EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No.494 CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019/FALGUNA 22, 1940

HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 8th March, 2019

No.6625–HFW-MSIII-MSNG3M-0026/2018/HFW.— In exercise of the powers

conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India and in supersession of

all Orders and Instructions issued in this regard except as respects things done or omitted

to be done before such supersession, the Governor of Odisha hereby makes the following

rules regulating the method of recruitment and conditions of service of the persons

appointed to the Odisha Radiographer Service in the medical institution of the State;

namely:—

1. Short title and commencement:—(1) These rules may be called the Odisha

Radiographer Service (Methods of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the

Odisha Gazette.

2. Definitions:— (1) In these rule, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) 'Commission' means the Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission;

(b) "Committee" means the Departmental Promotion Committee constituted

under rule 14 of these rules;

Serviceman (Recruitment to State Civil Services and Posts) Rules,

1985;

(d) "Government" means the Government of Odisha;

(e) "Medical

Institution"

means

the

District

Government

Medicals,

Government Medical College and Hospitals, Sardar Valavbhai Patel

Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics (in short SVPPGIP) at Cuttack

and Capital Hospital at Bhubaneswar.

(f) "Persons with Disabilities" means a person who has been granted

a disability Certificate by Competent Authority as per provisions of

“the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”

(g) "Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes" shall have reference to the

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes specified in the Constitution

(Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled

Tribe) Order, 1950, as the case may be made under Articles 341 and

342 of the Constitution of India respectively;

(h) "SEBC" means the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes

defined as Backward Classes as in clause (e) of Section 2 of the

Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993;

(i) "Service" means the Odisha Radiographers Service & Senior

Radiographer Service;

(i) "Sportsmen" means persons who have been issued with Identity

Card, as sportsmen by the Director, Sports (as per Resolution

No.24808/Gen, dated the 18th November, 1985 of General

Administration Department as amended from time to time), and;

(k) "Year" means the calendar year;

(l) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to these rules;

(2) All other words and expressions used in these rules but not specifically defined

shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as respectively

assigned to them in the Odisha Service Code.

3. Constitution of Service :— The service shall consist of such posts as specified

in column 2 of the Schedule.

4. Conditions of taking over of existing Radiographers:— (A) (1) On the date of

commencement of these rules , all the contractual Radiographers who have been duly

recruited by concerned societies/Schemes and have completed 6 (six) years of

satisfactory contractual service shall be deemed to be regular government employees as

one time measure subject to fulfillment of eligibility criteria as prescribed under rule-5:

Provided that all the contractual Radiographers who are yet to complete six years of

contractual service and having eligibility criteria as prescribed under rule-5 shall be

deemed to be contractual government employees as one time measure and shall be

regularized as and when they complete six years of satisfactory contractual service,

including the service that has already been rendered in concerned scheme/society:

Provided further that those contractual Radiographers, who do not meet the

eligibility criteria, as mentioned under rule-5 & shall continue as such under the OSH&FW

Society till closure of the project, retirement or disengagement, whichever is earlier.

(2) On their regularization, such posts of contractual Radiographers of the

OSH&FW Society as in sub-clause (1) shall be deemed to have been abolished from the

date of such induction of contractual Radiographers into the Cadre. As these posts shall

cease to exist, no further recruitment to fill up these posts shall be made by the OSH & FW

Society other than by the Commission.

5. Modalities for Induction of Radiographers into the Cadre:— All the

contractual Radiographers who have completed or are yet to complete 6 years of

satisfactory contractual service under the Society/ Scheme, shall be deemed to have been

inducted into the Cadre, subject to following conditions ;

(i) Such Radiographers who have the minimum educational qualification &

other eligibility criteria as per rule- 9 at the time of engagement under the

Society/Scheme;

(ii) who have been selected through an open & transparent recruitment

process;

(iii) while inducting, the prevalent reservation principles as in rule-7 shall be

followed.

6. Methods of recruitment:— Subject to other provisions made in these rules,

the method of recruitment to the posts as indicated at column 2 of the Schedule shall

be in the following manner, namely:—

(a) Recruitment to the post of Radiographer shall be made by direct recruitment

through competitive examination to be conducted by "the Commission” in

the manner provided under rule 9

(b) The post of Senior Radiographer shall be filled up by way of promotion from

among the persons holding the post of Radiographer.

7. Reservations: — Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules reservation of

vacancies or posts as the case may be, for ;—

(a) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be made in accordance with

the provisions for the Odisha Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and

Services (for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Act,1975 and the

rules made there under, and

(b) SEBC, women, sportsmen, Ex-Servicemen and Persons with Disabilities

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.

CHAPTER-II

DIRECT RECRUITMENT

8. Recruitment Procedure for Direct Recruitment:— (1) In the month of

January every year the respective Appointing Authorities of the medical institutions

concerned shall determine the existing vacancies and the vacancies likely to occur

in the service in their respective jurisdictions in the year in which the recruitment is

to be made and the vacancies shall be intimated to the Commission by the end of

January indicating therein the number of posts belonging to different reserved

categories as specified under rule 6.

