EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 323 CUTTACK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019/MAGHA 26, 1940
HOME DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 15th February, 2019
No.7334–HOME-OSS-RULE-0001/2018/OSS.— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Odisha do hereby make the following rules further to amend the Odisha Secretariat Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2016, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement:— (1) These rules may be called the Odisha Secretariat Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette.
2. In the Odisha Secretariat Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in sub-rule (1) of rule-12, for the words "twelve years", the words" eight years" shall be substituted.
3. In the said rules, in rule 12 for sub-rule (4) the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely:—
"(4) No Officer shall be eligible for promotion to the post of Deputy Secretary unless he or she has completed at least one year of continuous service in the post of Under-Secretary as on 1st day of January of the year in which the Committee meets.
2 continuous service in the post of Deputy Secretary as on 1st day ofJanuary of the year in which the Committee meets.
(6) The promotion of the Officers to the post of Additional Secretary shall be considered by the Committee from amongst the eligible officers in the feeder grade of Joint Secretary as per merit with due regard to seniority."
By Order of the Governor
ASIT TRIPATHY
Additional Chief Secretary to Government