Additional Posts of Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary under WBSS
Governor has been pleased to create additional posts of 20 (twenty) in the rank of Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary under West Bengal Secretariat Service (WBSS).
PAR Department is mainly engaged in controlling the cadre borne in IAS, WBCS (Executive), West Bengal Secretariat Service, West General Service, West Bengal Assistants & Typists.
Governor has been pleased to create additional posts of 20 (twenty) in the rank of Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary under West Bengal Secretariat Service (WBSS).
A number of proposals for awarding different service benefits to the employees of the Government of West Bengal and reorganizing the cadre of different Services of Government of West Bengal through creation of some posts were under consideration of the Government for sometime past.
Introduction of mandatory Annual Health Checkup for the WBCS (Exe) officers of the age of 40 years or above in line with the provisions made in this regard for AIS & Central Civil Service Officers.
DAR and PG started coordinating with different Ministries and Departments of the Government and trying to eliminate the causes of public grievances.
Revision of rates of Administrative Allowance/ Special Allowance for the field level WBCS(Exe) officers e.g. Sub-Divisional Officer, Additional District Magistrate & District Magistrate has been under consideration of the Government for sometime past.
The West Bengal Group – D Recruitment Board shall be responsible for selecting and recommending candidates for direct recruitment to group D posts via a transparent mechanism.
W.B.C.S. (Exe) officers on movement to prerevised scale No. 17 shall be designated as Deputy Secretary while posted in the Secretariat Deptt. or Ex-Officio Deputy Secretary when posted outside the State Secretariat.
The Preliminary Examination will consist of only one paper, viz., a paper on “General Studies”. The paper will be of objective type consisting of 200 multiple-choice questions.
Administrative Calendar, 2025-26, is being published. Now in its 12th year, the Calendar continues to serve as, a comprehensive outline of the wide range of works undertaken by the various Departments throughout the year.
West Bengal Staff Selection Commission (Method of Recruitment and the Terms and Conditions of the Chairperson and other members) Rules, 2012.