Odisha Govt Issues Guidelines For Selection Of PS & OSD To Ministers

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday issued guidelines for selection and appointment of Private Secretaries (PS) and Officers on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of the Ministers.

A guidelines issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance department in this regard stated:

• No Disciplinary Proceeding either u/r 1 5 or u/r 16 of the OCS (CC&A) Rules, 1962 is pending against him/her No Vigilance / Criminal proceeding has been registered and pending against him/her;
• No adverse remarks must have been recorded against him/her in his/her CCR/PAR;
• He / she must have been rated “Very Good” or “Outstanding” for at least 36 months in the preceding 60 months of CCR/PAR. However, any ratings recorded as “NRC”, within the past sixty-month assessment period, shall be excluded from consideration;
• For periods where an NRC rating has been recorded, the individual’s performance evaluations from the immediately preceding period (prior to the sixty-month window) shall be considered for assessment purposes;
• In the letter all the concerned Departments were requested to strictly adhere to these guidelines while making appointments to the posts of Private Secretary/Officer on Special Duty (O.S.D.) in the Office of the Ministers.