Section 5 in The Orissa Junior Employment Officer Service Rules, 1975
5. Direct recruitment.
(1)Direct recruitment to the service shall be made on the results of competitive examination to be conducted by the Director.(2)A candidate for direct recruitment shall not be below 21 and above 28 years of age on the 31 at day of December of the year of recruitment; provided that the maximum age-limit shall be raised by five years in case of candidates belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, and up to forty-five years in favour of repatriates from Burma or Ceylon who have migrated to India on or after the, 1st June, 1963 or the 1st November, 1974 respectively and in case of bona fide displaced persons from East Pakistan who have migrated to India on or after the 1st January, 1964. In case of a candidate with approved military service from 1962 the upper age-limit will be relaxed by the period of his such military service and if after allowing the above concession the candidate is found still to exceed the said age-limit, Government may relax it further to make him eligible in case he is considered suitable for appointment :Provided that the aforesaid concession regarding age shall be admissible to such of the above-mentioned persons of privileged classes and up to such date as Government may from time to time decide.(3)A candidate shall -(a)be of good character;(b)be of sound mental and physical health, good physique and active habits and free from organic defects or physical infirmity;(c)hold a degree of a recognised university in Arts, Science or Commerce;(d)be able to speak, read and write Oriya and have-(i)passed the M. E. School Examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education or an equivalent examination or any higher examination conducted by the competent authority with Oriya as a language subject; or(ii)passed Oriya as a language subject in the final examination of Class VII or above (to be certified by the Headmaster or Principal of the concerned secondary school recognised by the Board of Secondary Education or by any other competent authority) ; or(iii)had Oriya as medium of examination in non-language subjects in Matriculation or equivalent examination which he has passed (to be certified by the Headmaster of the concerned high school recognised by the Board of Secondary Education) ; or(iv)passed a test in Oriya equivalent to M. E. school standard conducted by any District Inspector of Schools in the State of Orissa.
