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.
(5) No Officer shall be eligible for promotion to the post of Joint
Secretary unless he or she has completed at least one year of
