Constitution of India · Part XIV: Services Under the Union and the States · Chapter I: Services
Article 313: Transitional provisions
Until other provision is made in this behalf under this Constitution, all the laws in force immediately before the commencement of this Constitution and applicable to any public service or any post which continues to exist after the commencement of this Constitution, as an all-India service or as service or post under the Union or a State shall continue in force so far as consistent with the provisions of this Constitution.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the article 313
- Government of NCT of Delhi v. Union of India
- India Ltd. v. Vijay D. Kasbe
- State of H.P. & Ors. v. Rajesh Chander Sood Etc. Etc.
- P.V. Radha Krishna and Ors. v. State of A. P. and Ors.
- Santosh Kumar v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
- Public Services Tribunal Bar Association v. State of U.P. and Anr
- Ajay Kumar Bhuyan and Ors. v. State of Orissa and Ors.
- Chandra Prakash Tiwari and Ors. v. Shakuntala Shukla and Ors.
- Chairman, Railway Board and Ors. v. C.R. Rangadhamaiah and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- Director General of Posts v. B. Ravindran and Anr.
- Pvt Philip v. P. Narasimha Reddy and Ors.
- State of UP and Anr. v. Labh Chand