R.1 Short title and commencement

       (a) These rules may be called the Orissa Ministerial Services (Method of Recruitment to the Posts of Junior Clerks in the District Offices) Rules, 1985.
        (b) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Orissa Gazette.

R.2 Definitions

       In these rules unless the context otherwise requires-
       (a) "Appendix" means an Appendix appended to these rules;
       (b) "Board" means the Board of Examiners constituted under Rule 4;
       (c) "District Office" means an office subordinate to and under the administrative control of a Head of Department mentioned in Appendix 3 of the Orissa Service Code and includes the Office of a Head of Department as aforesaid to which the Orissa Ministerial Services (Method of Recruitment to posts of Junior Assistants in the Office of Heads of Department) Rules, 1975 do not apply and the ministerial service cadre of which consists of Junior Clerks and Senior Clerks;
       (d) "Government" means the Government of Orissa;
       (e) "Posts" mea

R.3 Recruitment

       Recruitment to the posts shall be made by the following methods :
       (i) direct recruitment by means of a competitive examination to be held ordinarily once in a year;
       (ii) promotion from among Group-D employees.]
1. Substituted vide SRO No. 10973-2R/1-57/99, Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 632 Dt. 19.4.2001.

R.4 Competitive Examination

       (1) The Competitive Examination for recruitment to the posts of Junior Clerks in the District Offices of each district shall be conducted by the Board of Examiners consisting of the Collector of the district as the Chairman and two other Heads of District Offices nominated by the Chairman as members.
        (2) The Collector of each revenue district will conduct the competitive examination for all District Offices having their head quarters within his district.

R.5 Intimation of number of vacancies

       Every year in the month of April, the Heads of all District Offices shall intimate the Chairman of the Board in the form given below the number of vacancies of Junior Clerks already existing at the time and those likely to occur during the subsequent month of the year -
       (i) Number of vacancies already existing;
       (ii) Number of expected vacancies, likely to occur during the year;
       (iii) Total;
       (iv) Number of permanent vacancies;
       (v) Number of temporary vacancies likely to continue on a permanent basis;
       (vi) Number of purely temporary vacancies;
       (vii) Number of vacancies reserved for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes

R.6 Notification of Vacancies

On the requisite information from the District Offices the Chairman of the Board shall notify the total number of vacancies to the local employment exchange indicating therein the number of reserved vacancies for the purpose of conducting the competitive examination.

R.7 Eligibility of Candidate

       (1) A candidate in order to be eligible for appearing in the competitive examination shall -
       (a) be a citizen of India;
       (b) have registered his/her name in any Employment Exchange in the district;
       (c) have passed the Matriculation or equivalent Examination;
       (d) be not less than 18 years and not more than 28 years of age on the 1st day of April of the year in which recruitment is made;
       (e) be of good character;
       (f) be of sound health, good physique and active habits;
       (g) be able to speak, read and write Oriya and have -
       (i) Passed M.E. School Examination with Oriya as langu

R.8 .

While notifying the vacancies the Chairman of the Board shall also ask the local Employment Exchange to sponsor candidates which should not ordinarily be more than four times the number of vacancies likely to be filled up during the year.

R.9 Holding of Examination

       (1) On receipt of the application, the Chairman of the Board shall arrange to hold the competitive examination at his District headquarters and/or at any other place or places according to necessity and convenience.
        (2) The date, time and place of the examination shall be intimated to the candidates by the Board.

R.10 Standard and syllabus of the examination

The competitive examination shall consist of written test for three hours' duration which shall consist of objective type questions to test the candidates' intelligence, alertness, general knowledge and clear thinking. There shall be no viva voce. The standard of examination shall be equivalent to that of Matriculation and the question paper shall be modeled on the lines indicated in the Appendix to these rules. There shall also be a test in typewriting.

R.11 Allotment of successful candidates

       (1) The Chairman of the Board shall ensure completion of evaluation of answer papers and preparation of the list of successful candidates who have qualified by such standards as will be decided by him ordinarily within two months from the date of examination. The candidate's names shall be arranged in order of merit on the basis of marks secured by them in the examination conducted by the Board. This list of successful candidates drawn in order of merit shall not ordinarily exceed double the number of vacancies as determined under Rule 6.
        (2) The Chairman shall allot candidates in the order in which their names appear in the list prepared under Sub-rule (1) to the District Offices according to the retirement intimated by them. Formal orders of appointment shall be issued to such allotted candidates by the appointing authorities concerned.
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R.11(a) Promotion from among Group-D employees

       (1) 10% of vacancies in the posts of Junior Clerk in the District Offices shall be filled up by way of promotion from among the Group-D employees of the District Offices of the concerned district on the basis of recommendation of the Departmental Promotion Committee constituted under Rule 11-C :
        Provided that in case required number of Group-D employees are not available for promotion to the posts of Junior Clerk in a particular year, these vacancies shall be filled up by candidates recruited under Rule 3(i).
        (2) No Group-D employee shall be promoted to the posts of Junior Clerk unless he has given willingness to that effect in writing and has put in minimum of 10 years of continuous service and has passed the Matriculation or equivalent examination.
1. Added vide SRO No. 10973-2R/1-57/99, Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 632 Dt. 19.4.2001.<

R.11(b) .

