EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No.929, CUTTACK, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018 / JAISTHA 22, 1940
[No.15976–PT1-GAD-SER2-CSE-0001/2018/Gen.]
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC GRIEVANCE DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION
The 5th June, 2018
Sub: Additional compensatory attempt to appear the Combined Competitive
Recruitment Examinations, 2018.
The decision of the Government to adopt the procedure followed in the Civil
Services Examination conducted by the UPSC in the Odisha Civil Services, Combined
Competitive Recruitment Examinations have been communicated in G.A. & P.G.
Department Resolution No. 23625/Gen., dated the 30th October, 2017. It was prescribed
therein that the Paper-II of Preliminary Odisha Civil Services Examination shall be
evaluated as a qualifying paper. A candidate has to secure a minimum of 33% in the
Paper-II of Preliminary examination so as to evaluate the Paper-I of the Preliminary
examination. Besides, one extra compensatory attempt was allowed to those candidates in
the OCSE-2017 who have appeared in the OCSE-2015 and OCSE-2016.
Consequent upon introduction of such UPSC pattern in the OCSE, there are
pressing demands from some OCSE aspirants to allow them another chance to appear in
the OCSE-2018 irrespective of their maximum age limit.
After careful consideration, it has been decided by the Government that
notwithstanding anything contained in the Rule, the intending candidates who have
appeared in OCSE-2015 or OCSE-2016 or OCSE-2017 but are otherwise ineligible to
appear/compete in the OCSE-2018, on account of attainment of upper age limit or
exhaustion of the attempts prescribed under the Rule, shall be allowed one more
additional compensatory attempt for appearing in OCSE-2018.
This shall come into force with immediate effect. The provisions of the OCS (CCRE)
Rules, 1991 are being amended to the above extent separately.
