Section 7(3) in The Orissa Statistics and Economics Service Rules, 1979
(3)The selection of officers for promotion shall be based on merit and suitability in all respects with due regard to seniority.] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 1614/1989.]Provided that the Commission shall be competent to interview such candidates in respect of whom they may have any doubt :Provided further that the Commission shall be competent to assign to a person who in their opinion is of exceptional merit, a higher place in the list than of officers senior to him.
