Orissa Staff Selection Commission Rules, 1993
(1) These rules may be called the Orissa 1[Staff Selection Commission] Rules, 1993.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Orissa Gazette.
1. Substituted vide Orissa Gazette No. 26 Part III-A, dated 26.6.1998.
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) "Collector" means the Collector of the District;
(b) "Commission" means the 1[Staff Selection Commission] constituted under Rule 3 of these rules;
(c) "Department of Government" means the Administrative Department of Government;
(d) "District Superintendent" means the Additional District Magistrate in charge of the District Establishment of a district;
(e) "Government" means the State Government of Orissa;
(f) "Heads of Department" means the Heads of Department as specified in Appendix-III appended to the Orissa Service Code;
(g) "Secretary" means the 2[Secre
(1) There shall be a 1[Staff Selection Commission] in the State.
2[(2) The Headquarters of the Commission shall be located at such places as may be determined by the Government from time to time.]
(3) The Commission shall consist of a Chairman and a member to be appointed by Government.
(4) There shall be a Secretary and such other staff appointed by Government to assist the Commission in its day to day functioning.
(5) The rank of the Chairman and Member of the Commission shall be such as may be determined by the Government from time to time.
1[(6) The Commission shall function under the Administrative Control of the General Administration Department.]
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The Commission shall conduct direct recruitment through competitive examination in respect of Class-III Civil Posts/Services as listed under Schedule I :
Provided that the Government may from time to time, include in the list any Services/Posts under Schedule I or exclude any Service/ Post from the said list by notification in the Official Gazette.
The Department of Government/ Heads of Departments shall every year in the month of January intimate the Commission indicating the number of vacancies including those anticipated in course of the year in Form-A.
On receipt of the intimation of vacancies under Rule 4 the Secretary in consultation with the Chairman shall issue advertisement in the leading Local Newspapers inviting applications from eligible candidates for appearing in the competitive recruitment examination.
Note-The application for the competitive examination may be in such form as may be decided by the Commission.
(1) A candidate in order to be eligible for appearing at the competitive examination must satisfy the following conditions, namely :
(a) He shall be a citizen of India.
(b) He shall possess requisite qualification prescribed for the Post/Service in the recruitment rule or instruction for which examination is being conducted.
1[(c)(i) His age shall not be less than the Minimum age-limit as prescribed under Rule 52-A of the Orissa Service Code on the lst day of January of the year in which recruitment is held, and his age shall not be more that the upper age-limit as prescribed in the Orissa Civil Service (Fixation of Upper Age-Limit) Rules, 1989.]
Provided that the maximum age limit shall be relatable by five years in case of Scheduled Castes and S
The decision of the Chairman as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to any examination shall be final.
A candidate is required to indicate the order of preference for the post for which he intends to appear at the combined competitive examination and the service in which he wants to be appointed, if selected, in his application form, in case the Commission decides to conduct an examination for common category of posts.
(1) No application for admission to any examination shall be considered unless it is accompanied by a Treasury challan showing payment in the Government Treasury, the examination fees as specified in the advertisement :
Provided that the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall not pay any such examination fee.
(2) No claim for refund of the fees shall be entertained in any cirrumstances.
(3) The Commission shall decide the rates of remuneration payable to different examiners Staff/Officers/Invigilators engaged in connection with the examination.
(1) Competitive Examination shall be held at a centre or centres to be announced by the Commission considering the number of the candidates appearing for the said examination.
(2) The Commission may fix up such centres at district or Subdivisional headquarters, if necessary, in consultation with the Collector. The date, time and place for the examination shall be intimated to the candidates at least one month before the examination 1[and the same shall be published sufficiently ahead in two leading local newspapers].
1. Added vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1018 Dt. 16.7.1999.
(1) The District Superintendent or the Superintendent, as the case may be, shall conduct the written examination under the guidance and direction of the Commission.
(2) The District Superintendent shall in consultation with the Commission appoint as many as Deputy Superintendents from among the Gazatted Officers under his jurisdiction in order to ensure smooth conduct of the said written examination in the district.
