OSSC Recruitment 2022 – Apply for 130 Junior Executive Assistant Posts

a. General criteria of eligibility: –

Candidate applying for the above post should be

• a citizen of India,
• of good character,

• of sound health, good physique and free from organic defects or bodily infirmity (Not applicable to physically Challenged candidates)
• if married, must not have more than one spouse living.

• must be able to read, write and speak Odia fluently and

• must have passed M.E. S,chool Examination with Odia as language subject, or

• have passed HSC Examination or equivalent examination with Odia as Medium of examination in non-language subject, or
• passed in Odia as language subject in the final examination of Class- VII and above, or

• passed a test in Odia in M.E. School standard conducted by Education Department. b. Age:

• The minimum age for the post is 21 years and the maxi mum age is 38 years as on dated 01-01-

2022. The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for candidates belonging to SEBC, SC, ST & all Women candidates, 10 years for candidates belonging to PWD category & the total period of service rendered in defence service in case of Ex-servicemen. PwD candidates in the ST & SC category shall be entitled to cumulative age relaxation of ten years over & above the normal relaxation specified for the category. However, a candidate who comes under more than one category shall be eligible for only one benefit of age relaxation as per rule which will be more beneficial to him/her. To be eligible, candidates not enjoying any relaxation of upper age limit, must not have been born earlier than 02.01.1984 and not later than 01.01.2001. Persons in Defence Forces having more than six months to retire/ discharge from the forces as on the last date of the submission of online application are not eligible to apply as Ex- Serviceman for the post, provided that those ex-serviceman who have already secured regular employment under the State Government in Civil Post and services would be permitted the benefit of age relaxion as admissible for ex-serviceman for the securing another employment in any higher post and services under the state Govt. but such candidates shall not be eligible for the benefit of reservation.
• Moreover, Persons of Defence Forces, due to retire within six months from the last date of Online Application form should note that they must submit the discharge certificate on the date of certificate verification for considering their claims under Ex-Serviceman category.
• Note For Ex-serviceman Once an Ex-Serviceman has joined the Govt. Service on civil side after availing benefit as an Ex-Serviceman for his re-employment, his ex-serviceman status for the purpose of re-employment in Govt. jobs shall cease. He can avail age relaxation only.
However as per clause-4 of the O.M No. 36034/2014-Estt.(Res) dt.l4 August,2014 of  Ministry of personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel & training, Government of India, if an Ex-serviceman applies for various post before joining any civil employment , as soon as he joins any civil employment, he should give self-declaration/ undertaking to the concerned employer about the date wise details of application for various post which he /she had applied for before joining .The applicant should furnish the copy of above declaration duly endorsed by the employer on the date of document / certificate verification for consideration of the claim of reservation under Ex-Servicemen Category.
• (NOTE: Border Security Force, Indian Coast Guard, CRPF and other Para Military Forces are .not within the definition of Ex-Servicemen.)

• The upper age limit is relaxable for the candidates coming under Rule-8(a) of Odisha Group- B & Group-C posts (Contractual Appointment) Rules,2013 as per rules provided, they satisfy the conditions mentioned therein. They must be less than 45 years as on 01.01.2022. They should upload their self-attested copies of their appointment letter(s) for the entire period of contractual engagement in the online application form. If they have different spells of engagement, it should be mentioned clearly in the online application and such appointment letter shall be uploaded. Such candidates shall keep the original appointment letter in support of their claim with them for verification during certificate verification.
• Date of Birth entered in the High School Certificate Examination by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha or equivalent Certificate issued by the recognised Board/Council! by a Indian University as equivalent there to shall be acceptable by the Commission.