To give opportunity to more candidates belonging to Ex-Servicemen/ Commissioned and SSC Officers of Defense service and persons with disabilities (PwDs), the State Cabinet on Tuesday decided to amend the OSJS and OJS Rules, 2007.
After amendment, the upper age limit for Ex- Servicemen/ Commissioned and SSC Officers of Defense would be relaxed by five years and the upper age for Persons with Disabilities would be relaxed by 10 years over and above the normal relaxation admissible to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and SEBC for recruitment to the post of Civil Judge. Recruitment and appointment of Government college teachers enjoying UGC scale of pay is being made through Odisha Public Service Commission.
The age limit for applying for the post of lecturers in Government colleges is from 21 years to 33 years allowing admissible relaxations in different reserved categories.
Following a requisition made to the OPSC for selection of candidate for filling up of 606 vacant degree lecturer posts on October 1, 2019, representation/recommendation were received to enhance the upper age limit in view of PhD/NET qualification being made mandatory for recruitment to such posts.
While the Health and Family Welfare Department has fixed maximum age of 45 years for selection of lecturers in medical, homeopathic and ayurvedic colleges, the upper age limit for selection of lecturers recruited by State Selection Board is 42 years. But no upper age limit has been fixed by the UGC.
Considering all theses, the Government has decided to give one time relaxation in enhancing the upper age limit from 33 years to 48 years for recruitment of lecturers.