Dushyant Nariala Gets Additional Charge of Chairman, WB School Service Commission

Dushyant Nariala has picked up another additional charge — Chairman of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission. The 1993-batch IAS officer is currently Principal Resident Commissioner in New Delhi, and already holds additional charge as Director General of the National Sports Academy and Training Institute. A state government order confirmed the new charge this week.

The Commission recruits teaching and non-teaching staff for West Bengal's government-aided schools, a process that touches staffing levels at thousands of institutions. It has also faced legal scrutiny in past recruitment cycles over irregularities that drew court intervention. Running its chairmanship from Delhi, where Nariala is based, puts real physical distance between the post and the Commission's day-to-day operations in Kolkata.

Nariala represents West Bengal's interests in the capital as Principal Resident Commissioner — a liaison role between the state and the central government, Parliament, and other states' resident commissioner offices, one that involves regular coordination with central ministries on funding and clearances for state projects.

His substantive post remains Principal Resident Commissioner. The School Service Commission chairmanship is now his second additional charge, stacked on top of the NSATI one he already held.

Piling multiple additional charges onto one officer — especially one based outside the state — suggests the West Bengal cadre currently has fewer senior IAS officers readily available for specialised commission and directorate posts than it needs, a gap that has become more visible as several such posts stay unfilled for extended periods.

Nariala will oversee recruitment for the state's school staffing needs from Delhi, coordinating with Commission staff and the School Education Department in Kolkata, and travelling periodically to oversee recruitment cycles in person.

No timeline was given for a dedicated appointment to the Commission's chairmanship, officials said.