Section 22 in The Orissa Statistics and Economics Service Rules, 1979
22. Object of the Examinational.
- Government may hold a Departmental Examination for officers appointed to the service under Rules 17 and 18 and the subjects of such examination, the syllabus therefore, the maximum marks for each subject, the minimum marks in each subject is to be secured for the purpose of passing of the said examination shall be as set out hereinafter.(2)The failure to pass the Departmental Examination within a maximum of 4 chances available after the joining of officers in service shall result in withholding their promotion and increment due after availing of the 4th chance :Provided that if a departmental examination is held within six months of the joining of the officer-in-service and the opportunity to sit in examination is not availed by him, it would not be counted as a chance :Provided further that if the candidate passes the departmental examination in any subsequent chance he shall be allowed the pay which he would ordinarily have drawn had he passed the said examination within the prescribed number of chances but shall not be entitled to any amount on account of the increments withheld.(3)Notwithstanding anything in these rules, persons who have completed five years of service in any Branch of the service on the date these rules come into force shall not be required to pass the departmental examination prescribed for that Branch.
