Goa Staff Selection Commission Act, 2019

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    "title": "Goa Staff Selection Commission Act, 2019",
    "short_title": "Goa Staff Selection Commission Act, 2019",
    "act_number": "(Goa Act No. 11 of 2019)",
    "act_year": 2019,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Goa Staff Selection Commission Act, 2019",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Commission\" means the Goa Staff Selection Commission constituted under section 3;\n(b) \"Chairperson\" means the Chairperson of the Commission;\n(c) \"direct recruitment\" means the method of recruitment as provided under the rules regulating the recruitment to the sub-ordinate services/posts;\n(d) \"Governor\" means the Governor of the State of Goa;\n(e) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa;\n(f) \"member\" means a member of the Commission;\n(g) \"notification\" means a notification published in the Official Gazette of the Government;\n(h) \"Official Gazette\" means the Official Gazette of the Government of Goa;\n(i) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(j) \"regulations\" means regulations made by the Commission under section 18 of this Act;\n(k) \"Secretary\" means the Secretary of the Commission;\n(l) \"State\" means the State of Goa;\n(m) \"sub-ordinate services/posts\" means all Group \"C\" posts in the Government Departments and includes such other services/posts as may be notified by the Government to be sub-ordinate services/ /posts, but shall not include the tenure posts which are created for the Office of the Chief Minister/Minister, Leader of Opposition, Advocate General and all other tenure posts wherein the Government makes appointments.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of the Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) a Chairperson, who shall be either a serving or a retired officer from the Indian Administrative Service drawing the pay scale or has drawn the last pay scale, not below that of Super-time Scale, as the case may be, or a retired Officer from the Goa Civil Service, Government aided institution or Semi-Government Organization who has drawn the last pay scale not below that of Selection Grade officer; and\n(b) two members, who shall be either serving or retired officers of the Government, Government aided institution or Semi-Government Organization, drawing the pay scale or has drawn the last pay scale, not below that of a Senior Scale officer.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Appointment, term of office and conditions of service of the Chairperson and members.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Removal and suspension of Chairperson and member of the Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) is adjudged as insolvent; or\n(b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in the opinion of the Governor involves moral turpitude; or\n(c) is unfit to continue in office by reason of infirmity of mind or body; or\n(d) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or\n(e) engages during his term of office in any paid employment outside the duties of his office; or\n(f) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affect pre-judicially his functions as a Chairperson or a member of the Commission; or\n(g) has abused his position so as to render his continuance in office detrimental to the public interest:\n(1) unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter.\n(2) The Governor may suspend the Chairperson or any other member till such time he passes order under sub-section (1).",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Officers and other employees of the Commission.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Duties and functions of the Commission.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Manner of selection of candidates, procedure for conduct of business of the Commission, certain special provisions relating to intimation of vacancies to Commission and their advertisement.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Effect of recommendation of the Commission.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Furnishing of returns, etc.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Fees.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Commission may call for records.",
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            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Chairperson and members deemed to be the Public Servants.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Vacancies, etc. not to invalidate proceedings of the Commission.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. General powers of the Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) to constitute advisory committee to advise the Commission;\n(b) to engage suitable consultants/ /experts or persons having special knowledge or skills to assist the Commission in the performance of its functions;\n(c) subject to the previous permission of the Government, to delegate any of it's powers generally or specially to any of its committees or Officers;\n(d) to enter into and perform all such contracts, as it may consider necessary or expedient, for carrying out any of its functions;\n(e) to do such other things and perform such acts as it may think necessary or expedient for the proper conduct of its functions and carrying into effect the purposes of this Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Authentication of orders and documents of Commission.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairperson and members, under sub-section (6) of section 4;\n(b) form of oath or affirmation, under subsection (7) of section 4;\n(c) the salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the Secretary, officers and other employees of the Commission, under subsection (2) of section 6;\n(d) matter for which no provision is made in section 8 to make Regulations, under sub-section (4) of section 8;\n(e) form and the details of the annual report to be furnished by the Commission to the Government, under sub-section (2) of section 10;\n(f) fees to be levied under section 11.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Power to make regulations.",
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            "content": "(a) manner of conducting examinations and selection of candidates for appointment to the sub-ordinate services/posts, under sub-section (1) of section 8;\n(b) procedure for conduct of business of the Commission, under sub-section (2) of section 8;\n(c) time limit and the manner in which the Government Departments, shall intimate the number of vacancies to the Commission, under sub-section (3) of section 8;\n(d) specifying the mode of selection and fixing criteria for selection of candidates to sub-ordinate services/posts in consultation with the concerned Government Department;\n(e) specifying the mode of arranging the selected candidates in the order of merit keeping in view the number of vacancies reported for being filled;\n(f) specifying the manner of forwarding the list of selected candidates arranged as per their merits to the appointing Authority;\n(g) specifying the manner in which an advertisement to be issued for inviting applications;\n(h) specifying the mode for publication of advertisement inviting applications.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Power to remove difficulties.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [goa307]",
        "Act Number": "(Goa Act No. 11 of 2019)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2019",
        "Short Title": "Goa Staff Selection Commission Act, 2019",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}