Section 5(2) in The Orissa Secretariat Service Rules, 1980
(2)[ The following categories of officers shall be eligible for consideration for first appointment to the service, namely :(a)Section Officers, Level-1 appointed under the Orissa Secretariat Service Class-II (Group-B) Rules, 1986, and(b)Assistant Law Officers appointed from the Common Cadre or Law Officers in different Department other than the Law Department as and when their counterparts in the Common Cadre on being promoted to the rank of Section Officer, Level-1 become eligible for such consideration.]
