At least 670 candidates on Thursday were declared selected to be recruited in various cadres as category I and II Odisha Civil Service (OCS) officers.
The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) selected these candidates in pursuant to an advertisement made in the year 2015.
The OPSC, however, made it clear that the results of ex-Servicemen and SEBC candidates selected shall be subjected to the decisions of the two relevant cases pending in the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT).
Similarly, the results of three other candidates, who were allowed by the High Court to appear the written examinations, have been kept in sealed covers till the final decision of a relevant case pending in the SAT.
Sources said a little over 1300 candidates had appeared personality tests held by the OPSC in December 2016 and January this year and on the basis of their performances the merit list of 670 successful candidates was prepared.