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 ::(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in, the constitution of the Council; or
 * (b) any defect in the appointment of a person as a Member of the Council; or
 * (c) any procedural irregularity of the Council not affecting the merits of the case.


 * (11) The Goods and Services Tax Council shall establish a mechanism to adjudicate any dispute—
 * (a) between the Government of India and one or more States; or
 * (b) between the Government of India and any State or States on one side and one or more other States on the other side; or
 * (c) between two or more States, arising out of the recommendations of the Council or implementation thereof.]

280. Finance Commission.—(1) The President shall, within two years from the commencement of this Constitution and thereafter at the expiration of every fifth year or at such earlier time as the President considers necessary, by order constitute a Finance Commission which shall consist of a Chairman and four other members to be appointed by the President.


 * (2) Parliament may by law determine the qualifications which shall be requisite for appointment as members of the Commission and the manner in which they shall be selected.


 * (3) It shall be the duty of the Commission to make recommendations to the President as to—
 * (a) the distribution between the Union and the States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to be, or may be, divided between them under this Chapter and the allocation between the States of the respective shares of such proceeds;
 * (b) the principles which should govern the grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States out of the Consolidated Fund of India;


 * [(bb) the measures needed to augment the Consolidated Fund of a State to supplement the resources of the Panchayats in the State on the basis of the recommendations made by the Finance Commission of the State;]


 * [(c) the measures needed to augment the Consolidated Fund of a State to supplement the resources of the Municipalities in the State on the basis of the recommendations made by the Finance Commission of the State;]


 * [(d)] any other matter referred to the Commission by the President in the interests of sound finance.


 * (4) The Commission shall determine their procedure and shall have such powers in the performance of their functions as Parliament may by law confer on them.

281. Recommendations of the Finance Commission.—The President shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission under the provisions of this Constitution together with an explanatory memorandum as to the action taken thereon to be laid before each House of Parliament.

282. Expenditure defrayable by the Union or a State out of its revenues.—The Union or a State may make any grants for any public purpose, notwithstanding that the purpose is not one with respect to which Parliament or the Legislature of the State, as the case may be, may make laws.