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The main responsibility of the Staff Selection
Commission is to make recruitment to Group C (non-technical) &
Group B (non-gazetted- both technical & non-technical) posts
in departments of Government of India, its attached & subordinate
offices except those for which recruitment is made by the Railway
Recruitment Boards & Industrial Establishments.
The Staff Selection Commission is also assigned
the task of conducting Departmental Examinations for
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Promotion from Group D to LDC Grade, |
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Promotion from LDC to UDC Grade and |
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Promotion from Stenographers Grade D to Stenographers
Grade C besides holding Periodical Typewriting Tests in English
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The Staff Selection Commission has a nationwide
network of 9 Regional/Sub-regional Offices located at Allahabad,
Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi &
Sub-regional offices located at Chandigarh & Raipur.
Main responsibilities of Staff Selection Commission's
Regional/Sub-regional Offices include, inter alia, implementing
the policies & programmes of the Commission, supervising &
overseeing its field operations, liaisoning & establishing
rapport with State Governments & their Departments, making
arrangements for impartial & smooth conduct of examinations,
assisting Interview Boards & servicing the Examination Centres
within their area of jurisdiction.
During 2005-2006, the Commission conducted
8 all-India open examinations & 3 Departmental Examinations.
During 2005-2006, 15.7 lakhs candidates applied
for the 8 all-India Open Examinations, 22968 applied for Selection
Posts & 3275 applied for Departmental Examinations, conducted
by the SSC. The Commission organized its major examinations through
a network of 90 Examination Centres at 766 venues.
During 2005-2006, the Commission nominated
3374 candidates for appointment to various posts through all-India
open examinations, & 133 candidates were nominated against
selection posts.
Organizational Structure
The SSC is headed by a Chairman with 2 Members
& a Secretary-cum-Controller of Examinations.
Regional Network
The SSC has nine Regional/Sub-Regional Offices
in different parts of the country. These Regional/Sub-Regional
Offices are responsible for receipt & processing of applications
for various examinations, issue of admit cards to the candidates,
conducting the Interviews/PETs (wherever required) either at the
Regional Headquarters or other major cities within the regions.
The jurisdiction of the various Regional/Sub-Regional
Offices is as under:
| S.No. |
Region |
Location |
Jurisdiction |
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Central Region |
Allahabad |
UP, Bihar |
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Eastern Region |
Kolkata |
West Bengal, Orissa, Sikkim, Andaman &
Nicobar Islands & Jharkhand |
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Northern Region |
New Delhi |
Delhi, Rajasthan & Uttaranchal |
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Western Region |
Mumbai |
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar
Haveli, Daman & Diu |
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Southern Region |
Chennai |
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry |
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Kerala-Karnataka Region |
Bangalore |
Karnataka, Kerala & Lakshadweep |
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North-Eastern Region |
Guwahati |
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura |
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Madhya Pradesh Sub-Region |
Raipur |
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh |
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North-Western Sub-Region |
Chandigarh |
J & K, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab
& Chandigarh |
Examination
Centres for Central Region (varying
from exam to exam)
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Pradesh |
Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi,
Agra, Meerut, Bareilly |
| Bihar |
Patna, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur
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