Odisha Govt Frames Rules to Provide 10% Quota to Ex-Agniveers In Uniform Services

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has farmed rules to provide 10 per cent reservations to retired Agniveers in the state’s Uniform Services.

The General Administration and Public Grievances Department has issued a notification in this regard.

As per the notification, Odisha Governor has framed the rules by exercising the powers conferred by Article 309 of the Constitution. Similarly, ‘Uniform Service’ refers to police, forest, forestry, fire or any other service as may be declared by the state government from time to time.

As per the rules, Retired Agniveers means a person who has completed four years of service in the armed forces under the Agniveers Recruitment Scheme while Retired Soldier means a person as defined in the Retired Soldiers (Employment in State Civil Service and Posts) Regulations, 1985.
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, the notification stated.