ODISHA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. WEBSITE : http://opsconline.gov.in. ADVERTISEMENT NO. 25 OF 2021-22. RECRUITMENT TO ODISHA CIVIL SERVICES, 2021 UNDER GENERAL ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC GRIEVANCE DEPARTMENT

Online applications are invited from the prospective candidates for recruitment to Odisha Civil Services, 2021, through the Proforma Application to be made available on the WEBSITE (http://opsc.gov.in). The link for registration / re-registration and payment of examination fee shall be available from 10.01.2022 to 09.09.2022 (Note – 18.02.2022 is the last date for submission of Registered Online Application) for admission to the Odisha Civil Services Preliminary Examination, 2020 in the scale of pay for Group-A Service is Rs.56,100/- in Level-12-Cell-I in the Pay Matrix & Group-B Service is Rs.44,900/- in Level-10-Cell-1 in the Pay Matrix provided under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017. 2. VACANCY POSITION: As per requisition filed by the General Administrative & P.G. Department, Government of Odisha, the vacancy position for the post of Odisha Civil Services Examination, 2021 is 405 (132-w). 3. AGE LIMIT: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not be above the age of 32 years as on the 1st day of January, 2021, i.e. he/she must not have been born earlier than 2nd January, 1989 and not later than 1st January, 2000. As per Resolution No. 34327/Gen, Dt.20.12.2021 of G.A. & P.G. Deptt., the intending candidates who have appeared in OCSE-2019 or OCSE-2020 but are otherwise ineligible to appear / complete in the OCSE-2021, on account of attainment of upper age limit or exhaustion of the attempts prescribed under the Rules, shall be allowed one more additional compensatory attempt for appearing in OCSE-2021. 4. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree from any University incorporated by an Act of the Central or a 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 Government from time to time. 5. EXAMINATION FEE: A candidate is required to pay a non-refundable and non-adjustable fee of Rs.500/- (Rupees five hundred) only. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe of Odisha and persons with disability, whose permanent disability is 40% or more are exempted from payment of this fee. The candidates are advised to visit the Website of the Commission at http://opsc.gov.in for detailed information for applying to the above posts.