Composition of Public Service Commission in Three Developing Countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India & Pakistan

Abstract

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is a government organization that is constitute for  regulate the employment and working condition of civil servants, oversee hiring and promotion, and promote the values of the public service but the formation and functional structure of public service vary from country to country. In countries with British Heritage, there is usually an independent public service commission (PSC), its functions generally limited to appointment by direct recruitment and promotion, conduct of recruitment and departmental examinations, and disciplinary matters, while other personnel functions are performed by other agencies within the government. Bangladesh, Pakistan and India with same British Heritage, a wide range of dissimilarities were prevailing in functional and formational structure of the Public Service Commission in these countries. The degree to which the country will have a professional, honest, neutral and fair public service rests on the integrity, effectiveness and credibility of the PSC. Appointment & tenure of Chairman and Members in PSC, Appointing authority, Provision of Re-employment and Oath for Chairperson and Members, Salary and Benefits of Chairmen and Members of the Commission are among the most frequently raised dissimilarities about these countries PSC. However, no major initiative has yet been taken to diagnose similarities and dissimilarities prevailing among these countries Public Service Commission. The main objective of this study is to find out the structural & functional dissimilarities of Public Service Commission in these countries and to recommend measures so that good practices adopted by the commissions of the Indian sub-continent countries might be shared for benefit of other Commissions.

Keywords: Public, legislature, employment, recruitment, promotion, structure etc.