Bar on further employment of PSC members
Also called: Article 319 · Topic: Constitutional Bodies: UPSC, CAG, Finance Commission and Others · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Article 319 limits the jobs that members of a Public Service Commission (PSC) can take after their term ends. The aim is to protect their independence. A member who hopes for a reward from the government after retiring may try to please it while in office.
- The UPSC chairman cannot take any further job under the Union or a state government.
- A UPSC member can become only the UPSC chairman or the chairman of a State PSC.
- An SPSC chairman can move only to the UPSC (as chairman or member) or become chairman of another SPSC.
- An SPSC member can move only to the UPSC or become chairman of an SPSC.
Example
A State PSC chairman can later be appointed a member of the UPSC. A retired UPSC chairman cannot be made a state Governor's adviser or take any other government post.
Don't confuse with
- Bar on the CAG (Art. 148(4)): this is a stricter, flat rule. The CAG can hold no further office under the Union or any state, and there are no exceptions inside the audit system.
Related concepts
- Union Public Service Commission
- State Public Service Commission
- Joint State Public Service Commission