West Bengal Staff Selection Commission Act, 2011
No: 17 Dated: Jan, 31 2012
THE WEST BENGAL STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION ACT, 2011
West Bengal Act XVII of 2011
An Act to provide for constitution of the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission for direct recruitment of prescribed categories of posts and services in the State Government establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for constitution of the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission for direct recruitment of prescribed categories of posts and services in the State Government establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission Act, 2011.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "Appointing authority", in relation to a Government servant, means -
(i) the authority empowered to make appointments to the services of which the Government servant is for the time being a member or to the grade of the service in which the Government servant is for the time being included, or
(ii) the authority empowered to make appointments to the post which the Government servant for the time being holds, or
(iii) the authority which appointed the Government servant to such service, grade or post, as the case may be, or
(iv) where the Government servant having been a permanent member of any other service or having substantially held any other permanent post, has been in continuous employment of the Government, the authority which appointed him to such service or to any grade in that service or to that post, whichever authority is the highest authority;
(b) "Commission" means the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission;
(c) "Direct recruitment" means the method of recruitment provided under the rules regulating the recruitment to the post and services under the Government of West Bengal as may be specified, by notification;
(d) "member" means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson;
(e) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the Act;
(g) "regulations" means regulation made under section 14;
(h) "Secretary-cum-Controller of Examinations" means the Secretary-cum-Controller of Examinations of the Commission;
(i) "State Government" means the Government of West Bengal.
3. Constitution of Commission. - (1) The State Government shall, with effect from such date as it may, by notification, appoint, constitute a Commission by the name of the West Bengal Staff Selection Commission.
(2) The West Bengal Staff Selection Commission shall consist of a Chairperson and not more than two members. The Chairperson shall be administrative Head of the Commission and shall have the powers of the Head of the Department.
(3) The place of sitting of the Commission and its jurisdiction shall be such as the State Government may, by notification, specify.
(4) The Commission may have one or more regional offices at such places, which the State Government may, by notification, specify. The functions of the regional offices shall be such as may be specified in the regulations.
(5) The Commission shall function under the administrative control of the State Government in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms.