-Indian
community to posts other than, or in addition to, those reserved for the community under that
clause if such members are found qualified for appointment on merit as compared with the
members of other communities.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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