(1) Ordinarily in the month of January of the year the Government shall communicate to the OPSC in case of direct recruitment to the service, the number of vacancies in the post of Assistant Executive Engineer already existing and the vacancies likely to occur in that year indicating therein the number of posts required to be filled up by the persons eligible under rule 5.
(2) The OPSC on receipt of the communication under sub-rule (1) shall publish advertisement in such manner as it thinks fit, inviting applications from eligible candidates.
(3) The applications shall be received in a format prescribed by the OPSC through online method only with provision of acknowledgement.
(4)The OPSC after receiving applications shall publish the list of eligible applicants in their official website and take steps to select candidates in the manner provided hereunder, namely:—
(a) Selection shall be based on written test and viva voce test.
(b)The syllabus of the examination shall be as decided by the Commission in consultation with the Department.
(5) The OPSC shall prepare a list of selected candidates arranged in order of merit equal to the number of vacancy advertised.
(6) The OPSC shall prepare a common merit list taking into account all categories along with separate merit list category wise.