First Meeting of the National Development Council Summary Record New Delhi, November, 1952

Abstract

The Chief Minister, U.P., raised the question of recruitment of members of Public Service Commission. He felt that the conditions prescribed for appointment of the members of Public Service Commissions restricted the field of choice. The PRIME MINISTER observed that difficulties arose perhaps on account of the appointment of wrong persons. Apart from this, the real difficulty was that the scope of Public Service Commission activities had expanded greatly. Formerly they had to select mainly personnel for administrative services. At present they were required to select persons for so many specialised posts. . Members of Public Service Commissions frequently did not have the necessary background for selecting personnel for such jobs with the result that old tests were applied upon for making selections for specialised services.