(3) The District Superintendent and the Superintendent shall have power for requisitioning the local educational buildings 2[or the buildings belonging to the State Government/Public Sector Undertakings or the like] for the purpose of conducting the examination.
(4) The examination shall be held preferably on any public holidays so that the education of the students does not suf
1[The Commission shall conduct the recruitment examination as per the syllabus and the pattern of examination as may be decided by them in consultation with the concerned Administrative Department of the State Government. However, while fixing up the marks for the oral test/interview/personality test, the commission and Administrative Department shall ensure that the marks allotted to such oral test/interview/ personality test, shall not exceed 12.2% of the total marks allotted.]
1. Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 1018 Dt. 16.7.1999.
The following guidelines shall be followed in conducting recruitment to various posts and services by the Commission, namely:
(i) There shall be a written test for every category of recruitment;
(ii) In addition to the written test, viva voce test may be conducted by the Commission if it is satisfied that such test is necessary to select candidates for the post for which examination is held;
(iii) Method of central evaluation of answer papers shall be such as may be decided by the Commission:
(iv) If two or more candidates have obtained equal marks in the aggregate, the order of merit shall be determined in accordance with the marks secured by such candidates in their respective academic career and if the marks thus secured are equal then the merit
(1) The Commission shall prepare the select list of the successful candidates in order of merit on the basis of the recruitment examination which shall be equal to the number of vacancies for which requisitions are received.
(2) The select list shall be published in the notice board of the Commission 2[and in two leading local newspapers] in the form of Notification under intimation to the appropriate appointing authority, if any, specified in the respective recruitment rules.
(3) The select recruitment examination shall be valid for one year from the date of its list for each publication or till the publication of the result of the next recruitment examination whichever is earlier.
2. Added ibid.
(1) The Commission shall allot candidates in the order in which their names appear in the select list to Departments of Government and Heads of Departments as per their vacancy position intimated under Rule 4. At the time of allotment due consideration shall be given to the preference indicated by the candidates in their applications. But the Commission reserves the right to assign any candidates to any Service/Post with due regard to his merit. Formal orders of appointment shall be issued to such allotted candidates by the appointing authorities concerned.
(2) The relative seniority to a candidate appointed to a post in a particular grade or service by the appointing authority in a particular year shall be determined with reference to his position in the select list from which he is appointed.
(3) In case of failure of any selected c
Where the Government are of opinion that it is necessary or expedient to do so, they may by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of the rules in respect of any class or category of persons in public interest.
A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of-
(i) obtaining support for his candidature by any means; or
(ii) impersonation; or
(iii) procuring impersonation by any person; or
(iv) submitting fabricated documents, or documents which have been tampered with; or
(v) making statements which are incorrect or false or superessing material information; or
(vi) resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or
(vii) adopting unfair means during the examination; or
(viii) writing obscene langu
These rules shall not apply to recruitment of the Staff of the High Court, the District and Subordinate Courts, the officers of Orissa Public Service Commission, Orissa Legislative Assembly and Governor's Secretariat.
Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of these rules shall have overriding effect on the provisions of other recruitment rules regulating direct recruitment to the Class-III Civil Services/ Posts constituting State cadre.
If any question arises relating to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to Government in the General Administration Department of decision.
List of Civil Post/Services
[See Rule 4]
Sl. No. Name of the Department Name of the Posts/Services
(1) (2) (3)
1. Agriculture 1. Junior Soil Conservation Officer
2. Junior Horticulture Officer
2. Commerce & Transport 1. Junior Engineer (Electrical/
(Commerce) Mechanical)
3. Commerce & Transport 1. Junior M.V.I.
(Transport)
4. Energy 1. Junior Engineer
5. Finance 1. Auditor Local Fund
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FORM - A
[See Rule 5]
1. Name of the Posts/Services
2. Number of vacancies already existing on the 1st January of the year
3. Number of vacancies, likely to occur during the year
4. Total number of vacancies (2 + 3)
5. Number of permanent vacancies
6. Number of temporary vacancies likely to continue on permanent basis
7. Number of purely temporary vacancies
8. Number of vacancies reserved for-
(a) Scheduled Castes
(b) Scheduled Tribes
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