To whom does a State Public Service Commission present its annual report on the work done by it?

The correct answer is B, the Governor of the state. Article 323(2) requires a State Public Service Commission to present annually to the Governor a report on the work done by it. The Governor then causes the report to be laid before the legislature of the state, along with a memorandum explaining the cases, if any, in which the advice of the commission was not accepted and the reasons for the non-acceptance.

Option A is wrong for a state commission, although the Union Public Service Commission presents its report to the President, who has it laid before each House of Parliament with a similar memorandum. Option C is wrong because the commission does not deal with the legislature directly; the report reaches the House through the Governor, which is why the step is worth remembering in order. Option D is wrong because the state commission is not subordinate to the Union commission in any way; each works within its own sphere under Article 315. The memorandum on rejected advice is the part that gives the legislature a chance to question the government.