PROCEDURE
FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSION
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All references to the Commission should be made in the form of an official letter with which all relevant papers or copies of papers should be forwarded.
2. No reference which is not obligatory under Article 320 of the Constitution or under any other provisions made there under, should be made to the Commission save with previous concurrence of the Department of Personnel & Training and in cases involving financial consideration, also of the Ministry of Finance.
3. All heads of attached and subordinate offices can directly correspond with the Commission on matters relating to promotion/recruitment to the posts for which they are the appointing authorities.
4. Where it is proposed not to accept the advice of the Commission or of a Departmental Promotion Committee presided over by a Member of the Commission, in cases of appointments, promotions etc, further reference to the Commission where necessary, earlier to submission of the cases to the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet, should be made by the Administrative Ministry concerned and not by the head of the attached/sub-ordinate office, to whom powers of appointment may have been delegated.
5. Under the proviso to clause (3) of Article 320 of the Constitution, the President has framed the Union Public Service Commission (Exemption from Consultation) Regulations, 1958 specifying the matters in which it shall not be necessary for the Commission to be consulted.
EXPENSES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS
The expenses of the Union or a State Public Service Commission, including any salaries, allowances and pensions payable to or in respect of the members or staff of the Commission, shall be charged on the consolidated Fund of India or, as the case may be, the Consolidated Fund of the State.