Serial No.

Reference No.

Date

Subject

1.

Notification No. 25673 (Gen.)

23-11-1983

Orissa Staff Selection Commission Rules, 1993.

2.

Notification No. 25371 (Gen.)

20-09-1997

Orissa Staff Selection Commission (Preservation and Destruction of Records) Rules, 1997.

Short Title and commenceme-nt.

1. (1) These rules may be called the Orissa Staff Selection 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;

(k)

“Year” means a calendar year;

Constitution of Staff Selection Commission & its function.

3. (1) There shall be a Staff Selection Commission in the State.

(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 specialise 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 Commission,

5. The Department of Government/Heads of Department 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.

Advertisement of vacancies.

6. On receipt of intimations of vacancies under rule 4, the 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 Candidate.

7. (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.

(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.