EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 545, CUTTACK, FRIDAY, APR IL 6, 2018/ CHAITR A 16, 1940
SKILL DEVELOPMENT & TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 22nd March, 2018
No. 1509–Emp-01/2018/SDTE.— In exercise of the powers conferred by proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Odisha is pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Odisha Employment Service, Class-II(Recruitment & Conditions of Service)Rules,1990 and its amendment Rules,2008,namely:—
1. (1) These Rules may be called the 'Odisha Short Title &commencement.
Employment Service Group-B (Recruitment &
Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules,2018'.
(2)They shall come into force on the date of
their publication in the Odisha Gazette.
(3)In the Odisha Employment Service, Class-II
(Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Rules,1990
(hereinafter referred to as the said rules) the word,
hypen and figure "Class-II" wherever they occur shall
be substituted by the word, hypen and letter "Group-
B".
(4)In the said rule, the nomenclature of the
Department of 'Labour & Employment' wherever they
occur, shall be substituted by 'Skill Development &
Technical Education Deparment'.
22.In the said rule, for the Rule 2, sub-rule (1)(g) Definitions .
the following clause shall be inserted after 2(1)(g):
"(gg) "SEBC" means Socially and
Educationally Backward Classes defined as
Backward Classes in clause-(a) of section 2 of
the Odisha State Commission for Backward
Classes Act,1993 (Odisha Act 16 of 1993)."
3.In the Odisha Employment Service,Class- Method of Recruitment to
II(Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment the Service.
Rules,2008 Rule 2(a) "on deputation including from
Odisha Administrative Service" shall be substituted as:
"(a)direct recruitment through competitive
examiniation by Commission in accordance with
the provisions of the Odisha Civil Service
(Combined Competitive Recruitment
Examanination) Rules, 1991."
4.In the Odisha Employment Service, Class-II Determination of
(Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment Number of Vacancies.
Rules, 2008,for Rule 5(1) "the no. of vacancies against
deputation and promotion to be intimated separately
by the Director, Employment to Government" shall be
substituted as:
"the no. of vacancies against direct
recruitment and promotion to be intimated
separately by the Director, Employment to
Government."
Percentage of
Recuitment.
5.In the Odisha Employment Service, Class-II
(Recruitment & Conditions of Service) Amendment
Rules, 2008, for Rule 4(1)"the no. of vacancies to be
filled up by the way of deputation shall be of 25% of
the vacancy in any year" shall be substituted as:
3"the no. of vacancies to be filled up bydirect recruitment under clause (a) of Rule 4 shall not be less than 50% in any year"
and for Rule 4(2) "the no. of vacancies to be filled
up by the way of promotion under clause-(b) of Rule 4
shall be of 75% of the vacancy in any year" shall be
substituted as:
"the no. of posts to be filled up by the way
of promotion under clause (b) of Rule 4 shall not
be more than 50% in any year."
6.In the said rules, the following rule shall be Reservations of Vacancies.
added to Rule 24 as:
24(b) "Socially and Educationally
Backward Classes, Women, Sportsmen,
Ex-Servicemen and Persons with Disablities shall
be made in accordance with the provisions made
under such act, rules, orders, resolutions or
instructions issued in this behalf by the
Government from time to time."
7. The Rule 25 of the said Rules as deleted in the Inter-se-seniority.
Odisha Employment Service, Class-II (Recruitment &
Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2008 shall be
re-inserted as:
"The inter-se-seniority of Officers appointed
to the service under clauses (a) and (b) of Rule
4 in respect of any year shall be in the following
order:—
(a)Officers appointed to the Service by
promotion under clause (b) shall rank inter-se in
the order in which their names are arranged by4 the Commission and shall en-block be senior tothe Officers appointed under clause (a) of Rule 4.
(b)Direct recuitees appointed in
accordance with clause (a) of Rule 4 shall rank
inter-se in the order in which their names are
arranged by the Commission in the Select List."
8. The Rule 25 of the said Rules as deleted in the
Odisha Employment Service, Class-II (Recruitment & Probation and Confirmation
Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2008 shall be
re-inserted as:
"(1)(a)Every person recruited to the
Service under Rule 4 shall be appointed to the
Service on probation for a period of two years
from the date he actually joins the post;
Provided that the State Government may, if
they think fit, in any case or cases extend the
period of probation but in no case it shall be
more than a year;
Provided further that the State Government
may after consultation with the Commission
reduce the period of probation in the case of
persons recruited to the service under clasues
(a) and (b) of Rule 4;
Provided also that such period of probation
shall not include the period of:—
(i) Extraordinary Leave;
(ii) Unauthorized absence; or
(iii) Any other period held to be not being on
actual duty5 (b)The appointment of a probationer comingthrough direct recruitment may for good and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing be
terminated by the Government in any time
without previous notice during the period of
probation including extension of such period, if
any, and in case of employees who has been
recruited by way of promotion shall deem to be
reverted to his former cadre/post.
(2)After successful completion of probation
period, a person shall be confirmed in the post
if a permanent post is available provided that
before such confirmation the person shall be
required to pass the departmental examination
as per the prescribed standard as specified in
the Schedule.
(3)No Officer of the service shall be allowed to
draw the second and subsequent increments
until he has passed the the departmental
examination in all the subjects as per the
prescribed standard."
9.In the said Rules, a new Para. shall be inserted after Relaxation:
Rule 27 as:
27(a) "The Government may for reasons
to be recorded in writing, relax any of the
provisions of these rules in respect of any class
or category of employees in exigency of public
service in consultation with the Commission.".
6ORDER
Ordered that the Notification be published in the Extraordinary issue of the Odisha Gazette for general information of Public.
Ordered also that copy of this Notification be forwarded to all Departments of Government/all Heads of Department/Accountant General (A&E), Odisha, Bhubaneswar/Special Secretary, Odisha Public Service Commission, Cuttack.
By Order of the Governor
S. K. SINGH
Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government
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