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
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—-
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
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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
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—-
—-
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  
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SS&EPD
Junior Clerck
520
25.4.17
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—-
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
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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
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—-
—-
R&DM ( 13 Collectors)
Amin
258
15.7.17
—-
R&DM ( 13 Collectors)
A.R.I.
118
15.7.17
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—-
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R&DM ( 14 Collectors)
R.I.
144
15.7.17
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—-
Excise Dept.
Excise Constable
219
24.8.17
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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