Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has granted one more compensatory attempt to the aspirants to appear in the Odisha Civil Services, Combined Competative Recruitment Examiantion-2022.
“On account of delay in conducting Odisha Civil Services, Combined Competitive Recruitment Examinations (CCRE) in each year during the period 2011-2014 and consequent upon introduction of UPSC pattern in the OCS Examination, it was decided by the Government in the past to allow additional compensatory attempts to appear in the OCSE -2016, OCSE-2017, OCSE-2018, OCSE-2019, OCSE-2020 and OCSE-2021 irrespective of maximum age limit of the candidates,” said a notification issued by the GA Department.
“In spite of that, there are number of representations received from some as Examination aspirants to allow them additional chances to appear in the OCSE-2022 irrespective of their maximum age limit. Further Government have been pleased to allow candidates to write the answer in Odia except language papers in the OCS examinations from this year,” added the notification.
“The intending candidates who have appeared in OCSE-2019 or OCSE-2020 or OCSE-2021 but are otherwise ineligible to appear/compete in the OCSE-2022, 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-2022. No further additional compensatory attempt to appear the OCS Examination shall be allowed in future,” stated the notification.
This shall come into force with immediate effect. The provisions of the OCS (CCRE) Rules, 1991 are being separately amended to the above extent.
