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Eligibility: (1) A candidate, to be eligible for consideration, must,— (a) have passed +2 Examination or equivalent examination conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Orissa or by any other recognised Board/Council; (b) be able to speak, read and write Oriya and must have passed Oriya as one of the subjects in the High School Certificate Examination or an examination in Oriya language equivalent to M.E. standard recognised or conducted by the School & Mass Education Department of Government of Orissa; (c) have registered his name, in one of the Employment Exchanges of the district or covering the district for which he applies for recruitment, before the date of publication of advertisement for recruitment; (d) be not less than 18 years of age and be not more than 23 (twenty-three) years of age on the 1st day of January of the year in which the advertisement for recruitment is issued : Provided that the upper age limit in respect of reserved categories of candidates, referred to in Rule 8, shall be relaxed in accordance with the provisions of the Acts, Rules, Orders or Instructions in force, for the respective reserved categories; 1– inserted vide Home Department Notification No. 49686 dt. 31.12.2013 2- substituted vide Home Department Notification No. 49686 dt. 31.12.2013 (e) not have more than one spouse living (f) be of good character; and (g) be of sound health and free from organic defects and physical deformity. [(1 A) (a) A Sepoy/Constable in order to be eligible for consideration for redeployment must have completed [15 years of service]1 and attained the age of 40 years as on the 1st day of January of the year in which the “Re-deployment” is to be made. [Provided that in case of ex-servicemen working as Sepoys or Constables in the Battalions, their past service rendered in Defence Forces shall be added to arrive at qualifying 15 years of service in order to be eligible for consideration for deployment in the post of Constables in district cadre.]2 (b) There shall be constituted a Selection Committee for consideration for redeployment with the following members, namely:- (i) Addl. D.G. of Police, SAP/IG of Police, Odisha Cuttack - Chairman (ii) One D.I.G. of Police (to be nominated by D.G. & I.G. of Police) - Member (iii) One Commandant (to be nominated by D.G. & I.G. of Police)- Member (c) Each year the written willingness of Sepoys/ Constables will be received through the Commandants concerned at SAP Headquarters by 31st of January for consideration of their deployment. (d) The willing Sepoys/Constables may indicate their option for a (five) districts in order of preference and the willingness so received shall be placed before the Board constituted for the purpose under rule 7. (e) The Board shall draw up a list of Sepoys/Constables suitable for redeployment for each district limiting it to number of such vacancies available taking into considerations the option of the Sepoys/Constables and the list so prepared shall be placed before the D.G. and I. G. of Police for appointed for redeployment on the basis of the recommendation of the Board: Provided that the D.G. and LG. of Police shall have the power to shift any Sepoy/ Constable who is otherwise eligible as per rule 5 (1 A) (a) for re-deployment to any district for appointment as constable if he is satisfied that the particular Sepoy/Constable is required to be shifted from the Battalions, is either physically, mentally or administratively unsuitable for Battalion work. 1 - substituted vide Home Department Notification No. 955 dt. 27.01.2015 2- inserted vide Home Department Notification No. 955 dt. 27.01.2015 (f) The selection process and issue of redeployment order may preferably be completed before March of each year. (g) Sepoys/Constables of the Battalion selected to join District on redeployment shall be relieved by the commandant concerned immediately: Provided that Sepoys/Constables selected for reversion may be allowed 2 (two) months time for relief on their written request and if they fail to join the district of his posting even after two months, the order of redeployment will be cancelled and such persons shall not be considered for redeployment for the next three years. (h) On redeployment to district, a Sepoy/Constable of the Odisha Special Armed Police/Odisha State Armed Police (Special Security)/India Reserve Battalion will take his seniority from the date he-joins the district and will be placed below the constables appointed before his re-deployment. (i) The inter-seniority of the Sepoys/Constables redeployed shall be determined according to their date of appointment and if the date of appointment is same, then older Sepoy/ Constable shall take precedence over the younger one basing on the date of birth. (j) The last pay drawn by the Sepoys/Constables of the Battalions shall be protected and taken into account for fixation of pay in the district and the past service rendered in the Battalions shall count towards leave, increment in the Constables scale of pay and pension. (k) The Constables of the Districts, though placed senior to the redeployed Sepoys/Constables, can not claim stepping up of pay with the Sepoy/Constables redeployed to districts, in case they are drawing less pay. (l) On joining the districts, the Sepoys/Constables shall undergo a 3(three) months “Orientation Training Course” in Law and Rules in a Training Centre at the District Headquarters as decided by D.G. and I. G. of Police.]1