The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday approved the creation of four new posts – two in the School Service Commission (SSC) and two in the Kolkata Police Commissionerate.
The Cabinet, under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, gave its nod to the creation of two Joint Secretary posts in the SSC.
Sources in the state Education Department said that while one joint secretary will look after the administration, the other will look after the examination.
“The School Service Commission has only one secretary and one assistant secretary. It is impossible to look after all the issues by these two officers. That is why the government created two more posts, so that they can assist the examination process and other administrative issues,” a senior official of the state Education Department said.
Officials said that these two posts were created following the Supreme Court’s order cancelling the appointment of over 25,000 school staff, citing the 2016 recruitment exam as “tainted”.
“To overcome the corruption image and to bring transparency in the examination process, these two posts have been created,” the official added.
In Kolkata Police Commissionerate, a new post of Joint Commissioner of Police (Legal) has been set up, who will look after the legal framework of sensitive cases and will guide the investigators accordingly, officials said.
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The decision, sources said, was taken following largescale criticism of Kolkata Police handling the RG rape and murder case that led to widespread protests in the state as well as the country.
Another post of Joint Commissioner (Cyber) has also been created in Kolkata Police to tackle the rising cases of cyber crimes. “Now, cyber crimes have increased several times and it needs more focus and attention. For that reason, the cyber cell should be expanded and for that a separate senior officer needs to be there,” a senior state police officer said.
