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The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) Recruitment 2026 for posts of 314 Group A, Group B. Candidates with Any Bachelors Degree Can Apply Online. The online application opens on 20-01-2026, and closes on 20-02-2026. The candidate shall apply online through OPSC website, opsc.gov.in.
Updated 03 January 2026 11:12 AM

by J Nandhini

Issue of Advertisement / Notice 31 December 2025
Start date for registration and payment of examination fee 20 January 2026
Last date for registration and payment of examination fee 20/02/2026 (5.00 P.M.)
Last date for submission of registered online application 27/02/2026 (5.00 P.M.)
Tentative date of Preliminary Examination of OCS-2025 07/06/2026 (Sunday)

Citizenship: A candidate must be a citizen of India.
Age Limit: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not be above the age of 42 years as on 1st January 2025; he/she must not have been born earlier than 2nd January 1983 and not later than 1st January 2004. Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST/SEBC/Women/Ex-Servicemen and by 10 years for PwD with permanent disability of 40% or more, with cumulative benefit for PwD of SC/ST/SEBC categories.
Educational Qualification (Essential): A candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree from any University incorporated by an Act of the Central or a State Legislature in India or an Educational Institution established by an Act of Parliament or deemed to be a University under Section-3 of the UGC Act, 1956 or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time.
Odia Language Requirement: The candidate must be able to read, write and speak Odia and must have passed Middle School Examination with Odia as a language subject OR passed High School Certificate or equivalent examination with Odia as medium of examination in non-language subjects OR passed Odia as a language subject in final examination of Class-VII from a recognised school OR passed a test in Odia in Middle English School standard conducted by the Government of Odisha.
Marital Status Condition: A candidate who has more than one spouse living or, in case of a woman candidate, is married to a person having one spouse living, shall not be eligible unless exempted by the State Government.
Government Servants: Government servants (temporary or permanent) are eligible, provided they possess requisite qualifications and are within the prescribed age limit and obtain No Objection Certificate from the competent authority.
Character & Health: A candidate must have good moral character and be of sound mental and physical health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of duties.

Minimum Age: 21 years.
Maximum Age: 42 years.
The candidate must not have been born earlier than 02/01/1983 and not later than 01/01/2004.
Upper age limit relaxable by 5 years for SC, ST, SEBC, Women and Ex-Servicemen candidates.
Upper age limit relaxable by 10 years for Persons with Disabilities having permanent disability of 40% or more; PwD candidates of SC/ST/SEBC categories are eligible for cumulative age relaxation.

Candidates other than SC, ST and PwD category shall have to pay examination fee of Rs. 700/- (Rupees Seven hundred only).
Payment Mode: Online mode while filling the Online Application Form (Credit Card, Debit Card, UPI, Net Banking, Wallet, etc.).
The examination fees paid shall be refunded only to those candidates who actually appear in both the papers of the Preliminary Examination.
Applications without payment of examination fee (except SC/ST/PwD candidates) will be treated as incomplete and summarily rejected.
Candidates must furnish bank account details in the Online Application Form for refund where required.

For Odisha Police Service, Group-A (Junior Branch) – Group-A Service: Rs. 56,100/- in Level-12, Cell-1 in the Pay Matrix under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017.
For Group-B Services (Odisha Taxation & Accounts Service, Odisha Co-operative Service, Odisha Skill Development & Employment Service, Odisha Labour Service, Odisha Excise Service, Odisha Tourism Service): Rs. 44,900/- in Level-10, Cell-1 in the Pay Matrix under Rule-3 of ORSP Rules, 2017.
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