Method of Recruitment and Minimum Qualifications

(1) In respect of each category of posts, the pay band, method of recruitment and minimum educational qualification shall be as prescribed in the respective recruitment rules. (2) Besides the minimum educational qualification to be prescribed under sub-rule (1) a candidate , in order to be eligible for appearing at the competitive examination, must,— (a) be a citizen of India. (b) be able to speak, read, and write Odia and shall have Odia as a language subject in the H.S.C. Examination or an equivalent examination or has been declared to have passed a test in Odia language equivalent to the Middle School standard conducted by the School & Mass Education Department of the Government of Odisha. (c) be under thirty-two years and over twenty-one years of age on the 1st day of January of the year in which applications are invited: Provided that the maximum upper age-limit in case of candidates belonging to women, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, Socially and Economically Backward Classes, Ex-Servicemen and Person with disability shall be relaxed as per the rules framed or instructions issued by the State Government in this respect. (d) have not more than one spouse living, if married: Provided that the State Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person or there are other grounds for doing so exempt any person from the operation of this Rule. (e) be of good character (3) Where applications have not been invited by the Commission/ Service Selection Committee during any particular year to fill up the vacancies of that year, the applicants who would have been eligible to compete at the examination had the applications been invited by them during that year, shall be eligible to compete at the examination held in the subsequent year. (4) In support of proof of age, the certificate of the H.S.C. Examination or an equivalent examination or a certificate recognized by an Indian University as equivalent thereto shall be accepted by the Appointing Authority. (5) All candidates recruited to the Municipal Service by direct recruitment or by promotion or by selection or by absorption must have the basic computer operating knowledge for making data entry in MS Word and Excel formats, All supervisory authorities must ensure this before allowing the first annual increment of all the employees after joining the Municipal Services Cadres.