GOVERNMENT OF ORISSA

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION
The 23rd November 1993

(Published in Orissa Gazette on the 13th December 1993)

No. 25673 – 2R/1-69/93-Gen. – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to
Article 309 of the Constitution of India the Governor of Orissa is pleased to make the
following rules, to regulate the method of Recruitment to all Class-III Civil posts and
services under the State Government which form the State Cadres, namely :-
Short Title 1. (1) These rules may be called the Orissa Staff Selection
and commencement.
Commission Rules, 1993.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in
the Orissa Gazette.
Definitions 2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires -

(a) “Collector” means the Collector of the District;

(b) “Commission’ means the 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 1[Secretary of the

Commission];

(h) “Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tribes” means

such castes and tribes as notified by the President of
India under Articles 341 and 342, respectively, of the
Constitution of India from time to time;

(i) “State” means the State of Orissa;

 (j) “Superintendent” means the Sub-Collector of a
Revenue Sub-division;
“Year” means a calendar year;
(k)
Constitution of Staff 3. (1) There shall be a Staff Selection Commission in the State.
Selection
Commission & its
function. (2) 2[The Headquarters of the Commission shall be located at
such place as may be determined by the Government from time to
time.]

(3) The Commission shall consists 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.
1. Substituted vide G. A. Department Notification No. 19439, dated the
28th June 1999.
2. Substituted vide G. A. Department Notification No. 12227, dated the
25th May 1998.

