Duties and Powers

The Sections 8, 9, and 10 in Chapter III of the UCSB Law deals with the duties and powers of the Board. Followings are these sections mentioned in the said Law;

The duties of the Board are as follows:

(a)       Systematically selecting the civil services personnel contained in section 3;

(b)       Training and nurturing the services personnel effectively;

(c)       Supporting the Union Government for determining the ethics, regulations, procedures, standards relating to the services personnel and enabling to lay down the policy guidelines;

(d)       Conducting research relating to the affairs of services personnel;

(e)       Communicating with the United Nations Agencies, Regional Organizations and International Organizations, with the approval of the Union Government, in respect of the affairs of services personnel;

(f)        Scrutinizing the affairs of services personnel which are enquired by the Services Personnel Organizations and replying in accord with the existing regulations and  procedures;

(g)       Systematically maintaining the records of cases of action taken against services    personnel;

(h)       Scrutinizing and coordinating matters in concern with selecting, nurturing and maintenance of the disciplines of the Union Services Personnel Organizations and Services Personnel Organizations of the Region or State;

(i)        Coordinating and carrying out to form the Civil Services Personnel Organizations for enabling to carry out works administered by the Region or State Government and in the appointment of necessary civil services personnel, in accord with the Union law relating to services personnel or by coordinating with the Union Government in advance;

(j)        Reporting the performance of the Board annually to the President and submitting interim report if necessary;

(k)       Performing duties assigned by the Union Government, from time to time;

The power of the Board relating to the selection for the appointment and promotion of the services personnel are as follows:

(a)       Determining, the rank of services personnel are to be selected by the Board with the approval of the Union Government;

(b)       Determining to select the remaining ranks of the services personnel by the relevant  Services Personnel Organizations in accord with the directives of the Board, other  than the stipulated rank of office to be selected only by the Board;

(c)       Delegating the Union Services Personnel Organizations to select the service personnel for the prescribed rank under sub-section (b) of section 9 of UCSB law  by forming a body by the head of the relevant Services Personnel Organization;

(d)       Causing the head of the Services Personnel Organization of the Region or State to carry out the recruitment and selection processes in line with the directive of the Board in the matters where the services personnel are to be appointed  in sub-section (i) of section 8, subject to the provisions contained in sub-section (h) of section 8 of UCSB law;

(e)       Recommending to the office of the Union Government if it is necessary to appoint any rank of services personnel in any Services Personnel Organization due to any unusual circumstance;

(f)        Scrutinizing, according to the stipulations relating to promotion, the matters of  recommendation by the relevant Services Personnel Organizations in respect of the  promotion to the rank of gazetted officer.

The powers of the Board relating to the effective nurturing of the services personnel are as follows:

(a)       Establishing the institutes and schools of services personnel to enable training and nurturing of the services personnel effectively;

(b)       Holding the training, discussions and seminars;

(c)       Preparing the policies relating to training, submitting them to the Union Government, obtaining its approval and carrying them out;

(d)       Coordination, in accord with the adopted training policies relating to the departmental proficiency training courses opened by the respective Services Personnel   Organizations of the Union for their services personnel.