(1) The vacancies for recruitment to the post of Driver shall be calculated taking into account the existing vacancies and the anticipated vacancies of a year which shall be limited to the number of Driver retiring within the calendar year in which the advertisement is issued.
(2) The State Police Headquarters shall collect the number of vacancies for recruitment and their category wise break-up from Superintendent of Police, Police Motor Transport, Cuttack and Superintendent of Police-cum-ex officio Commandants of Odisha State Armed Police (Special Security) and communicate the same to the Selection Board constituted under Rule 7 of these rules.
(3)Vacancies shall be advertised by the Superintendent of Police, Police Motor Transport, Odisha, Cuttack through State Police Headquarters by publication of the same in two Odia daily newspapers having wide circulation.
(4)Application Forms shall be purchased on payment of the prescribed amount from the notified places as advertised.
(5)The candidates shall be required to pay examination fee at the time of submission of Application Form. The amount of examination fee payable by the candidates and the mode of payment shall be decided by the Selection Board:
Provided that no examination fees shall be payable by the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe.
(6) The candidates shall be cancelled, if, in the opinion of the Selection Board the candidates is not found eligible for consideration according to the eligibility criteria prescribed in these rules.
(7) No application, except in the case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes shall be considered unless it is accompanied by proof of payment of examination fees as prescribed.
(8)The self-attested photocopies of the testimonials or certificates submitted by the candidates shall be deemed to be the conclusive proof of the fact of submission of such testimonials or certificates by such candidates for the recruitment
(9)The application of Home Guards and Group 'D' employees of Police establishment shall be forwarded by the respective Heads of Office and while forwarding the applications of the Home Guards, the Heads of Office shall certify that the Home Guards have completed three years of enrolment without any interruption and have undergone Basic Course of training for Home Guards and in case of Group ‗D‘ employees of Police establishment, the Heads of Office shall certify that the Group ‗D‘ employees have completed 5 years of service without any interruption and have good service records.
10. Recruitment Process (1) (i) Applications may also be accepted through on-line which shall contain all the information of a particular candidate i.e.,, Candidate's name, Father's Name, Date of Birth, Category, Domicile, Educational qualification including proof of payment of examination fees and any other additional information required by the Selection Board.
(ii) The Selection Board shall decide time and venue of different tests and publicise the same widely for the information of the candidates.
(iii)Close Circuit Television (CCTV) technology may preferable be used to video graph various stages of recruitment and thereby maintain a back-up record and also keep track of activities at recruitment centers functioning in the State.
(iv)Till arrangement of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) is made, video recording of recruitment process may be made.
(v)Candidates shall be informed about their eligibility or status at different stages and rejection slips, indicating reasons for rejection shall be issued to them after physical measurement or after Physical Efficiency Tests and they may also be issued with identity card or admit card as decided by the Selection Board.
(vi)Selection Board shall start the recruitment process by conducting the physical measurement.
(vii)Candidates only qualifying in the physical measurement shall proceed to the next stage.
(viii)Selection Board may decide thereafter the sequence of further tests, i.e. Driving test, Written test and Physical efficiency test.
(ix) The Director General and Inspector General of Police may condone the deficiencies of a candidate, in respect of physical standards of measurement up to 3(three) centimeters in height, up to 2(two) centimeters in chest and up to five kilograms in weight for his candidature for appointment to the post of Driver on the recommendation of the Selection Board, in case he has represented the State in a National level sports and games meet, or he is eligible for consideration for appointment under the Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme:
Provided that for such representation in sports & games only the certification from the Director of Sports shall be considered.
(x)The amount collected from the sale of Application Forms and Examination Fees shall be spent towards expenses to be incurred in the recruitment process.
(2) Height, weight and chest shall be measured to determine the eligibility and candidates who could not qualify in any of the physical standard, i.e. height/weight/chest, shall not be allowed to appear in further stage of the recruitment process.
(3) (a) The candidates shall be required to appear at a written examination of 20 marks in which the qualifying mark shall be 8 (eight).
(b)The written examination shall be preferably in Optical Mask Reader (OMR) format.
(c)The Selection Board shall conduct the Written Test on the same day and at the same time in all the venues as may be decided by it.
(d)The candidates not appearing in the written test shall be disqualified.
(e)The candidates shall appear practical in driving which is of qualifying in nature.
(f)The whole process of setting of question papers and evaluation of answer sheets may be outsourced, if considered necessary, by the Selection Board.
[(4) Physical Efficiency Test (PET): Allotted marks-35:
(a) Run-1.6 Kms if covered within 5minutes : 10 Marks 5 minutes 30 Seconds : 07 Marks 6 minutes : 04 Marks Beyond 6 minutes : Disqualified
(b) High Jump Qualifying height-1.22 Meters (3 chances) If cleared in 3 chances : 5 Marks Not able to clear : Disqualified Note: Only those who qualify high jump of 1.22 Meters shall be allowed to compete to jump 1.38 Meters in single chance. Only those candidates, who qualify 1.38 Meters, shall be given to compete for 1.50 Meters in single chance. Higher marks shall be awarded as follows:
If cleared 1.38 Meters : 7 Marks If cleared 1.50 Meters : 10 Marks Note: Marks shall be awarded only for the highest jump cleared.
(c) Cross-Country: (5KM), Allotted Marks: 15 If covered within 20 Minutes : 15 Marks 23 Minutes : 10 Marks 25 Minutes : 05 Marks Beyond 25 Minutes : Disqualified
(d) Swimming (40 Meters):
If covered within 08 Minutes : Qualified Beyond 08 Minutes : Disqualified] 1
11. Medical Examination -
(a) A Medical Test shall be conducted by a Doctor in the rank of Subdivisional Medical Officer or equivalent rank at any stage of recruitment process as scheduled by the Selection Board.
(b) Following shall be the specifications for Medical examination, namely:— i) Candidates must not have knock knee, bow legs, flat foot, varicose veins, squint in eyes, poor vision, colour blindness, inability to flex the fingers properly and any other obvious deformities ii) The candidates must have no impediment in speech and hearing.