What is the term of office of a member of a State Public Service Commission such as HPSC?
- A.Six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier
- B.Six years or until the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier
- C.Five years or until the age of 60 years, whichever is earlier
- D.Five years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier. Article 316 fixes this term for the chairman and members of a State Public Service Commission and of a Joint Public Service Commission, and the appointment is made by the Governor of the state.
Option B, six years or 65 years, is the term of the chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission, and the difference between 62 for the state and 65 for the Union is the single most tested point in this chapter. Option C, five years or 60 years, and option D, five years or 62 years, mix the period with the age limit and match no provision. Remember also Article 319: the chairman of a State Public Service Commission is eligible for appointment as chairman or member of the UPSC or as chairman of another State Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment under the Union or a state.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Punjab and Haryana High Court has its seat at which city?
- A.Panchkula
- B.Chandigarh
- C.Ambala
- D.Shimla
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The common High Court of Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh sits at Chandigarh, where the court moved in 1955, and it has no permanent Bench anywhere else, so a writ petition from any district of Haryana is filed there.
Read the full explanation →From which date has the court been known as the Punjab and Haryana High Court?
- A.15 August 1947
- B.26 January 1950
- C.1 November 1955
- D.1 November 1966
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The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 carved Haryana out of Punjab on 1 November 1966, transferred the hill areas to Himachal Pradesh and made Chandigarh a Union Territory; from that day the High Court of Punjab became the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a common High Court for the two states…
Read the full explanation →After partition, the High Court of East Punjab was established in 1947 at which place?
- A.Lahore
- B.Shimla
- C.Chandigarh
- D.Delhi
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The High Court of Judicature at Lahore went to Pakistan with the partition, and a new High Court for East Punjab was set up at Shimla on 15 August 1947; its first Chief Justice was Sir Eric Weston, and the court functioned from Shimla until the new capital at Chandigarh…
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution allows one High Court to be established for two or more states?
- A.Article 214
- B.Article 226
- C.Article 230
- D.Article 231
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Article 231 says that Parliament may by law establish a common High Court for two or more states, or for two or more states and a Union Territory, and it is the article under which the Punjab and Haryana High Court serves Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.
Read the full explanation →A judge of a High Court holds office until he attains the age of:
- A.60 years
- B.62 years
- C.65 years
- D.70 years
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Article 217 provides that a judge of a High Court shall hold office until he attains the age of sixty-two years, a limit raised from sixty by the 15th Amendment Act, 1963.
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