(2) On

receipt

the

intimation,

the

Commission

shall

publish

advertisement at least in two leading vernacular daily newspapers having wide

circulation in Odisha, inviting applications from eligible candidates for appearing

in the competitive recruitment Examination.

(3) The application forms, the manner of submission of application, the

documents required to be accompanied with the application form, fee required and

scrutiny of applications shall be such as may be decided by the Commission.

(4) The standard, syllabus and subjects of examination shall be as decided by

the Commission in consultation with the Administrative Department.

9. Eligibility Criteria for Direct recruitment:— In order to be eligible for direct

recruitment, a candidate shall have to satisfy the following conditions; namely: -

(i) Nationality:- He must be a citizen of India.

(ii) Age limit: - A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not

be above the age of 32 years:

Provided that the upper age limit in respect of the reserved categories of

candidates referred to in rule 7 shall be relaxed in accordance with the provisions of

the Act, rules, orders or instructions for the time being in force, for their respective

categories.

Further provided that, the upper age limit for contractual Radiographers under

OSH&FW Society/Scheme who shall take part in the recruitment process, if otherwise

eligible, shall be 50 years as on the date of advertisement.

(iii) Knowledge in Odia :-He must - (a) be able to read, write and speak

Odia;

(b) have passed middle school examination with Odia as language

subject ; or

medium of examination in non-language subject; or

(d) have passed in Odia as language subject in the final examination of

class-VII from a school or educational institution recognized by the

Government of Odisha or the Central Government; or

(e) have passed a test in Odia in Middle English School standard conducted

by the School & Mass Education Department.

(iv) Marital Status :-A candidate if married must not have more than one spouse

living:

Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is

permissible under the personal law applicable to such person or there are other

specific grounds for doing so, exempt any person from the operation of these

rules.

(v) Minimum Educational Qualification :-The educational qualification

of the candidates for the post of "Radiographers" must be as specified at

column 4 of the Schedule.

(vi) Physical Fitness:-A candidate must be of good mental and physical health

and free from any physical defect s likely to make him incapable of discharging his

duties in the Service. A candidate who after such medical examination as the

Government may prescribe is not found to satisfy these requirements shall not

be appointed to the Service.

(vii) A candidate who after such medical examination as the

Government may prescribe is not found to satisfy these requirements as

specified in clause (VI) shall not be appointed to the Service.

(viii) A candidate must have registered his name in the Radiographers

Council in the State and have possessed valid registration Certificate as on

the date of the advertisement.

10. Procedure for selection by the Commission:—(1) The Commission

shall prepare a select list of successful candidates in order of merit on the basis of

written test which shall be equal to number of advertised vacancies as a whole

indicating therein the names of respective Appointing Authorities under whom the

appointment shall be made subject to fulfilment of all formalities.

If two or more candidates secure equal marks then the candidate securing

higher percentage (%) of Marks in Diploma in Radiographer shall find place above

the others in the merit list and in case percentage (%) of Marks obtained in

Diploma in Radiographer is also the same, the candidate older in age shall be

placed above the younger; and in case the age is also the same, the candidate

who secures more marks in +2 in any stream or equivalent Examination shall find

the place above the others.

(2) The list of successful candidates drawn in order of merit shall be published in

the Notice Board of the Appointing Authority as well as in web site and in two leading local

newspapers.

11. Select List :— (1) The Commission shall forward the list of the candidates

so prepared under rule 8 to the Appointing Authority for approval and after receiving the

approval the same shall form the select list.

(2) The select list of the candidates prepared on merit shall ordinarily be in

force for a period of one year from the date of its approval by the Government or until

another select list is prepared afresh whichever is earlier.

(3) Appointment to the post shall be made in the order in which their names appear

in the select list.

CHAPTER-III

PROMOTION

12. Eligibility Criteria for Promotion to the Post of Senior Radiographer:—The

eligibility criteria for promotion to the post of Senior Radiographer shall be as specified in

column 5 of the Schedule against the post.

13. Preparation of gradation list for the purpose of Promotion:— (1) For the

purpose of consideration of promotion to the posts of Senior Radiographer a combined

gradation list of Radiographer of all Medical Institutions shall be prepared by the Director

of Health Services in the following manner:

(a) The names shall be arranged on the basis of the year of recruitment

chronologically.

(b) In each year of recruitment the names shall be arranged as per their

respective merit lists/ date of appointment as Radiographer:

Provided that in case of position of two or more Radiographer of different Medical

Institutions happens to be the same as per the respective gradation lists, the person older

in age shall be placed above the younger.

junior and placed below the persons appointed prior to their induction.

