Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission in Odisha – Another Dead Horse

Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission in Odisha –

 Another  Dead Horse under Nabin Patnaik Govt.

(Exposed under RTI)

·         No permanent Chairman in the Commission.

·         Not a single recruitment process has been  completed  by the Commission from 2012 to 2017.

·         Recruitment of thousands of  employees of Group-B&C  ( District Cadre) is   pending for years together.

·         An amount of Rs. 16 crore has  been spent  for   functioning of Commission  from 2012-13 to 2017-18.  

·         Out of 44 sanctioned post, 25 post still lying vacant- May be a factor for delay in recruitment process.

·         No Permanent Chairman of the Commission  

Dear friends

RTI Application was filed to the PIO, office of Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission, Bhubaneswar seeking information about details of functioning of the Commission. On 9.1.18, the PIO has provided the following information.

Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission was constituted in 2012  to deal with conduct of recruitment examinations for District  Cadre Group-B& C  ( District Cadre) Civil Posts and services  and  to perform all statutory functions, frame policies and undertake all activities  required for  and incidental to successful  conduct of recruitment examinations and selection of manpower  within the basic framework of  the Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection  ( District Cadre) Rules, 2012.  There are twenty  staff  working  in the  Commission. Sri Manmohan Praharaj, IPS ( Retd.)  was appointed  as  Chairman of  the Commission from 1.11.12 to 31.5.14.  After his tenure , No permanent  chairman  has been  appointed  by the Govt.  IAS officers  are  given  ad-hoc charge of  Chairman of the Commission. Presently,  Sri A.K.K. Meena, IAS  is   in charge of Chairman of the Commission.

Status of Recruitment Process in Commission

Name  of Department	Name  of the post	Number of vacancy	Date of receipt of requisition	Advertisement  No. and Date	Status of Recruitment	Remarks
Home	Jail Warder	238	25.2.216	----	----	Pending  for clearance  for abolition of  Viva-vose Test
Agriculture Dept.	V.A.W.	545	2.7.16./5.7.16	No. 449 (c ) /OSSSC dt. 16.11.16 and  No. 561 (c) /OSSSC dt. 20.12.16	----	Process stayed  inO.A.Case ( WP  ( c )  No. -21903/2016 & O.A. No. 11/2017
	H.E.W.	195	15.10.15/ 29.10.15
Director of Soil Conservation	Junior Clercks Special drive for SC and ST	8	29.11.17	-----	----	----
		2		----	-----	---
W&CD	Supervisor	456	9.3.17	No. 550 ( c) /OSSSC dt. 19.12.16  &  No. 691 ( c ) /OSSSC  dt. 17.3.17	Under Process	Evaluation work  in Progress
Finance  ( Commercial Taxes)	Junior Clerck	224	29.5.17	No. 1126 (c ) /OSSSC DT. 28.7.17 & Corrigendum Advt. No. 1175 (c )/OSSSC dt. 30.8.17	-----	----
SS&EPD	Junior Clerck	520	25.4.17		----	----
H&UD ( 3 PH Circle)	Junior Clerck	21	8.6.17		----	---
H&FW Dept.	Junior Clerck	58	14.8.17		----	----
H&FW	Junior Clerck	58	17.11.17
Handloom, Texttiles and Handicraft  Department	Junior Clerck	12	20.11.17	---	-------	---
R & DM Dept.	Junior Clerck Special recruitment drive for SC and ST	73	---	----	---	----
I.G. of Registrar , Cuttack		67	---	---	---	---
R&DM ( 24 Collectors)	Junior Clerck	520	15.7.17	----	----	----
R&DM ( 13 Collectors)	Amin	258	15.7.17	---	---	----
R&DM ( 13 Collectors)	A.R.I.	118	15.7.17	----	----	----
R&DM ( 14 Collectors)	R.I.	144	15.7.17	---	----	----
Excise Dept.	Excise Constable	219	24.8.17	---	----	---
Total	3736

Year-wise allotment for Odisha Sub-Ordinate Staff Selection Commission

2012-13	2,71,72,000.00
2013-14	98,72,000
2014-15	2,57,92,000.00
2015-16	2,49,24,000.00
2016-17	3,54,70,000.00
2017-18	3,44,97,000.00

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-12.1.18