Public Service, UPPSC, Audit, Advocate General and High Court · UPPCS (Uttar Pradesh)

What the official syllabus says

Main Examination, General Studies V:
Public Service, Public Service Commission, Auditing, Advocate General, High Court and its jurisdiction in UP.

State services: the UP Civil Services (executive branch, the PCS), the Provincial Police Service, the judicial service and technical services
All India Services officers of the UP cadre (IAS, IPS, IFS) and their relation with state services
Constitutional basis: Article 309 (service rules), Article 310 (doctrine of pleasure), Article 311 (safeguards against dismissal)
Conduct and discipline: the UP Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1956 and the discipline and appeal rules
Reservation in state services under the UP Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994, and the reservation for economically weaker sections
Training: the UP Academy of Administration and Management, Lucknow
Issues: vacancies, transfers and postings, delays in promotions, paper leaks in recruitment exams, capacity building

Set up on 1 April 1937 at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) under the Government of India Act, 1935
Constitutional provisions: Articles 315 to 323; members appointed by the Governor (Article 316); removal by the President after a Supreme Court inquiry (Article 317)
Term: six years or until the age of 62; functions under Article 320: recruitment, advice on methods, promotions and discipline
Annual report to the Governor, laid before the legislature (Article 323)
Examinations: the PCS, the judicial service and many departmental recruitments; most Group C posts are filled by the UP Subordinate Services Selection Commission
Issues: fairness and secrecy of examinations, timelines, litigation, use of technology

Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Articles 148 to 151); audit reports on the state laid before the state legislature (Article 151(2))
The Accountant General's offices for UP: accounts and entitlement, and audit
Kinds of audit: financial, compliance and performance audit
Public Accounts Committee of the legislature and its follow-up of audit findings
Audit of local bodies; social audit of schemes such as MGNREGA
Common audit findings in states: idle funds, irregular spending, delays in utilisation certificates (as types of issues, not specific reports)

Article 165: appointed by the Governor, qualified to be a High Court judge, holds office during the Governor's pleasure
Chief law officer of the state; advises the government and appears for it
Right to speak in the Houses of the legislature without a vote (Article 177)
Supported by Additional Advocates General and the Chief Standing Counsel

History: set up at Agra in 1866 as the High Court for the North-Western Provinces, moved to Allahabad in 1869, renamed the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in 1919
The Chief Court of Avadh at Lucknow merged with it in 1948 and became the Lucknow Bench
One of the largest High Courts in India by sanctioned number of judges
Appointment of judges (Article 217), transfer (Article 222), court of record and contempt powers (Article 215)
Writ jurisdiction (Article 226), superintendence over subordinate courts (Article 227), transfer of cases (Article 228)
Appellate jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters; jurisdiction over election petitions
Control over subordinate courts (Articles 233 to 237): district judges, civil judges, chief judicial magistrates
Other courts and forums: family courts, commercial courts, Gram Nyayalayas, Lok Adalats and the State Legal Services Authority
Issues: pendency of cases, judicial vacancies, infrastructure, e-courts and virtual hearings

Constitutional posts, the judiciary and the role of civil services: General Studies II.
Ethics and values in public service: General Studies IV.