The Charter Act, 1853 provided that the salary of the members of Board of Control, its Secretary and other Officers would be fixed by the British Government but the payments would be made out of the Company’s funds. The number of the Directors of the Court of Directors was reduced from 24 to 18 of whom 6 were to be nominated by the Crown, The Court of Directors was divested of its right to patronage and Company’s services were thrown open to competition and no discrimination of any kind was to be made, A Committee with Macaulay was formed in the following year (1854) to give effect to the scheme of appointment in Civil Services through competition.....Read more