Vacancies in Central Government Centralized data regarding employees who retired/resigned during last three years is not maintained. Vacancies caused due to retirement, death, promotion etc. are required to be filled following provisions of recruitment rules for the post. The number of direct recruitments made by Staff Selection Commission and Union Public Service Commission for the last three years is as per table below: YEAR NUMBER OF CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED BY UPSC NUMBER OF CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED BY SSC RECRUITMENT BY EXAMINATION DIRECT RECRUITMENT BY SELECTION ALL INDIA COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION SELECTION POSTS 2014-15 5969 2303 57542 524 2015- 16 5659 1207 24604 534 2016-17 4612 1123 68496 384 As per the available information, provisions under FR 56 (j) and similar provisions under service rules have been invoked/recommended in case of 53 Group 'A' officers and 123 Group 'B' officers of Central Civil Services, during the period from 1stJuly 2014 till 31...