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 The Orissa Civil Services (Reservation of Vacancies for Women in Public Services) Rules, 1994
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 ODISHA
   
 India
 
 The Orissa Civil Services (Reservation of Vacancies for Women in Public Services) Rules, 1994
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 Rule THE-ORISSA-CIVIL-SERVICES-RESERVATION-OF-VACANCIES-FOR-WOMEN-IN-PUBLIC-SERVICES-RULES-1994 of 1994
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* Published on 1 January 1994
* Commenced on 1 January 1994
 The Orissa Civil Services (Reservation of Vacancies for Women in Public Services) Rules, 1994
 
 Published vide Notification Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 943/8.8.1994-Notification No. 15791/23.7.1994
 
 No. 15791-2R/1-26194-Gen. - In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Orissa is pleased to make the following rules for regulating reservation for women candidates in State Civil Services and Posts, namely :
 
### 1. Short title and commencement.
(1) These rules may be called the Orissa Civil Services (Reservation of Vacancies for Women in Public Services) Rules, 1994.
 
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the thirty-first December, 1992.
 
### 2. Definition.
 - In these rules unless the context otherwise requires-
 
(a) "Recruitment Rules" means the rules framed under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India regulating recruitment to any Civil Services or Civil Posts in the rank of Class II, specially declared gazetted, Class III and Class IV by way of direct recruitment and include executive orders and Instructions issued by the competent authority for that purpose; and
 
(b) "Year" means the calendar year in which the vacancies occur.
 
### 3. Application.
 - These rules shall apply to all the State Civil Services and Posts in the rank of Class II specially declared gazetted, Class III and Class IV which are filled up by direct recruitment.
 
### 4. Reservation.
(1) The following percentage of vacancies out of the total vacancies arising in a year in Class-II, specially declared gazetted, Class III and Class IV services/posts to which women candidates are eligible to be appointed and which are filled up by way of direct recruitment, shall be reserved for the women candidates.
 
|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 
 Category
  | 
 Women
  | 
 Men
  | 
 Total
  |
| 
 (1) | 
 (2) | 
 (3) | 
 (4) |
| 
 Physically Handicapped
  | 
 1%
  | 
 2%
  | 
 3%
  |
| 
 Sportsman
  | 
 0.33%
  | 
 0.67%
  | 
 1%
  |
| 
 Ex-Servicemen
  | 
 | 
 3%
  | 
 3%
  |
| 
 General candidate
  | 
 18.33%
  | 
 36-67%
  | 
 55%
  |
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-rule (1), reservation made in favour of women candidates in excess of 30% of the total vacancies in the Class II, specially declared gazetted, Class III and Class IV services/ posts, shall continue.
 
(3) If in any year, the vacancies reserved for a particular category of women candidates specified under Sub-rule (1) remain unfilled due to non availability of suitable women candidates belonging to the respective category, the unfilled vacancies shall be filled up by suitable male candidates of the same category :
 
 Provided that in case of non-availability of suitable male candidate of that category, the vacancy shall be filled up by women candidate of general category.
 
### 5. Relaxation of upper age-limit.
 - The upper age-limit in respect of the women candidates shall be relaxed by five years over and above the upper age-limit prescribed in the Orissa Civil Service (Fixation of Upper Age-limit) Rules, 1989.
 
### 6. The provisions of these rules shall have overriding effect notwithstanding anything contrary in any other recruitment rules.
 

