posts under the Union. As recommended at paragraph 17.5 of this Report, the proposed law has the following salient features :
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V. Fixation of Tenure. All senior psots should have a specified tenure. The task of fixing tenures for various posts may also be assigned to this independent agency - Central Civil Services Authority". [.....]
IX. Functions of the Central Civil Services Authority. The Central Authority shall discharge the following functions : [.....]
vi. Fix the tenure for posts at the 'Senior Management Level' in Government of India. 2.4.2.4 For appointments to the posts of the Chief Secretary and the Principal Conservator of Forest, the Commission communicated the following interim suggestions to the Government in December 2007:-
i) There should be a collegiums to recommend a panel of names to the Chief Minister/ Cabinet for these two posts. For the post of Chief Secretary, this collegiums may consist of a) a Minister nominated by the Chief Minister, b) the Leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly and
