2/20/2020 STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION RULES
(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 of a candidate for
candidate to
examination. admission to any examination shall be final.
Preference for 9. A candidate is required to indicate the order of preference for the post for which he
the posts by the
candidate. 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 considered unless it is
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