www.lawcommission.gov.np Part-23 Public Service Commission 242. Public Service Commission (1) There shall be a Public Service Commission of Nepal, consisting of the Chairperson and four other Members. (2) The President shall, on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council, appoint the Chairperson and Members. (3) At least fifty percent of the total number of Members of the Public Service Commission shall be appointed from amongst the persons who have worked for twenty years or more in any government service, and the rest of the Members shall be appointed from amongst the persons who hold reputation after having conducted research, studies, teaching or any other significant work in the field of science, technology, art, literature, law, public administration, sociology or other sphere of national life. (4) The term of office of the Chairperson and Members of the Public Service Commission shall be six years from the date of appointment. (5) The Chairperson and Members appointed pursuant to clause (2) shall not be eligible for reappointment. Provided that a Member may be appointed to the office of Chairperson, and when a Member is so appointed as the Chairperson, his or her term of office shall be so computed as to include his or her term as the Member. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (4), the office of the Chairperson or a Member of the Public Service Commission shall fall vacant in any of the following circumstances: (a) In case he or she tenders resignation in writing to the President; (b) In case he or she attains the age of sixty-five years; (c) In case a motion of impeachment is adopted against him or her pursuant to Article 101; (d) In case he or she is removed from the office by the President on recommendation of the Constitutional Council on grounds of his or 128