(d) Names of the Radiographers inducted under rule 4 shall be arranged in

order of their date of joining in the contractual service under the

Societies/schemes. If the date of joining of two or more Radiographers is

same then the name of the older one shall be above the younger one.

14. Constitution of the Departmental Promotion Committee:— (1) The

Departmental Promotion Committee for consideration to the posts of Senior Radiographer

shall be constituted with the following members, namely:—

(a) Director, Health Service, Odisha

: Chairman

(b) Director, Medical Education and

Training, Odisha

: Member

(HRH&R), Odisha

: Member

(d) Representative from ST & SC

Development Department.

: Departmental

Representative

(e) Establishment Officer(Medical), DHS,

Odisha

:Member Convenor

(2) The recommendation of the committee shall be valid notwithstanding the

absence of any one of its members other than the Chairman:

Provided that the member so absenting must have been duly invited to attend the

meeting of the Committee.

15. Procedure for selection by the Committee:— (1) The Committee shall meet

at least once in a year preferably in the month of January to prepare a list of employees,

suitable for promotion to the higher grade taking into account the existing vacancies

and anticipated vacancies of the year in which. the Departmental Promotion

Committee meets.

(2) The Committee while considering the promotion cases of suitable employees

and preparing the list of such employees shall observe the following provisions namely:—

(a) the Odisha Reservation of Vacancies in Posts' and Services (for

Scheduled Caste and. Scheduled Tribe) Act, 1975 and the rules made

thereunder ;

(b) the Odisha Civil Services ( Zone of Consideration for Promotion)

Rules,1988 ;

(d) the Odisha Civil Services (Criteria for Selection for Appointment

including Promotion) Rules, 2003.

CHAPTER-IV

OTHER CONDITION OFSERVICE

16. Select list :— (1) The Departmental Promotion Committee shall forward

the list of the candidates so prepared under sub-rule (2) of rule 13 to the Appointing

Authority for approval and after receiving the approval the same shall form the select

list.

(2) The select list shall ordinarily be in force for a period of one year from the

date of its approval by the Appointing Authority or until another select list is prepared and

approved whichever is earlier within the same year.

(3) The validity of the select list beyond the prescribed period shall be only by

specific Government order justifying the reasons thereof.

(4) Appointment to any post in the service shall be in the order in which their names

appear in the select list.

17. Probation and Confirmation :— (1) Every person appointed to any post

in the service by direct recruitment shall be on probation for a period of two years

and when appointed on promotion shall be on probation for a period of one year from the

date of his joining in the post :

Provided that the Appointing Authority may, if thinks fit, in any case or class of

cases, extend the period of probation but in no case it shall be more than a year:

Provided further that such period of probation shall not include the period of,-:-

(a) extraordinary leave;

(b) unauthorized absence; or

2. The appointment of a probationer coming through direct recruitment may for

good and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, be terminated by the Appointing

Authority at any time without previous notice during the period of probation including

extension of such period, if any and in case of the employee who has been appointed

by way of promotion shall deem to be reverted to his former cadre or post.

3. A probationer after completion of the period of probation to the satisfaction of the

Appointing Authority shall be eligible for confirmation subject to availability of substantive

vacancy in the service.

18. Inter-se Seniority:—(1)The inter-se Seniority of the persons appointed through

direct recruitment under rule-5 (a) in the service in a particular year shall be in the order in

which their names appear in the select list.

(2) Radiographers inducted under rule 4 shall en-bloc be junior to the

Radiographers existing under the respective Medical Institutions on the date of

commencement of these rules.

(3) Seniority of Radiographers inducted under Rule 4 shall be determined taking

into account their date of joining in the contractual service under the Society/Scheme.

19. Other Conditions:—The conditions of Service in regard to matters not covered

by these rules shall be the same as are or as may from time to time be prescribed by the

Government.

20. Relaxation:—When it is considered by the Government that it is necessary or

expedient to do so in the public interest, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in

writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules in respect of any class or category of the

employees.

21. Interpretation:—If any question arises relating to the interpretation of any of

these rules, it shall be referred to the Government whose decision thereon shall be

final.

SCHEDULE

(See rules 4, 8,9 and 12)

SI.

No.

Name of the Post,

Classification

and cadre

Method of

recruitment

Minimum qualification for direct

recruitment

Eligibility criteria for

promotion

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Radiographer

(District Cadre)

Direct

recruitment

Must have passed + 2

Science Examination under Council

of Higher Secondary Education,

Odisha or equivalent course

and passed Diploma in Medical

Radiation Technology from

Government Medical College and

Hospitals of the State or any other

private institutions recognized by

Government of Odisha or All

IndiaCouncil of Technical

Education

Senior Radiographer

(State Cadre)

Promotion

from

Radiographers

Completion of 10

years of continuous

service as

Radiographers

By Order of the Governor

Dr. PRAMOD KUMAR MEHERDA

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 2445-173+50