Chandigarh, 16 August: Punjab Government has invited applications from eminent persons of impeccable integrity, high caliber, and administrative experience to fill up five vacancies of Member (Official) and one vacancy of Member (Non-Official) of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson of the government said that government has also constituted a search committee headed by the Chief Secretary, Punjab, which would recommend a panel of names (three times of the posts) to the High Powered Committee comprising the Chief Minister, Punjab, the Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha and the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. This Committee would further recommend the names to His Excellency, the Governor of Punjab for approval.
He said that the applicant while forwarding his/her own or recommending another person’s name with necessary details for the post of Member (Non-Official) should have to clear the pendency of any civil, criminal, administrative or any other proceedings that may have bearing on his/her integrity and character, and for the post of Member (official) in addition to above, he/she should also have/held office for at least 10 years either under the Government of India or under the State Government. The spokesperson further said that the last date for submitting the applications to the office of Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Personnel (PP-3 Branch), Room No.6, 6th floor, Punjab Civil Secretariat-1, Sector-1, Chandigarh till 29th September 2017 by 5.00 pm.
