The All India Services Act, 1951 (IAST: Akhila Bhāratīya Sevāem Adhiniyama, 1951) is an Indian legislation.

[2][3] The uncovenanted civil service was solely introduced to facilitate the entry of Indians into the lower rung of the administration.

In 1946, at the Premier's Conference, the then-Central Cabinet decided to form the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), based on the Imperial Civil Service (ICS);[6][7] and the Indian Police Service (IPS), based on the Imperial Police (IP).

Remove them and I see nothing but a picture of chaos all over the country.When India was partitioned following the departure of the British in 1947, the Imperial Civil Service was divided between the new dominions of India and Pakistan.

The Indian remnant of the ICS was named the Indian Administrative Service,[13] while the Pakistan remnant was named the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS).