Cadre Strength and Methods of recruitment

(1) The initial cadre strength of Odisha Municipal Engineering Service for all the Urban Local Bodies shall be as provided in SCHEDULE-I; and Government shall have power to increase or decrease the Cadre strength by issuing notification after evaluating the administrative necessity.

(2) The qualifications method of selection for different posts and experience under the Service shall be as provided in SCHEDULE-II.

(3) Subject to other provisions made in these rules recruitment to different grades in the service shall be made by the following methods, namely:— (a) The post of City Engineer shall be filled up byway of promotion from the Cadre of Executive Engineer; (b) The post of Executive Engineer shall be filled up byway of promotion from the Cadre of Deputy Executive Engineer: Provided that where in any cadre there is no post of Deputy Executive Engineer post shall be filled up from the post of Assistant Executive Engineer; (c) The post of Deputy Executive Engineer shall be filled up byway of promotion from the Cadre of Assistant Executive Engineer; (d) The post of Assistant Executive Engineer shall be filled up both byway of direct recruitment through the OPSC and promotion from the Cadre of Assistant Engineer Group-B: Provided that the number of posts to be filled up by direct recruitment shall not be less than50% of the total cadre posts; and byway of promotion shall not be more than 50% of the posts of the cadre; (e) The post of Assistant Engineer shall be filled up byway of promotion from the Cadre of Junior Engineer; and (f) The post of Junior Engineer shall be filled up byway of direct recruitment by the OSSC: Provided that initially 50% of the total number of posts in the cadre of Junior Engineer shall be filled up, by direct recruitment and balance 50% of the posts shall be filled up, by transfer on deputation or absorption from the Cadre or ex-cadre posts of Junior Engineers from Engineering Services of other departments as may be decided by the Government, in consultation with the other departments: Provided further that all vacancies in the post of the Junior Engineer after three years of constitution of the cadre, shall be filled up, by direct recruitment only.