Indian legislation
The All India Services Act, 1951
An Act to regulate the recruitment, and the conditions of service of persons appointed, to the All-India Services common to the Union and the States.
Citation
No. 61 of 1951 Territorial extent Whole of
India Enacted by
Parliament of India Assented to 29 October 1951 (by the
President of India , Dr.
Rajendra Prasad ) Commenced 29 October 1951
Effective 29 October 1951
The All India Services (Amendment) Act, 1958 (Act
no. 25 of 1963)
The All India Services (Amendment) Act, 1963 (Act no. 25 of 1963)
The All India Services (Amendment) Act, 1975 (Act no. 19 of 1975)
The All India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act, 1975 (Act no. 25 of 1975)
Creates
All India Services , namely, the
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the
Indian Police Service (IPS), as per the articles 312, 313, and 314 of the
Constitution of India . Status: In force
The All India Services Act, 1951 (
IAST : Akhila Bhāratīya Sevāem Adhiniyama, 1951 ) is an Indian legislation. The Act established two
All India Services and provides for the creation of three more.
[1]
During the occupation of India by the
East India Company , the civil services were divided into three — covenanted, uncovenanted and special civil services. The covenanted civil service, or the Honourable East India Company's Civil Service (HEICCS), as it was called, largely consisted of British civil servants occupying the senior posts in the government.
[2]
[3] The uncovenanted civil service was solely introduced to facilitate the entry of Indians into the lower rung of the administration.
[2]
[3]
[4] The special service consisted of specialised departments, such as the Indian Forest Service,
Indian Police and
Indian Political Service , whose ranks were drawn from either the covenanted civil services or the
British Indian Army . The Indian Police ranked many British Indian Army officers among its members, although after 1893, an annual exam was used to select its officers.
[3]
[4] In 1858, the HEICCS was replaced by the
Indian Civil Service (ICS),
[2]
[3] which became the highest
civil service in
British-ruled India between 1858 and 1947. The last British appointments to the ICS were made in 1942.
[3]
[4]
With the passing of the
Government of India Act, 1919 , the Imperial Services — under the oversight of the
Secretary of State for India — were split into two arms, the
All India Services and the
Central Services .
[5] The Imperial Civil Service was one of the ten All India Services.
In 1946, at the Premier's Conference, the then-Central Cabinet decided to form the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), based on the
Imperial Civil Service (ICS);
[6]
[7] and the
Indian Police Service (IPS), based on the
Imperial Police (IP).
[6]
There is no alternative to this administrative system... If you do not adopt this course, then do not follow the present Constitution. Substitute something else... these people are the instrument. Remove them and I see nothing but a picture of chaos all over the country.
When India was
partitioned following the departure of the British in 1947, the
Imperial Civil Service was divided between the new
dominions of
India and
Pakistan . The Indian remnant of the ICS was named the
Indian Administrative Service ,
[13] while the
Pakistan remnant was named the
Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS). The modern
Indian Administrative Service and
Indian Police Service were created under the Article 312(2) in
part XIV of the
Constitution of India ,
[14]
[15] and the All India Services Act, 1951 .
[16]
The Act creates two All India Services as per the article 312(2) in
part XIV of the
Constitution of India , namely, the
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the
Indian Police Service (IPS).
[1]
[17]
The act — subject to a two-thirds majority (
supermajority ) in the
Rajya Sabha — also provides for the creation of three more
All India Services , namely, the
Indian Engineering Service , the
Indian Forest Service , and
Indian Medical and Health Service .
[18]
[19]
[20]
[1] Of these, only the
Indian Forest Service was created under the All India Services Act, 1951 in 1966.
[21]
The All India Services Act, 1951 has been amended four times.
Amendments to the All India Services Act, 1951
[22]
No.
Short title
Citation
Status
1
The All India Services (Amendment) Act, 1958
Act
no. 25 of 1963
In force
2
The All India Services (Amendment) Act, 1963
Act no. 25 of 1963
In force
3
The All India Services (Amendment) Act, 1975
Act no. 19 of 1975
Repealed
[23]
4.
The All India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act, 1975
Act no. 25 of 1975
Repealed
[23]
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