EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 2149 CUTTACK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2019 / MARGASIRA 7, 1941

FOOD, SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER WELFARE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 27th November, 2019

No.18473-FSCW-FE1-MISC-42/2016/FS&CW.—In exercise of the powers conferred

by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India and in supersession of the Orissa

Civil Supplies Service (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2013 and Orders or

Instructions, 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

Civil Supplies Service, namely:-

PART-I

GENERAL

1. Short title and commencement -- (1) These rules may be called the Odisha Civil

Supplies Service (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 rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Commission" means the Odisha Public Service Commission;

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

rule 7;

(d) 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);

(e) “Schedule” means schedule appended to these rules.

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

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes specified in the Constitution

(Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribe) Order,

1950, as the case may be, made under Article 341 and 342 of the Constitution

of India, respectively;

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(g) "Service" means the Odisha Civil Supplies Service; and

(h) "Year" means the Calendar Year.

(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 appended to these rules.

PART II

Method of Recruitment

4. Method of Recruitment-- The method of recruitment to the posts in the service in

column 2 of Schedule shall be as specified against each in column (3) thereof.

5. 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 of the Odisha Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1975 and the rules made there

under.

(b) Persons with Disabilities shall be made in accordance with the provisions made

under such Act, rules, orders or instructions issued in this behalf by the

Government from time to time.

PART III

PROMOTION

6. Eligibility Criteria for Promotion-- The eligibility criteria for Promotion is as

specified in column 4 of the Schedule against the respective posts.

7. Constitution of Departmental Promotion Committee-- (1) There shall be a

Departmental Promotion Committee consisting of the following members to consider the

cases of promotion to the next higher rank in the service; namely:-

(a) Principal Secretary /Commissioner-cum-Secretary

to Government, FS & CW Department …Chairman

(b) Additional Secretary to Government,

FS & CW Department …Member

(d) Deputy / Under Secretary

to Govt., FS & CW Department.. …Member Convener

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(2) The recommendation of the Committee shall be valid and can be acted upon,

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

Provided that the member so absenting was duly invited to attend the meeting of

the Committee and the majority of members of the Committee attended the meeting.

8. 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 officers, as

are held by them, suitable for promotion to the next higher grade taking into account the

existing vacancies and the anticipated vacancies of the year.

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

preparation of the select list shall follow the provisions of, -

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

Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Act, 1975 and the rules made there under,

wherever required,

(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.

9. Consultation with the Commission-- (1) The recommendations of the committee

shall be referred to the Commission for concurrence, along with the list of all eligible

candidates, including those who have not been recommended, together with the service

particulars, if any.

(2) The commission shall consider the list alongwith the service particulars received

under sub-rule (1) and shall furnish its recommendations as to the suitability of the

candidates to the Government.

10. Select List-- (1) The recommendations of the commission in respect of reference

made to it under sub-rule (1) of rule 9 shall after being approved by Government, form

the select list.

(2) The lists referred to under sub-rule(1) 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 any post in the service shall be in the order, in which their names

appear in the select list.

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PART IV

OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

11. Probation and Confirmation-- (1) Every person appointed to any post in the

service shall be on probation for a period of one year from the date of joining the post:

Provided that the appointing authority may, if think fit in any case or class of cases,

extend the period of probation:

Provided further that such period of probation shall not include-

(a) extraordinary leave;

(b) period of unauthorized absence; or

(2) The appointment of a probationer may, for good and sufficient reasons to be

recorded in writing, be reverted to his/ her former post.

(3) A probationer, after completing the period of probation to the satisfaction of

Government, shall be eligible for confirmation subject to the availability of substantive

vacancy in the service

12. Inter-se-seniority-- The inter-se-seniority of the persons appointed to any post in

the service in a particular year shall be in the order in which their names appear in the

select list.

13. Other conditions of service-- 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 State Government.

PART V

MISCELLANEOUS

14. Relaxation- When it is considered by the Government that it is necessary or

expedient so to do 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 in consultation with the Commission.

15. Interpretation- If any question arises relating to the interpretation of any of the

provisions of these rules; it shall be referred to Government whose decision thereon shall

be final.

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SCEDULE

[SEE RULE 3, 4, & 6]

No.

Name of the

Post

Method of

Recruitment

Eligibility Criteria for Promotion

Additional

Director (Food

Supplies)

Promotion from

Joint Director

(Food Supplies)

On the basis of merit & suitability with due

regard to seniority.

Joint Director

(Food

Supplies)

Promotion from

Chief Civil

Supplies

Officer

One year of continuous service as Chief Civil

Supplies Officer as on the 1st day of January

of the year in which the Committee meets.

Chief Civil

Supplies

Officer

Promotion from

Civil Supplies

Officer /

Deputy

Director (Food

Supplies)

Three years of continuous service as Civil

Supplies Officer/ Deputy Director (Food

Supplies) as on the 1st day of January of the

year in which the Committee meets.

Civil Supplies

Officer /

Deputy

Director (Food

Supplies)

Promotion from

Additional Civil

Supplies

Officer

Seven years of continuous service in the post

of Assistant Civil Supplies Officer and

Additional Civil

Supplies

Officer

taken

together as on the 1st day of January of the

year in which the Committee meets.

Additional

Civil Supplies

Officer

Promotion from

Assistant Civil

Supplies

Officer

Four years of continuous service as Assistant

Civil Supplies Officer as on the 1st day of

January of the year in which the Committee

meets & must have passed Departmental

Examination Conducted by the Board of

Revenue, Odisha.

Assistant Civil

Supplies

Officer

Promotion from

Inspector of

supplies

Five years of continuous regular service as

Inspector of supplies as on the 1st day of

January of the year in which the Committee

meets & must have passed Departmental

Examination Conducted by the Board of

Revenue, Odisha.

By Order of the Governor

V.V. YADAV

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government

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

Ex. Gaz. 1480-173+30