The State Government has no proposal to raise the upper age limit for Government jobs to 42 years for all categories of candidates now. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJD MlA Dambaru Sisa on Monday.
The Chief Minister informed that the upper age limit for entry into Government service for candidates belonging to different categories has been prescribed in the Odisha (Fixation of upper age limit) Rules, 1989.
According to rules, 32-year is the upper age limit for entry into Government service and ST/SC/SEBC and Women have got age relaxation of five years and PwD candidates 10 years.
In addition to this, provisions have been made in the OCS (CCRE)Rules, 1991 and OSSC Rules, 1993 to the effect that, if for any reason, applications have not been invited in any particular year but invited in subsequent year, applicants who would have been eligible to apply in the relevant year would be eligible to apply for the posts, said the Chief Minister.