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Article 319

Part XIV — Services under the Union and the States · Constitution of India

Article 319

Prohibition as to the holding of offices by members of Commission on ceasing to be such members. On ceasing to hold office— (a) the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission shall be ineligible for further employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State; (b) the Chairman of a State Public Service Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman or any other member of the Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of any other State Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State; (c) a member other than the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of a State Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State; (d) a member other than the Chairman of a State Public Service Commission shall be eligible for appointment as the Chairman or any other member of the Union Public Service Commission or as the Chairman of that or any other State Public Service Commission, but not for any other employment either under the Government of India or under the Government of a State.

In plain wordsOnce the UPSC chairman leaves office, they are barred from any further government employment, and other commission chairmen and members face similar limits with narrow exceptions like moving up to the UPSC. This stops them from favouring the government in hope of a future post.
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