(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.
(6) 1[The Commission shall function under the administrative
control of the General Administration Department.]
(7) The Chairman of the Commission shall exercise all the
administrative and financial powers vested in Heads of Department
and the Secretary shall function as the Heads of office.
(8) The Commission shall conduct the recruitment examination
for all Class III Civil Services/Posts under the State Government as
mentioned in Rule 4 and ensure the declaration of the results of the
said examinations.
(9) The Commission shall formulate a set of regulation to
regulate the manner for conducting recruitment examinations.
(10) 2[The Chairman shall nominate expert (s) in particular
discipline/trade for each selection wherever necessary from among the
State Government officers, Professors of Universities of the State or
Academicians or Officers of Government of India or of other state or of
Public Sector Undertakings whether in service or retired and from
among other eminent persons having specialize knowledge in the
particular discipline/trade.]
(11) The Secretary shall be responsible for carrying out the
entire process of conducting the recruitment examinations including
appointment of the question setters/examiners, obtaining question
 papers, keeping them in safe custody, ensuring the identity of the
candidates, timely supply of question papers, to the different centers,
proper invigilation, safe custody of answer books, tabulation of marks
obtained by candidates in such examinations and publishing the
results 3[under the supervision of the Chairman.]
Direct Recruitment 4. 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 service/post under Schedule I or exclude and service/post
from the said list by Notification in Official Gazette.
Intimation to the 5. The Department of Government/Heads of Department shall
Commission,
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.
Advertisement of 6. On receipt of intimations of vacancies under rule 4, the
vacancies.
Secretary in consultation with the Chairman shall issue advertisement
in the leading local newspapers inviting application 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.
Eligibility of 7. (1) A candidate in order to be eligible for appearing at the
Candidate.
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.
(c) 4[His age shall not be less than the minimum age limit
as prescribed under rule 15 A of the Orissa Service
Code on the first day of January of the year in which
recruitment is held, and his age shall not be more
than 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 relaxed by five
years in case of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes
candidates, ten years in case of physically handicapped candidates,
and to such extent as provided in the Orissa ex-Service Men
(Recruitment to State Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1985 in respect
of ex-service men.]
1 2 3 & 4. Substituted vide G. A. Department Notification No.
 19439, dated the 28th June 1999.
(d) He shall be of good character.
(e) He shall be of sound health, good physique and active
habits and free from organic defects or bodily infirmity.
Note - This provision shall not be applicable in case of
physically handicapped candidates.
(f) He must have passed Middle School examination with
Oriya as a language subject :
OR
have passed Matriculation or equivalent examination
with Oriya as medium of examination in non-language
subject;
OR
have passed in Oriya as language subject in the final
examination of Class VII or above :
OR
have passed a test in Oriya in Middle English School
Standard conducted by the Education Department;
(g) He must have required physical standard/other
technical qualifications in respect of any service or
post if any, specified under relevant recruitment
rules/instructions.
(h) He must fulfill any other special condition as may be
specified under relevant recruitment rules/instructions.
(2) No person who has more than one spouse living shall be
eligible for appearing at the competitive examination.
NOTE – If the competitive examination could not be conducted
by the commission in any particular year and the likely vacancies for
that year are combined with the likely vacancies of the subsequent
year, the candidates eligible to appear at the examination for the year
for which examination could not be held shall be entitled to appear at
the examination held in the subsequent year.
Admission of the 8. The decision of the Chairman as to the eligibility or otherwise
candidate to
examination. of a candidate for admission to any examination shall be final.
Preference for the 9. A candidate is required to indicate the order of preference for
posts by the
candidate. 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.
Examination fees 10. (1) No application for admission to any examination shall be
and remuneration to
examiners. 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 fees shall be entertained in any
circumstances.
(3) The Commission shall decide the rates of remuneration
payable to different examiners/staff/officers/Invigilators engaged in
connection with the examination.
Competitive 11. (1) competitive Examination shall be held at a center or
examination.
centers to be announced by the Commission considering the number
of the candidates appearing for the said examination.
(2) The Commission may fix up such centers at the district or
sub-divisional headquarters. If necessary, in consultation with the
Collectors. 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].
Arrangements for 12. (1) The District Superintendent or the Superintendent, as the
and conduct of the
examination. case may be, shall conduct the written examination under 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 Gazetted 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 building 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 suffer.
(5) The District Superintendent shall have power to appoint
required number of Invigilators from among the Gazetted or
 responsible non-Gazetted officers under his jurisdiction.
(6) The District Superintendent or the Superintendent, as the
case may be shall make necessary sitting arrangements for the
candidates admitted for the examination.
(7) The District Superintendent/Superintendent shall have the
power to recommend any penalty under Rule 18 of these rules to the
Commission and orders of the Commission in this respect shall be
final.
(8) the District Superintendent/Superintendent shall ensure safe
custody and dispatch of all confidential matters relating to the
examination.
(9) Whenever necessary the District
Superintendent/Superintendent may seek advice of the Collector and
the Collector may give instructions in the interest of impartiality and fair
play in conducting the examination.
(10) Setting of questions and evaluation of the answer papers
shall be done centrally.
(11) Invigilators and Supervisors of the written examination shall
be appointed from outside the Sub-division as far as practicable.
Plan of examination. 3[13. 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 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.]
Selection of 14. The following guidelines shall be followed in conducting
candidates.
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 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.
 1 & 3. Added vide G. A. Department Notification No. 19439-Gen., dated
the 28th June 1999.
2. Inserted vide G. A. Department Notification No. 19439-Gen., dated
the 28th June 1999.
(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
shall be decided according to their seniority in age.
(v) Any other standards and syllabus prescribed by the
Government, if any, for any particular post/service
from time to time shall be adopted.
Select list and its 15. (1) The Commission shall prepare the select list of the
validity.
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 1[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 list for each recruitment examination shall be
valid for one year from the date of its publication or till the publication
of the result of the next recruitment examination whichever is earlier.
Allotment of 16. (1) The Commission shall allot candidates in the order in
candidates and
seniority. 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
candidate 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 of a candidate appointed to a post in a
particular grade or service by the appointing authority in 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 candidate to join the post,
the appointing authority may request the Commission for furnishing a
supplementary list of the successful candidates and in that case the
Commission shall furnish a supplementary list of successful
candidates.
Relaxation. 17. 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 these rules in respect of any
class or category of persons in public interest.
Penalty. 18. 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
suppressing 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 language or pornographic matter, in
the scripts; or
(ix) misbehaving with fellow examinees or the invigilators
in any manner in the examination hall; or
(x) harassing or causing bodily harm to the staff
employed/engaged by the Commission for the
conduct of the examination; or
(xi) violating any of the instructions contained in the
admission certificates; or
1. Added vide G. A. Department Notification No. 19439-Gen., dated the
28th June 1999.
(xii) attempting to commit or, as the case may be, abetting
the Commission of all or any of the acts specified in
the foregoing clauses shall be liable -
(a) to be disqualified by the Commission from the
examination for which he is candidate; or
(b) to be debarred, either permanently or for a specified
period -
(i) by the commission, form appearing in any
examination or selection held by them; or
(ii) by the State Government, from entering to any
 employment under them; or
(c) if he is already in service under Government, to
disciplinary action under the appropriate rules;
Provided that no penalty under this rule shall be
imposed except after -
(i) giving the candidate an opportunity of making such
representation to the Commission or Government, as
the case may be, in writing as he may wish to make in
that behalf; and
(ii) taking into consideration the representation, if any,
submitted by the candidate within the period
allowed to him by the Commission or the
Government, as the case may be.
Rules not applicable 19. These rules shall not apply to recruitment of the staff of the
to staff of certain
offices. High Court, the District and Subordinate Courts, the officers of Orissa
Public Service Commission, Orissa Legislative Assembly and
Governor’s Secretariat.
Overriding effect. 20. Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of these rules
shall have overriding effect on the provision of other recruitment rules
regulating direct recruitment to the Class III Civil Services/Posts
constituting State cadre.
Interpretation. 21. If any question arises relating to the interpretation of these
rules, it shall be referred to Government in the General Administration
Department for decision.

By order of the Governor

PRITIMAN SARKAR
Special Secretary to Government