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Official sourceXI], if the Council of States has declared by resolution supported by not less than two-thirds
of the members present and voting that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest so
to do, Parliament may by law provide for the creation of one or more all India services
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[(including an all-India judicial service)] common to the Union and the States, and, subject
to the other provisions of this Chapter, regulate the recruitment, and the conditions of service
of persons appointed, to any such service.
(2) The services known at the commencement of this Constitution as the Indian
Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service shall be deemed to be services created
by Parliament under this article.
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[(3) The all-India judicial service referred to in clause (1) shall not include any post
inferior to that of a district judge as defined in article 236.
(4) The law providing for the creation of the all-India judicial service aforesaid may
contain such provisions for the amendment of Chapter VI of Part VI as may be necessary for
giving effect to the provisions of that law and no such law shall be deemed to be an
amendment of this Constitution for the purposes of article 368.]
1. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.45, for “Part XI” (w.e.f.3.1.1977).
2. Inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.45 (w.e.f.3.1.1977).
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