REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72
THE GAZETTE of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 218] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1975/KARTIKA 14, 1897
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CABINET SECRETARIAT
(Department of Personnel and Admn. Reforms)
RESOLUTION New Delhi, the 4th November 1975
No. 46/1(S)/74-Ests. B.—On a careful consideration of the recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commission in its Report on Personnel Administration, the Government of India have decided to set up a "Subordinate Services Commission".
2. Constitution of the Subordinate Services Commission.—The Commission will be an attached office of the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Cabinet Secretariat) and will comprise of a Chairman, a Member and a Secretary- cum-Controller of Examinations to be appointed on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time. The Commission will be provided such supporting staff as may be considered necessary by Government. 3 Functions.—The Subordinate Services Commission will make recruitment to non-technical Class III posts in the Departments of the Government of India and In the subordinate offices except those posts for which recruitment is made by the Railway Service Commissions, Staff in the offices of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Accountants General and industrial establishments. The Com- mission will among other things conduct examinations whenever required for re- cruitment to the posts within their purview and for ensuring that as far as possi- ble the actual recruitment is made on a zonal basis so as to enable candidates from
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1442 TH£ GAZETTE OP INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—^EC. \\different regions to be absorbed in the vacancies arising within the respective regions the examinations would be held as far as possible on different centres and successful candidates posted, to the extent possible, to their home States/Regions.
The Commission will, in particular— (1) conduct the Clerks Grade competitive examinations for recruitment of lower division clerks In respect of the following:—
(i) Indian Foreign Service (B) Grade IV; (ii) Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service Grade II;
(lii) Central Secretariat Clerical Service-Lower Division Grade;
(lv) Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service Lower Division Grade; (v) Posts of Lower Division Clerks in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs, Delhi;
(vi) Posts of Lower Division Clerks in the Directorate General, Research Designs and Standards Organisation, Lucknow;
(vii) Posts of Lower Division Clerks in other Departments and Attached Offices of the Government of India not participating in the I.F.S.(B)/ Railway Board Secretariat Clerical Service/Central Secretariat Cleri- cal Service/ Armed Forces Headquarters Clerical Service.
(2) hold competitive examination for recruitment to Grade III of the Central Secretariat Stenographers Service.
(3) hold Departmental Examination for;
(i) Promotion from Class IV to Class III of the Central Secretariat Clerks Grade;
(ii) Promotion from LDCs Grade to UDCs Grade of the C.S.C.S. for the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India;
(Ui) Promotion from Grade III to Grade II of the Central Secretariat Steno.
graphers Service.
(4) conduct Quarterly and Monthly Typewriting Ttest in English and Hindi. (5) prepare schemes for recruitment to Class III non-technical posts in the Subordinate Offices of the Government of India in consultation with the Depart- ments concerned.
(6) Conduct examinations for recruitment to non-technical Class III posts in the subordinate services in the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and their Attached and Subordinate Offices as may be specified by the Government from time to time.
The term 'Subordinate Services' will include all Class III posts sanctioned In the Ministries/Departments, their Attached and Subordinate Offices in the Govern- ment of India, recruitment to which is to be made through the Subordinate Services Commission, but will not include posts recruitment to which is made by the Rail- way Service Commissions, the C.A.G. and the offices of the Accountants General.
However, in order to facilitate the smooth take over of work relating to recruit- ment by the Subordinate Services Commission, in the first phase the Commission will take over the existing functions of the Examination Wing of the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management. In the second phase, the Commission will take over recruitment to Class III non-technical posts in subordinate offices and Departments located in Delhi, excluding posts recruitment to which Is made by the .Railway Service Commissions, staff in the offices of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Accountants General and industrial establishments, in consultation with ithe Ministries/Departments concerned. In subsequent phases, the Commis- sion will take over recruitment to Class III non-technical posts In the subordinate and other offices located outside Delhi, in consultation with the Ministries/Depart- ments concerned, but excluding posts recruitment to which is made by the Railway Service Commissions, staff in the offices of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Accountants General and industrial establishments.
4. Dtttleg and Responsibilities of the Chairman and Member: Chairman.—The Chairman, as administrative head of the S.S.C. will be responsi- ble for;
(1) Ascertaining from the Departments the number of non-technical Class III
posts for which recruitment is to be made from time to time.
(2) Inviting applications by means of advertisements.
[PARTI-$EC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1444(3) -Scruitinising applications received In response to advertisements. (4) Selection of candidates either by competitive examinations or interviews
of the candidates.
(5) Submission to the Departments concerned the names of selected candi-
dates,
(6) Taking steps to ensure that In making recommendations the Depart- ments will be able to discharge their obligations in respect "ff the re- cruitment of members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
(7) Maintaining records of appointments made by the S.S.C. (8) Submitting an annual report of the activities of the S.S.C. to the Depart-
ment of Personnel and A.R.
(0) Any other duty entrusted by the Department of Personnel and Adminis-
trative Reforms later on.
Member;
(1) Assisting the Chairman in conducting examinations and interviews of candidates where necessary.
(2) Any other duty to be assigned by the Chairman.
5. Delegation of Powers.—The Chairman of the Subordinate Services Commia* sion will exercise the Administrative and financial powers of the "Head of Depart" ment" and Secretary that of "Head of Office".
6. Location ot Office.—The head quarters of the Subordinate Services Commis- sion will be at Delhi. Regional offices of the Commission may also be opened later at places like Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Allahabad as and when the necessity for opening such Offices arises.
7. The expenditure in the setting up of the Commission and working of the1 Commission will be met entirely by the Government of India. The Commission Is, however, entitled to raise funds for purposes of conduct of the Examinations by levying fees for various examinations conducted by the Commission. The detaifi regarding such fees will be fixed by the Commission In consultation with the Gov- ernment of India.
Ordered that a copy of this resolution be communicated to all State Govern- ments, all Ministries of the Government of India, etc. and also that the resolution be published in the Gazette of India.
P. S. MAHADEVAN, Jt. Secy.
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