-  bill no z5 of 1985 the high court judges (conditions of service) amendment bill, 1965a bill further to amend the high court judges (conditions of service) actj 1954 be it enacted by parliament in the sixteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the high court judges (conditions short  title and of sei'vlce) amendment act, 1965 commence-(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government  sment may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 2 in section 20 of the high court judges (conditions of service) amend-act, 1954, far the first proviso, the following proviso shall 'be su'bsti- ment of ~"ted, nam~ly: _ section 20 "provided that-------(i) a judge, who is a member of the indian civil service «)r who has held any other pensionable civil post under the unign, shall, and (ii) a judge, who has held any pensionable civil post under a state, may, continue to subscribe to the provident fund to which he was subscribing before his appointment as a judge:" --- statement of objects and reasons __section 2g of the high court judg~s (conditions of service) act, 1954 provides that every judge shall be entitled to subscribe to the general provident fund (central services) the first proviso to that section makes it obligatory on the part of a judge, who is a member of the indian civil service or has held any other pensionable civil post under the union or a state, to continue to subscribe to the provident fund to which he was subscribing before his appointment as a judge the rate of interest for the state provident fund is, in some cases, lower than that for the general provident fund (central services) this places the judges who have held any pensionable civil post under a state in a disadvantageous position since they would get less by way of interest by subscribing to the state provident fund in order to remove this hardship, it is ilropost'tl to amend the first proviso to section 20 of the act so as to enable such judges to subscrlb~ at their option to the general provi-jt;:nt fund (central services) instead of to the state provident fund l!!xisting provision in so far as it rdates to a judge who is a member of the indian civil service oj' a judge who has held any other pensionable civil post under the union is not intended to be altered the bill seeks to achieve the above object -f new delhi; jaisukhlal hathi the 30th march, 1965  financial memorandumthe bill seeks to amend the first proviso to section 20 of the high court judges (conditions of service) act, 1954, so as to enable judges who have held pensionable civil post under a state to subscribe, at their option, to the general provident fund (central services) instead of to the state provident fund under the existing provision they have to continue to subscribe to the state provident fund the judges who prefer to subscribe to the general·provident fund would be entitled to interest on their deposits in the general provident fund (central services)~ at the rate prescribed by the central government from time to ~ime it is not, however, possible to make an estimate of the amount of interest payable on such deposits  annex'u'rle extract nom ~ high c~urt judges (condmons 01' sama) act, 19m(28 or l~) - - - - zoo every judge shall be entitled to subscribe to the general pro- provident vident fund (central services): pund provided that a judge who is a member of the indian civil service or has held any other pensionable civil post under the union or a state shall continue to subscribe to the provident fund to which he was subscribing before his appointment as a judge: provided further 'that a judge who was appointed before the commencement of this act may continue to subscribe to the provident fund to which he was subscribing immediately before iuch commencement - - - - a "0\ bnl furthe to amend the high court judges (conditions of service) act, 1954· ; •• $ b « (shrijai sukh la1 hatm, minister of state in tm ministry of homs affairs) 