At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced Vacancies will be added only after an official notice publishes them.
- Education
- Graduate See the official notification; no current-cycle qualification is asserted here.
- Age
- As prescribed in the notification. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- No application fee. OPSC's official website states that the Government of Odisha, General Administration & Public Grievance Department, by order No. 9897/Gen dated 11.04.2022, exempted candidates of all categories from fees, and that OPSC's e-Chayan online application portal has no provision for accepting one. The Commission warns that advertisements circulating on social media with links to deposit application fees in OPSC's name are fake. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- See the official notification Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2025-26 State · Odisha
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
No current-cycle dates announced
This timeline will be dated only after the recruiting body publishes a schedule.
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Confirm education, age, Odia language and category rules from OPSC's own advertisement for the current OCS cycle; nothing about a current cycle is asserted here.
- Apply only through OPSC's e-Chayan portal linked from the official website; the Commission has published a warning that fake OPSC advertisements with fee-payment links circulate on social media.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1See the official notification; no current-cycle selection stages are asserted here.
Syllabus snapshot
- Use only the official current-cycle syllabus when it is published.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- OPSC official website — Candidate's Corner and the Commission's notice on the fee-exemption order
- Published / changed
- OPSC official website checked 4 Aug 2026; no current-cycle OCS advertisement listed in the notices reviewed; fee-exemption notice cites GA & PG Department order No. 9897/Gen dated 11.04.2022
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 21:05 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.