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THE CONSTITUION (TWENTY-EIGHTH AMENDMENT)

ACT, 1972

[27th August, 1972

Act further to. amend the Constitution of India.

it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:―

1. (1) This Act may be called the Constitution (Twenty-eigth Amendment) Act, 1972.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint

2. After article 312 of the Constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:―

"312A. (1) Parliament may by law―

(a)vary or revoke, whether prospectively or retrospectively, of service, the conditions of service as respects remuneration, leave and and pension and the rights as respects disciplinary matters of persons service who, having been appointed by the Secretary of State or Secretary of State in Council to a civil service of the Crown in India before the commencement of this Constitution, continue on and after the commencement of the Constitution (Twenty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1972, to serve under the Government of India or of a State in any service or post;

29-8-1972;