EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 326 CUTTACK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019/MAGHA 26, 1940
HOME DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 15th February, 2019
No.7323–HOME-CC-RULE-0001/2018/CC.— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Odisha hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Odisha Secretariat Data Entry Operators (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2008, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement:— (1) These rules may be called the Odisha Secretariat Data Entry Operators (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 Data Entry Operators (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2, in sub-rule (1)(a) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
"(d-i) "Ex-servicemen" means persons as defined in the Odisha Ex-servicemen (Recruitment to State Civil Services and posts) Rules, 1985:
(b) after clause (e) the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
(e-i) "Persons with disabilities" means persons who have been granted with disability certificates by Competent Authority as per the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016 (No. 49 of 2016);
2(c) after clause (2) the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
(2-a) "Sportsmen" means persons who have been issued identity card as sportsmen by the Director, Sports.
3. In the said rules, in rule 3 in sub-rule (1), after clause (b), the following clauses shall be added, namely:—
"(c) Assistant Data Processing Officer;
(d) Data Processing Officer".
4. In the said rules, for rule 14 the following rules shall be substituted, namely:—
"14. Eligibility Criteria :—(1) The post of Senior Date Entry Operator shall be filled up by way of promotion from amongst the eligible Junior Data Entry Operators who have completed at least eight years of continuous service as such as on 1st day of January of the year in which the Committee meets.
(2) The post of Assistant Data Processing Officers shall be filled up by way of promotion from amongst the eligible Senior Data Entry Operators who have completed at least seven years of continuous service as such or fifteen years of continuous service in the post of Junior Data Entry Operators and Senior Data Entry Operators taken together as on 1st day of January of the year in which the Committee meets.
(3) The promotion to the post of Data Processing Officers shall be considered from amongst the eligible Assistant Data Processing Officers on the basis of merit and suitability in all respect with due regard to seniority.
5. In the said rules, in rule 15.—
(a) In sub-rule (1), for the words "to the rank of Senior Data Entry Operator", the words, "to different posts in the service" shall be substituted.
3(b) In sub-rule (2), for the words "to the rank of Senior Data Entry Operator" the words "to different posts in the service" shall be substituted.
6. In the said rules, in rule 16, in sub-rule (1), for the words "to the rank of Senior Data Entry Operator" the words "to different posts in the service" shall be substituted.
7. In the said rules, in rule 20, for the words "Other Backward Classes" the letter and expression "S.E.B.C" shall be substituted.
By Order of the Governor
ASIT TRIPATHY
Additional Chief Secretary to Government
Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10 Ex. Gaz. 2277-173+40