1.THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE (CADRE) RULES, 1954 — All-India Services Act, 1951

1.THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE (CADRE) RULES, 1954 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section 1 of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (LXI of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules namely:- Short title: -These rules may be called the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954. Definitions: -In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires - (a) ‘Cadre officer’ means a member of the Indian Administrative Service; (b) 'Cadre post' means any of the post specified under item I of each cadre in schedule to the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Regulations, 1955. (c) 'State' means †[a State specified in the First Schedule to the constitution and includes a Union Territory.] ‡ (d) 'State Government concerned', in relation to a Joint cadre, means the Joint Cadre Authority. Constitution of Cadres -3(1) There shall be constituted for each State or group of States an Indian Administrative Service Cadre. 3(2) The Cadre so constituted for a State or a group of States is hereinafter referred to as a 'State Cadre' or, as the case may be, a 'Joint Cadre'. Strength of Cadres4(1) The strength and composition of each of the cadres constituted under rule 3 shall be determined by regulations made by the Central Government in consultation with the State Governments in this behalf and until such regulations are made, shall be as in force immediately before the commencement of these rules. 4(2) The Central Government shall, 4 [ordinarily] at the interval of every 4 [five] years, re -examine the strength and composition of each such cadre in consultation with the State Government or the State Governments concerned and may make such alterations th