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For the first two years after the Constitution's commencement, Anglo-Indian appointments to Union railway/customs/postal/telegraph services continued on the pre-independence basis, reducing by 10% every subsequent two years, ceasing entirely after 10 years - though Anglo-Indians could still be appointed to other posts (or additional ones) purely on merit.
This was a temporary, phased-out transitional protection for Anglo-Indian employment in certain government services that had historically employed many Anglo-Indians during the colonial era, giving the community a gradual (not abrupt) adjustment period rather than an immediate cutoff at independence - this provision's practical effect fully expired decades ago (10 years after 1950).
This is now a purely historical provision, reflecting a specific post-independence transitional arrangement for a community that had a distinctive historical employment pattern in certain colonial-era government services.