Odisha Public Service Commission
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| Abbreviation | OPSC |
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| Formation | April 1, 1949 |
| Type | Government of Odisha, ଓଡିଶା ସରକାର |
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Region served | India |
| Website | www.opsc.gov.in |
The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) (ଓଡିଆ: ଓଡିଶା ଲୋକ ସେବା ଆୟୋଗ) is the state agency authorized to conduct the Civil Services Examination for entry-level appointments to the various civil services of Odisha.
History
The recommendations of the Royal Commission on superior services in India, 1924 are referred to in short as the Lee Commission, and now they find place in the Constitution of India in Articles 315 to 323. The Odisha Public Service Commission was constituted on 1 April 1949 after its bifurcation from the former Bihar and Odisha Joint Public Service Commission. At the time of creation of the Odisha Public Service Commission, the strength of the commission was three including a chairman. The strength increased to five in 1979 and further increased to six in 1996.[1]
Functions
Source: [2]
The functions of the Commission are broadly divided into the following four categories:
(i) Advice on the framing of recruitment rules and its amendments with regard to the recruitment and conditions of service of Group 'B' posts/services carrying scale of pay of Rs. 6500-200-10,500/- and above and Group 'A' posts/services.
(ii) Advice on punishment proposed by the disciplinary authority in finalization of departmental proceedings under the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962 read with Rule 7 of the Odisha Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1992.
(iii) Advice on matters relating to promotion of officers and fixation of inter seniority etc., with regard to officers of Group 'B' carrying a pay scale of Rs. 6500-200-10,500/- and above and all Group 'A' officers.
(iv) Recruitment of candidates to different posts/services belonging to Group 'B' and above under the State Government.
(a) Through competitive examination and viva voce test as prescribed in the concerned recruitment rules; and
(b) Through viva voce test only.
Commission
The commission comprises a chairman and five other members. The total sanctioned strength of members including the chairman is six. The existing strength as of March 2017 is three.
- Sri Janardan Diwakar Sharma, IFS (Retd.), Chairman
- Prof. Dr. Satyakam Mishra, member
- Brigadier Laxmi Charan Patnaik (Retd.), member
Conducted examinations
List of examinations conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission time to time. (direct recruitment through interviews only as per the service rules of various posts)
- Odisha Civil Service Examination
- Odisha Judicial Service Examination
- Odisha Education Services
- Junior Lecturers in O.E.S.
- Asst. Section Officer
- Tourist Officer
- Asst. Executive Engineer (Civil & Mechanical)
- Junior Assistant in the Office of OPSC
Controversies
Odisha Public Service Commission was criticized for not conducting the examination on time due to various cases pending with State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) and Odisha High Court Odisha. Odisha Civil Service, 2011 final result was declared after a gap of four years in February, 2016. The latest entrant is the examination of Assistant Section Officer. It is more than four years since advertisement and nine months since exam but OPSC is unable to decide the date of the result announcement, questions raised by the candidates appeared for the post of Assistant Section Officer. They also claim that if OPSC was not so hurried in the recruitment process, they could have advertised the vacancy in 2017 or later. Candidates and the people of Odisha are still clueless about the delay of the ASO result for such a long time.[3]