Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Monday approved an amendment to the Odisha Civil Services (Combined Competitive Recruitment Examination) Rules, 1991, removing restrictions on the number of attempts candidates can make in the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) examination.
Under the proposed amendment, candidates who fulfil the prescribed age and other eligibility criteria will be allowed to appear for the OCS examination without any restriction on the number of attempts, according to an official press statement issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department.
The move is aimed at providing wider and fairer opportunities to aspirants and ensuring merit-based selection in the state civil services.
The amendment will enable eligible candidates to compete in the examination as many times as permitted by their age and other prescribed eligibility conditions, without being disqualified on account of exhausting a fixed number of attempts.
