Section 22(2) in The Orissa Statistics and Economics Service Rules, 1979
(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.
