There are 226 posts in IAS cadre in the State out of which 35 posts are lying vacant, informed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the Assembly on Monday. In written reply to Member Prashant Kumar Jagdeb, the Chief Minister said the Department of Personnel and Training of the Government of India has been requested to allot required numbers of direct recruit IAS officers to Odisha to fill up the direct recruit vacancies. The vacancies in the promotion quota against Select list-2014 would be filled in 2015, he said.