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Constitution of India · Part XIV: Services Under the Union and the States · Chapter II: Public Service Commissions

Article 319: Prohibition as to the holding of offices by members of Commission on ceasing to be such members

In plain words

After leaving office, the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission cannot take any further government employment. Other Commission members can move only to specified higher posts in a Public Service Commission and to no other government employment.

  • A State Commission Chairman can become Chairman or member of the Union Commission, or Chairman of another State Commission.
  • A Union Commission member can become Chairman of the Union Commission or of a State Commission.
  • A State Commission member can become Chairman or member of the Union Commission, or Chairman of that or another State Commission.

A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.

Official text

On ceasing to hold office—

(a) the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission shall be ineligible for further employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State;

(b) the Chairman of a State Public Service Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman or any other member of the Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of any other State Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State;

(c) a member other than the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of a State Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State;

(d) a member other than the Chairman of a State Public Service Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman or any other member of the Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of that or any other State Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State.

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 319