HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 6th June 2025

No. 16687—HFW-MEI-PG-0008/2020-H.—On the recommendation of the Odisha Public

Service Commission, Cuttack pursuant to the Advertisement No. 38 of 2023-24, the following 12

(twelve) number of candidates are hereby appointed as Psychiatric Social Worker in the rank of

Group- ‘B’ of State Service for Drug-De-addiction Centres (DAC) under Health & Family Welfare

Department in the Scale of Pay of Rs. 44,900 (as per 7th Pay Commission) in Level-10, Cell-01 of

Pay Matrix of ORSP Rules, 2017 with usual dearness and other allowances as may be sanctioned

by the Government of Odisha from time to time :—

1. The appointment is purely temporary and terminable at any time without prior notice and

without assigning any reason thereof. The appointment is only valid subject to conditions of

valid verification and correctness of the certificates ensured by the competent authority.

2. The appointees shall be on probation for a period of one year.

3. The appointments are subject to their Medical Fitness to be determined by the Medical

Board and their characters; antecedents are found to be satisfactory after verification. In

case, adverse reports are received, the services of the candidates concerned would be

terminated forthwith.

4. The detailed place of posting has been made by way of counselling conducted by the

Director, Public Health, Odisha, Bhubaneswar as per the guidelines issued vide Resolution

No-14327/Gen, dated the 4th July 2017 of General Administration & Public Grievance

Department.

5. They are posted to the Drug-De-addiction Centres (DAS) as mentioned against each in the

vacant posts of Psychiatric Social Workers as per the below table.

6. The appointees shall produce the Original Registration Certificates as per the OPSC

Advertisement No. 38 of 2023-24 before the concerned Dean & Principal/ Director/CDM &

PHOs within 30 days of issue of this Notification, failing which appointment orders will

stand cancelled.

The Odisha

G a z e t t e

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 1605 CUTTACK, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025/JAISTHA 20, 1947

7. The appointees are hereby directed to join at their place of posting within 30 (thirty) days

positively from the date of issue of the notification, after obtaining the orders of acceptance

of their resignation/relieve order from the competent authority, if they are already appointed

permanently/ substantively in any cadre of the State or Central Government.

8. The concerned Dean & Principal/ Director/ CDM & PHOs are hereby requested to accept

the joining report of the appointees after due verification of relieving orders/ acceptance of

their resignations, if any, by observing due procedure as per Rules and Regulations in case

of the appointees appointed permanently / substantively in any other cadre of the State or

Central Government.

9. The above notification is available in the Health & Family Welfare Department Website

https://health.odisha.gov.in/.

LIST OF SELECTED CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT AS PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL

WORKER UNDER OPSC

Sl.

Roll

Name of

Father’s

Date

Gender Category

Selected

Address for

Place of

No. No.

the

name

of birth

to which

under

communication

posting

candidates

belongs