INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 12th March 2024

No. 4286ʊIPR-OE1-CSG-0008-2014-IPRʊThe Cadre of Odisha Information

Service (OIS) is hereby restructured with creation of 61(Sixty One) posts at different levels

and simultaneous abolition of 4(Four) posts in the rank of SDIPRO (OIS-II). Details are as

mentioned below.

Sl.

No.

Existing

Hierarchy of

Posts in the

Cadre

Pay

Level

S.S.

Posts

created(+)/

abolished (-)

Total

Sanctioned

Strength after

restructuring

Remarks

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1

Director

(Technical)

Level-16

1

0

1

2

Additional

Director

Level-15

1

(+)1

2

One more post of Addl.

Director is created.

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Joint

Director

Level-14

3

(+)2

5

1. Two posts of Joint

Director are created.

2. The existing post of

Joint Director (AVP &

Field) is bifurcated into

Joint Director (AVP)

and

Joint

Director

(Field).

3. One additional post to

head one of the two

vertical divisions i.e. of

Field and AVP.

4. The other one to look

after RTI matters in

place of existing post

of

Deputy

Director

(RTI).

4

Deputy

Director

Level-13

15

(+)2

17

1. Two posts of Deputy

Director are created,

the

incumbents

of

which

will work as

PROs in the Offices of

the

Hon’ble

Chief

Minister

and

Secretariat of Hon’ble

Governor.

2. Deputy Director (RTI)

is renamed as Deputy

Director

(Puri)

to

manage

the

PR

activities of the District

keeping in view the

importance of the town

of pilgrimage from the

angles of tourism and

religiosity.

5

DIPRO

(OIS-JB)

Level-12

39

(+)10

49

10(Ten) more posts are

created at this level as

follows:

1. 1 post of PRO for OLA

2. 1 post of Asst. Director

(Social Media)

3. Manager, Publications

4. Research

and

Reference Officer

5. Stores Officer

6. DIPRO, Rourkela

2

7. 4

posts

of

Leave,

Training

and

Deputation

Reserve

Officer

6

SDIPRO

(OIS-II)

Level-10

66

(-) 4

108

4(Four) posts at this level

as

listed

below

are

abolished.

1. Manager, Publications

2. Research

and

Reference Officer

3. Stores Officer

4. DIPRO, Rourkela

(+)46

46(Forty Six) posts as

named below are created

at this level.

1. 8(Eight) posts of PRO

(GoD).

2. 20 posts of SDIPRO

for 20

Sub-Divisions

for which there was no

sanctioned posts.

3. 1 post of PRO for O/o

the Skill Development

Authority.

4. 1 post of PRO for the

Directorate

of

Vigilance.

5. 1 post

of

PRO for

Home

(Election)

Department/ O/o

the

Chief Electoral Officer.

6. 1 post of PRO for O/o

the

State

Election

Commissioner

7. 1 post of PRO for O/o

the

Special

Relief

Commissioner,

8. 1 post of PRO for

Bhubaneswar

Municipal Corporation.

9. 1 post of PRO for

Cuttack

Municipal

Corporation.

10. 1 post of PRO for

Western

Odisha

Development Council

(WODC).

11. 2 posts of PRO for

Social Media Activities

12. 8

posts

of Leave,

Training

and

3

Deputation

Reserve

Officer.

7

SDIPRO

(OIS-III)

Level-9

25

-

25

This will be a dying cadre

and will remain in the

structure until the last man

moves out/up.

TOTAL

150

(+)57

207

*N.B.- S.S. in the above table means Sanctioned Strength.

This will come into force with immediate effect. This has the concurrence of Finance

Department.

By Order of the Governor

SANJAY KUMAR SINGH

Principal Secretary to Government

Printed and Published by the Director, Directorate of Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 625—173+20

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