(1) The staff of the Commission shall consist of—
(a) a Secretary, who shall be appointed by the State Government, and
(b) such other officers and employees as the State Government may appoint or depute from time to time from existing Municipal Service Commission established under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, and the West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006 against the posts sanctioned by the State Government.
(2) The qualification for appointment and other terms and conditions of the service of the Secretary of the Commission shall be such as may be prescribed by the State Government.
(3) The State Government may by rules provide for—
(a) the terms and conditions of service of the Chairman and other Members of the West Bengal Municipal Service Commission;
(b) the manner in which the West Bengal Municipal Service Commission shall perform the duties imposed upon it by or under this Act;
(c) the number of officers and other employees of the West Bengal Municipal Service Commission and their salaries and allowances, excluding the officers and staff mentioned in clause (b) of sub-section (1);
(d) the terms and conditions of service including discipline, and control and conduct of officers and other employees of the West Bengal Municipal Service Commission.
i West Ben. Act LIX of 1980.
West Ben. Act XXXIX of 2006.
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PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 5 The West Bengal Municipal Service Commission Act, 2018.
(Sections 7-9.)
Function of Commission. 7. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force and subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), it shall be the duty of the Commission to select persons for direct recruitment to such categories of posts and services in the establishments of Urban Local Bodies (Municipal Corporations, Municipalities, Notified Area Authorities, Industrial Township Authorities) and also establishment of different Organizations under Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department, as may be prescribed.
Manner of selection of persons and procedure for conduct of business of Commission and certain special provisions of intimation of vacancies to Commission and advertisement.
Effect of recommendation of Commission.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Commission to perform such other functions as the State Government may, by notification, specify and also advice the State Government on such matter as may be referred to it.
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to direct recruitment to the posts or services which are—
(a) required to be made through the Public Service Commission, West Bengal;
(b) filled up from the candidates belonging to the exempted categories which has been declared or is declared by the State Government by notification issued in exercise of the power conferred by section 3 of the West Bengal Regulation of Recruitment in State Government Establishments and Establishments of Public Undertaking, Statutory Bodies, Government Companies and Local Authorities Act, 1999;
(c) excluded from the purview of this Act by the State Government by notification.