The Heads of all district offices while intimating the number of vacancies in the post of Junior Clerk of their offices under Rule 5, shall also furnish the list of eligible Group-D employees alongwith their service particulars.

R.11(c) Constitution of Departmental Promotion Committee

       There shall be a Departmental Promotion Committee to consider the eligible Group-D employees for promotion to the posts of Junior Clerk consisting of the following officials :
       (i) Collector of the district ... Chairman
       (ii) Two other Heads of District Offices ... Members
       (iii) Establishment Officer of the Collectorate ... Secretary

R.11(d) .

       (1) The Departmental Promotion Committee while preparing the list of suitable Group-D employees for promotion to the post of Junior Clerk shall follow the provisions of the Orissa Civil Services (Zone of Consideration for Promotion) Rules, 1988, and the Orissa Civil Services (Criteria for Promotion) Rules, 1992.
        (2) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall take into consideration the service record of the employees. If nothing adverse is found in the service record; the employee concerned shall be treated to have a clean career of service.
        (3) A viva voce test shall be conducted by the Departmental Promotion Committee.]

R.12 Validity of the Select List

The select list prepared under Sub-rule (1) of Rule 11 in case of direct recruitment and by the Departmental Promotion Committee in case of promotion under Rule 11-D (1) to the post of Junior Clerks shall remain valid for a period of one year from the date of publication of the same or till drawal of the next year's list, whichever is earlier.]

R.13 Probation

       (1) All appointments against permanent vacancies shall be made on probation for a period of two years only, with effect from the date of appointment.
        (2) The appointing authority may terminate the services of a probationer or extend his probation for such further period as he may consider necessary if during the period of probation a candidate's work or conduct is found to be unsatisfactory or there are reasons to believe that the candidate will not become efficient.

R.14 Relaxation

       Where the Government are of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, they may by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules in respect of any class or category of persons in public interest.
       CASE LAW :
        Relaxation of the rules in case of any hardship caused in implementation of the rules - Powers of Government - Scope of.
        For those applicants who have been initially appointed as Junior clerks and whose appointment should have been in accordance with the OMS Rules, Government orders shall be obtained through the G.A.Deptt. for relaxation of the rules by invoking the enabling provision in Rule 14 of the OMS Rules, 1985 - The Govt. can exercise the power to relax the rules in case any hardship is caused in the implementation of those rules

R.15 Seniority

       (1) The relative seniority of each candidate appointed under Rule 11(2) in a District Office shall be determined with reference to his position in the competitive examination held in a particular year.
        (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-rule (1) where a candidate of a particular year could not be appointed in that year and is selected under Rule 12 out of the previous years' list for appointment in the subsequent year he shall take rank just below the successful candidates of the year in which he is appointed, while candidates appointed under Rule 14 shall rank below those appointed under Rule 11 and Rule 12.
        1[(3) Persons appointed to the post of Junior Clerk by way of promotion under Rule 11-A shall take rank below those appointed under Rule 11 and above those appointed under the Scheme of rehabilitation assistance or othe

R.16 Special provisions for reservation

Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Caste/or Scheduled Tribe candidates in accordance with the provisions of the Orissa Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1975 and the rules made thereunder and for physically handicapped persons in accordance with General Administration Department Resolution No. 15338-Gen., dated the 4th May, 1981.

R.17 Rules not applicable to staff of certain offices

These rules shall not apply to the staff of the High Court and the District and Subordinate Courts to whom the Orissa District and Subordinate Courts Ministerial Services (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1969 apply and also to the Offices of the Commissioner of Endowments, District Police Offices and District Registration Offices.

R.18 Overriding Effect

Save as otherwise provided in these rules the provisions of these rules shall have overriding effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other recruitment rules or orders or instructions for the time being in force and applicable to Junior Clerk in the District Offices which these rules apply.

R.19 Repeal and Saving

       The Orissa Ministerial Service (Method of Recruitment to the Posts of Junior Clerks in the District Offices) Rules, 1982 are hereby repealed :
        Provided that save as otherwise provided in these rules, any order made or action taken under the rules repealed shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.

R.20 Interpretation

       If any question arises to the interpretation of these rules it shall be referred to Government in the General Administration Department for decision.
       APPENDIX
       [See Rule 10]
       1. Objective Language Test (English and Oriya) -
       (a) Question to test English . .. 40 marks in test
       (i) Correct use of Tense,
       (ii) Correct use of Preposition,
       (ii) Correct use of Articles,
       (iv) Correct use of Verbs and its agreement.
        (These questions shall consist of a series of sentences with blanks and a group of Verbs, Prepositions, etc., against each