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Rules. 2 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 20 of 1959.—Article 320 of the Constitution of India, specifies the functions of the Public Service Commission and Article 321 empowers the State Legislature by an enactment to provide for exercise of additional functions by the Public Service Commission as respects the services of the State and also as respects the services of any local authority or other body corporate constituted by law or of any public institution. In order to ensure that proper persons are appointed to the services of local authorities it is considered necessary to entrust the Public Service Commission with the same functions as it exercises as respects the services of the State. It is also considered necessary to entrust the Commission with the function of conducting the departmental examinations which Government servants are required to pass either to secure confirmation or promotion. The procedure to be followed by the Commission in the performance of its functions has also to be regulated by an enactment. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from Notification No. 1014 LC, dated 30.10.1958.) II Amending Act 25 of 1966.—According to section 11 of the Mysore Public Service Commission (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions) Act, 1959, the communications from the Commission have to be signed by the Secretary. In view of the increase of work of the Commission it is considered necessary to empower the Assistant Secretary also to sign communications. It is also considered necessary to have a specific provision for obtaining returns, records and information from the Commission. Hence the Bill. (Published in Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 11th July 1966 as No. 118 at page 4.) III Amending Act 23 of 1973.— Under section 9 of the Act the quorum for a meeting of Public Service Commission is two. This was fixed when there were only three members in the Commission. The number of members has since been raised to seven. In view of this quorum requires to be re-fixed at four. Under section 16 of the Act, the Public Service Commission is required to hold service examinations only for Government servants. Some of the local authorities and statutory bodies have prescribed the same examinations as those prescribed for Government servants for their employees and they have requested that their employees may also be made eligible to appear for the service examinations conducted by the Public Service Commission. It is, therefore, proposed to amend section 16. Hence the Bill. (Published in Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 30th August 1973 as No. 689 at page 3.) 3 IV Amending Act 21 of 1978.—The name of the State was changed from Mysore to Karnataka with effect from 1-11-1973. By the Karnataka Adaptation of Laws Order, 1973, the word “Mysore” occurring in various enactments, rules and notifications, then in force was substituted wherever necessary by the word “Karnataka”. In the Acts specified in Schedule I introduced in the Legislature earlier to 1st November, 1973 but published thereafter the word “Mysore” continue to exist. Therefore it is proposed to make the necessary consequential amendments to the said Acts also. Hence this Bill. (Published in Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 14th July 1978 as No. 1050 at page 5.) V Amending Act 12 of 2016.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Public Service Commission (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions) Act, 1959 to provide for,- (a) to fixation of the quorum for a meeting of the Commission excluding the Chairman; (b) manner of conduct of interview and the procedure to be followed by the commission for recruitment of Gazetted Probationers. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.04 of 2016, File No. Samvyashae 52 Shasana 2015] [entry 41 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] * * * * 4 1[KARNATAKA]1 ACT No. 20 OF 1959. (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Thirty-first Day of December, 1959.) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (CONDUCT OF BUSINESS AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS) ACT, 1959. (Received the assent of the Governor on the Thirty-first Day of December, 1959.) (As amended by Karnataka Acts 25 of 1966, 23 of 1973, 21 of 1978 and 12 of 2016) An Act to prescribe the procedure to be followed by the 1[Karnataka]1 Public Service Commission for the performance of its functions and to provide for the exercise of certain additional functions by the Commission. WHEREAS it is expedient to prescribe the procedure to be followed by the 1[Karnataka]1 Public Service Commission for the performance of its functions and to provide for the exercise of certain additional functions by the Commission; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka]1 State Legislature in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—