Published : The Times of India
/21-Dec-2016
The state cabinet approved a proposal for creation of a separate cadre—Odisha State Legal Service to appoint legal officers in different departments.There are at present no recruitment rules to regulate the appointment of legal officers in different departments. To deal with legal issues, all the departments (except law) appoint eligible assistant section officers as assistant law officers."With the increase of litigations in different courts of law involving the government authorities from the district level to the government departments, it was felt necessary for creation of an exclusive cadre of legal officers," said an official statement issued by the home department.