The Constitution of India
Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 309
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- in force
Provision text
Official sourceSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, Acts of the appropriate Legislature may
regulate the recruitment, and conditions of service of persons appointed, to public services
and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of any State:
Provided that it shall be competent for the President or such person as he may direct in
the case of services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union, and for the
Governor 2[***] of a State or such person as he may direct in the case of services and posts
in connection with the affairs of the State, to make rules regulating the recruitment, and the
conditions of service of persons appointed, to such services and posts until provision in that
behalf is made by or under an Act of the appropriate Legislature under this article, and any
rules so made shall have effect subject to the provisions of any such Act.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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