Section 5 in The Orissa Secretariat Service Rules, 1980
5. Method of recruitment.
(1)All first appointment to the service shall be made in the rank of [Under-Secretaries] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 395/1992.] to Government.(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.](3)[ Appointment to the rank of Deputy Secretaries, Joint Secretaries and Additional Secretaries shall be made by promotion from the ranks of Under-Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries and Joint Secretaries respectively.] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 395/1992.]
