Bhubaneswar: In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 309 of the Constitution, the Governor of Odisha on Friday framed the rules for 10 per cent horizontal reservation for retired Agniveer personnel in the Uniformed Services of the state government.
These regulations shall be cited as the Odisha Retired Agniveers (Employment in Uniformed Services) Regulations, 2024 and they shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Gazette of Odisha.
In these regulations, “Retired Agniveers” means a person who has completed four years of service in the armed forces under the Agniveers Recruitment Scheme of the Government of India and a “Retired Soldier” means a person as defined in the Retired Soldiers (Employment in State Civil Service and Posts) Regulations, 1985. “Uniform Service” means the police, Forest, Forestry, Fire Services or any other service as may be declared by the government from time to time.
A 10% Horizontal reservation shall be reserved for retired Agniveers in uniform service of all ‘C’ and ‘D’ category posts of the state filled by direct recruitment. This reservation shall be subject to an additional 10% reservation in addition to the reservation applicable to retired servicemen.
The ‘Retired Agniveers’ must fulfil the minimum qualifications prescribed for the post per the relevant recruitment regulations on the date of issue of the Agniveers Certificate. The above reservation shall be given in addition to the reservation applicable to ex-servicemen.
The prescribed age limit for retired Agniveers in uniform service of all ‘C’ and ‘D’ category posts of the state filled by direct recruitment of the state shall be raised to 3 years.
Notwithstanding anything in the relevant regulations governing the recruitment process and service survey of the Uniformed Services, retired Agniveers shall be exempted from the physical fitness test.
