ORISSA CIVIL SERVICE

Orissa Public Service Commission, Cuttack-753001 conducts the Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination for appointment to Orissa Civil Services. The Services/posts to which recruitment is to be made through the competitive examination are:
CATEGORY: I
(A)-Orissa Administrative Service (Class-II) O.A.S.
(B)-Orissa Finance Service (Class-II)O.F.S.
(C)-Orissa Employment Service(Class-II) O.E.S.
(D)-Orissa Co-operative Service(Class-II) O.C.S.
(E)-Orissa Welfare Service (Class-II) O.W.S.
CATEGORY- II
A-Sub-Registrar(Specially Declared Gazetted).
B-Orissa Settlement & consolidation Services(Specially Declared Gazetted) O.S.C.S.
VACANCIES/RESERVATION:
The number of vacancies depends upon exigencies at the discretion of the State Govt. and may vary year to year. There is a provision for reservation by the Govt. of Orissa for women, Scheduled Caste(SC), Scheduled Tribes(ST), Socially and Educationally Backward Classes(SEBC), sports persons and Ex-servicemen.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
He must hold a Bachelor’s degree from any university incorporated by an act of the central or State legislature in India or an Educational institution established by an act of parliament or deemed to be a university under section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Govt.
AGE:
A candidate shall be under thirty-two years of age and over twenty-one years of age on 1st August of the year of examination. The upper age limit is relaxable by three years for candidates belonging to SEBC and five years for candidates belonging to the categories of SC, ST, Women and eligible Ex-Servicemen.
PLAN OF EXAMINATION:
The examination will consist of the following successive stages:
1.Preliminary Examination for selection of candidates for the main examination.
2.Main Examination.
3.Personality Test (Viva voce Test)
NO. OF ATTEMPTS :
Candidates appearing in the Orissa Civil Services Examination shall be permitted 4 (four) attempts This restriction will not apply in case of S.C & S.T. candidates. For OBC & SEBC candidates the number of permissible attempts is limited to 7(seven). It must be remembered that an attempts at a preliminary examination shall be deemed to be an attempt at the examination.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:
Candidates will be required to appear at a test which consists of two papers:
Viz. Oriya and English,
Each paper will be of 300 marks and of 3 hours duration. The preliminary written Examination shall be of matriculation (High School) standard and is meant only to serve as a screening test for selection of candidates for the main examination. The qualifying marks at the preliminary Examination shall be such as may be fixed by the commission. The marks obtained at the preliminary Examination shall not be counted for ranking of candidates in the final selection.
MAIN EXAMINATION:
The main examination will consist of written test in six papers, each of 300 marks and of three hours duration. Of these two papers will be on general studies and two papers on any two of the prescribed optional subjects to be selected by a candidate.
LIST OF OPTIONAL SUBJECTS:
(I) Agriculture (II)Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science (III)Anthropology, (IV)Botany (V)Chemistry, (VI)Civil Engineering, (VII)Commerce & Accountancy (VIII)Economics (IX)education, (X)Electrical Engineering (XI)Forestry, (XII)Geography (XIII)Geology, (XIV)History (XV) Home Science, (XVI)Law, (XVII) Literature of one of the following languages- Oriya/Hindi/Sanskrit/Persian/English/Urdu, (XXII) Management, (XIX)Mathematics, (XX)Mechanical Engg. (XXI)Philosophy, (XXII) Physics, (XXIII)Political Science & International Relations, (XXIV) Psychology, (XXV)Public Administration, (XXVI)Sociology, (XXVII) Statistics and (XXVIII) Zoology.
Candidates are not allowed to opt for the following combinations of subjects:
a) Oriya,Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit.
b) Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering.
c) Mathematics and Statistics.
d) Anthropology, Sociology.
e) Political Science & International Relations, Public Administration.
f) Commerce & Accountancy, Management.
g) Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and veterinary Sciences.
h) Management, Public Administration.
i) Education, Psychology.
j) Geology, Geography.
The question papers for the examination shall be of conventional essay type.
PERSONALITY TEST (Viva-voce):
The personality test will carry 200 marks. The candidate who secure such qualifying mark in the main Examination as may be fixed by the commission, will be called to appear at the interview for a personality test.
FEE:
A candidate is required to pay a non-refundable and un-adjustable fee of Rs.70/- only in shape of deposit of the amount in a Govt. Treasury under the Head of Account “0051-P.S.C.-104-State P.S.C.-Examination Fee”. No other mode of payment of fee is acceptable.
CENTRES OF EXAMINATION:
Balasore, Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Sambalpur.
OTHER ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:
A candidate-
1. shall be a citizen of India.
2. shall be able to speak, read and write Oriya and shall have Oriya as language
subject in the H.S.C.Examination or an equivalent examination or has been declared to have passed a test in Oriya language equivalent to the middle English School standard conducted by the Education Dept. of the Govt. of Orissa.
3. who has more than one spouse living will not be eligible for appointment unless the State Govt. has exempted his/her case.
4. who has been selected for appointment to any post of service mentioned under category-II, subject to his eligibility, be allowed to compete again for any post or service mentioned under category-1.
5. can avail of not more than four attempts for appearing at the examination. This restriction shall not, however apply to SC/ST candidates.
1. Govt. Servants shall have to apply through proper channel.
2. Must be of good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defects.
FURTHER DETAILS:
For the details of the scheme of examination, syllabus etc. one can write to the Secretary, Orissa Public Service Commission, 19-Dr.P.K.Parija Road, Cuttack-753001. The advertisement for combined competitive recruitment examination also appear in the Oriya daily News papers and Employment News.
INSTITUTES OFFERING COACHING FACILITIES :
1. Orissa IAS Study Circle, Near Kalpana Square, Bhubaneswar.
2. Lisas’ Study Circle, 3-Budhanagar, Bhubaneswar.