Govt seeks applications for 42 posts in SFIO

The government has sought applications for filling over 40 positions at the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), including posts of additional and deputy directors.

SFIO, which comes under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, is currently probing IL&FS, Jet Airways and other high-profile cases.

Applications have been invited for 42 posts that include positions of joint director, deputy director, senior assistant director in the areas of forensic audit, capital market, investigation and financial transactions, according to a public notice.

The vacancies, to be filled up on deputation basis, are across SFIO offices in the national capital, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

"Applications from eligible officers in the prescribed proforma may be forwarded through proper channel to the Director, SFIO... New Delhi," the notice said.

Recruitment at SFIO is done mainly on deputation basis from other government agencies.

The government had ordered SFIO probe in six cases, including that of Jet Airways and its six entities, in the first three months of the current financial year.