<P> The agency's charter is granted by Part XIV of the Constitution of India, titled as Services Under the Union and the States . The commission is mandated by the Constitution for appointments to the services of the Union and All India Services . It is also required to be consulted by the Government in matters relating to the appointment, transfer, promotion and disciplinary matters . The commission reports directly to the President and can advise the Government through him . Although, such advice is not binding on the Government . Being a constitutional authority, UPSC is amongst the few institutions which function with both autonomy and freedom, along with the country's higher judiciary and lately the Election Commission . </P> <P> The commission is headquartered at Dholpur House, in New Delhi and functions through its own secretariat. Vinay Mittal is its current Chairman of UPSC . </P> <P> Established on 1 October 1926 as Public Service Commission, it was later reconstituted as Federal Public Service Commission by the Government of India Act, 1935; only to be renamed as today's Union Public Service Commission after the independence . </P> <P> The Royal Commission on the superior Civil Services in India was set up under the chairmanship of Lord Lee of Fareham by the British Government in 1923 . With equal numbers of Indian and British members, the commission submitted its report in 1924, recommending setting up of a Public Service Commission . The Lee Commission proposed that 40% of future entrants should be British, 40% Indians directly recruited, and 20% Indians promoted from the provincial services . </P>

When was the public service commission the original version of the u.p.s.c. set up