-PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Last Updated On: 04-01-2018

The powers and duties of its officers and employees.

Manual No. II of the Act

The powers and duties of its officers and employees: The functions and duties of the Union and State Public Service Commissions have been defined under Article 320 of the Constitution of India. The Secretary is the Head of the office and therefore controlling officer as per H.P.F.R.. The Chairman is the Head of the Deptt.. The Organisational Chart of this Commission is as under:

The Commission consists of nine branches : 1. House keeping & Establishment Section 2. Recruitment-I 3. Recruitment-II 4. Service Section 5. Examination-I Section 6. Examination-II Section 7. S.E.T. Section 8. Research Cell 9. Computer Cell. The detail of work allotted to each Section and the detail of officer/ officials posted in each Section is mentioned below:-

Sr. No.	Branch Name	Work Allotted
1	House Keeping & Establishment Section	Establishment, Accounts, Store, Budget, Vehicles, Cash, All kinds of bills and advances, Maintenance of building.
2.	Recruitment-I Section	Health, Education, Forest, Ayurveda, Prosecution, Horticulture, Agriculture, Youth Services and Sports, Law, Planning, Language Art & Culture Departments.
3.	Recruitment-II Section	Technical Education, Public Relation, Industries, P.W.D., I.P.H., Fire Services, Fisheries, MPP& Power, Animal Husbandry, Economics & Statistics, GAD, H.P Secretariat, Home, Town & Country Planning, Housing Board, Food and Supplies, Welfare, Tourism, Tribal Development, Printing & Stationery Departments.
4.	S.E.T. Section	Conduct of Examination of State Eligibility Test for the posts of College Lecturership.
5.	Service Section	Recruitment & Promotion Rules, Amendment to R & P Rules, Relaxation in R&P Rules Promotion Cases, Disciplinary Cases, Different kind of advice sought by the Government from the Commission, DPCs.
6	Examination –I Section	H.A.S. Examination, H.J.S. Examination, U.P.S.C. / S.S.C. Examinations
7	Examination-II Section	Receipt & Issue, Reception Counter, Security, S.A.S. Examination.
8	Research Cell	Preparation of Annual Report, Correspondence with other Commissions, Assembly Business, Information Act etc
9	Computer Cell	Software Development Work, Processing of application of candidates, scanning/ compilation of results, updating of Office Website and Computer networking of office.

Financial powers of the Secretary and Chairman as per H.P.F.R. and different instructions issued by the Govt. from time to time is mentioned below:-

Sr. No.	Nature of power	Authority to whom powers are delegated	Extent of powers delegated
1.	To sanction expenditure payable to Experts/ Examiners/ Invigilation staff on approved rates and other contingent expenditure in connection with examination/ screening test/ interviews of the Commission	Chairman Secretary Dy Secretary	Full powers (subject to budget Provision) Rs.10,000 in each case Rs.5,000 in each case
2.	To sanction expenditure on printing work relating to the conduct of Examinations/ Screening test/ interviews of the Commission	Chairman SecretaryDy Secretary	Full powers Rs.5,000 in each case Rs.2,500 in each case
3.	To approve the printing work of urgent or secret nature done from private presses within or outside H.P.	Chairman	Full powers
4.	To authorise purchase of stationery and other material from local market required in connection with examinations / tests / interviews conducted by H.P. PSC after obtaining NOC from the H.P. Govt. Press.	Chairman Secretary Dy Secretary	Full powers Rs.10,000 in each case Rs.5,000 in each case
5.	To sanction expenditure on refreshment charges in connection with interviews/ meetings of the Commission	Secretary Dy Secretary	Full powers Rs.10,000 in each case
6.	To sanction expenditure on Advertisement of posts/ examination to be conducted by the Commission	Chairman Secretary Dy Secretary	Full powers Rs.10,000 in each case Rs.5,000 in each case