The State Cabinet on Monday approved the rules for recruitment of District Judges.
This was done to ease the process of recruitment to the cadre of District Judge and to postulate the manner of seniority of the officers in a recruitment year. So, the Odisha Superior Judicial Service and Odisha Judicial Service Rules, 2007 was amended by setting the cutoff date as April 1 of the year instead of August 1 for deciding the eligibility in terms of service rendered, age, duration of practice for in-service candidates as well as candidates from the bar.
The Cabinet also approved the amendment to the Odisha Subordinate Welfare Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1992. The recruitment and conditions of service of Welfare Extension Officers are guided by Odisha Subordinate Welfare Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules.
The Government had restructured the Odisha Subordinate Welfare Service cadre as per the decision taken in the 63td meeting of the Cabinet held on November 2, 2018.
In view of restructuring of the cadre, the existing Odisha Subordinate Welfare Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1992 required some amendments and placed before the State Cabinet for approval. As a result of the restructuring of Odisha Subordinate Welfare Service, the post of ADWO has been upgraded and included in OWS cadre.
By this restructuring various programmes under Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department would be implemented successfully by the officers with greater motivation and dedication.