The Constitution of India
Secretariat of State Legislature
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Provision
- 187
- Source language
- eng+tel
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
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Official sourceState shall have a separate secretarial staff:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall, in the case of the Legislature of a State
having a Legislative Council, be construed as preventing the creation of posts common to
both Houses of such Legislature.
(2) The Legislature of a State may by law regulate the recruitment, and the conditions
of service of persons appointed, to the secretarial staff of the House or Houses of the
Legislature of the State.
(3) Until provision is made by the Legislature of the State under clause (2), the
Governor may, after consultation with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or the
Chairman of the Legislative Council, as the case may be, make rules regulating the
recruitment, and the conditions of service of persons appointed, to the secretarial staff of the
Assembly or the Council, and any rules so made shall have effect subject to the provisions of
any law made under the said clause.
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The Constitution of India · legislative.gov.in · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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