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The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB) is responsible for selecting and recommending candidates for direct recruitment to posts permanent or temporary for which the appointing authority is the Government in the Department of Health & Family Welfare and authority subordinate to the Governor.
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
Department of Health & Family Welfare
Swasthya Bhavan
GA Branch, 5th Floor,
GN-29, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 091.
No. HF/O/GA/2378/2E-04/11 Pt.I Kolkata, the 1st August, 2012.
NOTIFICATION
WHEREAS, the Department of Health & Family Welfare is committed to provide proper delivery of health care services on a 24 x 7 basis to all citizens of the state through the different directorates/ institutions and establishments under its control,
AND WHEREAS, it is observed that the delivery system has not been functioning at the desired level owing to shortage of medical/para medical personnel and other staff belonging to various categories at different levels,
AND WHEREAS, it is found that there always remains a considerable time-gap between the requisition of staff and officers for the department and the receipt of recommendations of selected candidates for filling up the vacant posts from the Public Service Commission, West Bengal,
AND WHEREAS, it is felt that if a Recruitment Board is constituted for direct recruitment to all categories of posts for which the appointing authority is the Government in the Department of Health & Family Welfare, including the authorities subordinate to the Governor excepting those cadre posts of the Secretariat of the Health & Family Welfare Department and the Directorate for which the cadre controlling authorities are the Departments other than the Health & Family Welfare Department, through a statutory body in the name and style “West Bengal Health Recruitment Board”, delinking aforesaid posts from the purview of Public Service Commission, West Bengal by way of making regulations under the proviso to clause (3) of Article 320 of the Constitution of India, the delivery system will run more effectively and smoothly,
Now, therefore, the Governor is pleased to accord sanction to the constitution of “West Bengal Health Recruitment Board” for Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal for the above purposes in the manner as detailed hereinunder:
A) WEST BENGAL HEALTH RECRUITMENT BOARD – COMPOSITION
i) CHAIRMAN – A government servant with the grade pay not less than the grade pay of an officer in the rank of a Special Secretary, serving or retired (age limit 62 years) with expertise in Administration/ Finance/Public Health/Medicine/Law and Labour Department The Chairman will act as the Chief Executive Officer of the Board.
ii) PERMANENT MEMBERS – There shall be three members – (i) The first member must be a serving or retired officer with grade pay not less than the grade pay paid to the officer in the rank of Joint Secretary, (ii) The Second Member who should be a serving/retired officer with grade pay not less than the grade pay paid to the Officer in the rank of Joint Secretary, (iii) Third member may be nominated by the government in accordance with prescribed guidelines. They will be required to have expertise similar to that of the Chairman.
iii) In addition to above three Members, the Board may co-opt additional member not below the rank of Joint Secretary nominated by the departments of Backward Classes Welfare, Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education, Women & Child Development and Social Welfare of Government of West Bengal, as may be required.
B) Staff and Officers of the Board-
The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board shall have the following staff, viz –
i) Secretary – There shall be one post of Secretary of the Board to be filled up from the officers of the WBCS (Executive) in the rank of Deputy Secretary (having at least 20 yea;s of service in the Pay Band-48 with Grade Pay of Rs. 7,600/-) or above.
ii) Deputy Secretary – There shall be two Deputy Secretaries to be filled up from the State Government officers with two years’ service in the Pay Band-4A with Grade Pay of Rs. 6,600/- or above.
iii) Law Officer (One) – From the West Bengal Legal Service
iv) Accounts Officer (One) – From the West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service
v) Manager Database (One) – In the Pay Band- 4 with Grade Pay of Rs. 4,400/-
| vi) Head Clerk – 1 (One) | In usual pay scales |
| vii) Upper Division Assistant/Accountant – 5 (Five) | “ |
| viii) Lower Division Assistant – 4 (Four) | “ |
| ix) Stenographer – 2 (Two) | “ |
| x) Data Entry Operator – 2 (Two) | “ |
| xi) Record Keeper – 2 (Two) | “ |
| xii) Group-D – 7 (Seven) | “ |
2. All the officers and staff as mentioned above will be provided by the state government and their pay, service conditions, etc. will be guided by state government rules, orders, etc.
C) DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS :
D. This department resolution bearing No. HF/0/GA/298/2E-04/11 Pt.-I dtd. 03-02-12 is hereby stands cancelled.
By order of the Governor,
Sd/- SANJAY MITRA
Principal Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal
Health & Family Welfare Department.