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]
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.
^ abc"The All India Services Act, 1951 (Act no. 61 of 1951)" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 29 October 1951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ abcChesney, George Tomkyns (2016) [1870]. Indian Polity: A view of system of administration in India (classic reprint). London: Forgotten Books (published 8 December 2017). ISBN 978-1333187644. OCLC 982769345.
^ abcSabharwal, Meghna; Berman, Evan M., eds. (2013). Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan (Public Administration and Public Policy) (1st ed.). Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 978-1439869116. OCLC 1004349979.
^Goel, S.L.; Rajneesh, Shalini (2002). Public Personnel Administration : Theory and Practice. Foreword by Vasundhara Raje. Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. ISBN 978-8176293952. OCLC 51300460.
^ abBaswan, B. S.; Barik, Prof. (Dr.) R. K.; Ali, Dr. Akber; Singh, Pankaj Kumar (2016). "To take a comprehensive look at the requirement of IAS officers over a longer time frame" (PDF). Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. New Delhi: Indian Institute of Public Administration. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^Ghose, Bhaskar (2011). The Service of the State: The IAS Reconsidered. New Delhi: Penguin Group (published 9 June 2011). ISBN 978-0670083817. OCLC 986241038.
^"Discussion in Constituent Assembly on role of Indian Administrative Service". Parliament of India. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^"Sardar Patel's great contribution was the Indian Administrative Service". The Economic Times. New Delhi. 31 October 2018. OCLC 61311680. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^Noorani, A.G. (2 July 2017). "Save the integrity of the civil service". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^"One Who Forged India's Steel Frame". H.N. Bali. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore; Tommaso, de Giulio; Mukherjee, Amitabha (1999). Government Employment and Pay: A Global and Regional Perspective. Washington D. C.: World Bank. p. 23. OCLC 913715804.
^"Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Services under the Union and the States - Article 312(2)" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^"Relevant portions of the constitution relating to the All India Services" (PDF). Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^"The All India Services Act, 1951 (Act no. 61 of 1951)" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 29 October 1951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^"Part XIV of the Constitution of India- Services under the Union and the States - Article 312(2)" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^"The All-India Services Act, 1951 - Act No. 61 of 1951" (PDF). 29 October 1951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2018.
^"The All-India Services (Amendment) Bill, 1962" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2021.
^"Chapter VIII All India Services" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2023.
^ ab"Repealed Acts". India Code. Legislative Department, Government of India. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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Booksedit
Tummala, Krishna Kumar (1996). Public Administration in India. Mumbai: Allied Publishers. ISBN 978-8170235903. OCLC 313439426.
Chesney, George Tomkyns (2016) [1870]. Indian Polity: A view of system of administration in India (classic reprint). London: Forgotten Books (published 8 December 2017). ISBN 978-1333187644. OCLC 982769345.
Sabharwal, Meghna; Berman, Evan M., eds. (2013). Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan (Public Administration and Public Policy) (1st ed.). Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 978-1439869116. OCLC 1004349979.
Goel, S.L.; Rajneesh, Shalini (2002). Public Personnel Administration : Theory and Practice. Foreword by Vasundhara Raje. Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. ISBN 978-8176293952. OCLC 51300460.
Ghose, Bhaskar (2011). The Service of the State: The IAS Reconsidered. New Delhi: Penguin Group (published 9 June 2011). ISBN 978-0670083817. OCLC 986241038.
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Baswan, B. S.; Barik, R. K.; Ali, Dr. Akber; Singh, Pankaj Kumar (2016). "To take a comprehensive look at the requirement of IAS officers over a longer time frame" (PDF). Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. New Delhi: Indian Institute of Public Administration. Retrieved 23 January 2018.