OPSC Scientific Officer Recruitment 2026: 89 Posts, Apply from 6 November to 26 November 2026

The Odisha Public Service Commission has announced 89 Scientific Officer posts in Group B for the State Forensic Science Service Organisation, under the Home Department of the Government of Odisha. The OPSC Scientific Officer recruitment 2026, advertised as Advertisement No. 14 of 2026-27, carries a notification dated 28 October 2026, and the details were reported on 29 October 2026. Online applications open on 6 November 2026 and close on 26 November 2026 at 5.00 pm, and the written examination is scheduled for 17 January 2027.

Two limits apply from the start. Reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes candidates is available only to candidates of Odisha, and every applicant must also meet the Odia language condition below. Readers outside Odisha should check both conditions before paying any fee.

At a glance: OPSC Scientific Officer recruitment 2026	Detail
Organisation	Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC)
Post	Scientific Officer, Group B
Advertisement number	14 of 2026-27
Total posts	89 (29 reserved for women)
Pay	Rs. 44,900, Level 10, Cell-1, plus allowances
Location	Odisha
Apply online	6 November 2026 to 26 November 2026, 5.00 pm
Written examination	17 January 2027
Official website	opsc.gov.in

OPSC Scientific Officer recruitment 2026 division-wise vacancies

The 89 posts are spread across 10 divisions. Biology leads with 14 posts, followed by Toxicology (13), DNA (12), Cyber Forensic (11) and Chemistry (10); Physics has seven, Ballistics, Forensic Psychology and Document six each, and Serology four.

By category, the split is 45 unreserved posts, 18 Scheduled Caste, 18 Scheduled Tribe and eight Socially and Educationally Backward Classes posts. Within the total, 29 posts are reserved for women, and four posts are reserved for persons with disabilities with permanent disability of 40 per cent or more, one each in Toxicology, Biology, Forensic Psychology and Document.

Who can apply for the OPSC Scientific Officer posts

Every division requires a master's degree, or an equivalent qualification, from a recognised university with at least 55 per cent aggregate marks in the relevant discipline, held by the date of the online application. The exact degree names are set out in Annexure-A of the detailed advertisement and differ by division, so check the annexure before paying the fee.

The Odia condition is compulsory for all applicants. Candidates must be able to speak, read and write Odia, proved by Odia as a language subject in M.E. School or a higher examination, matriculation with Odia as the medium, Odia as a subject in Class VII, or an Odia test pass of M.E. School standard. The certificate must be issued by the last date of application, and the commission has warned that a forged Odia certificate leads to a criminal case and debarment.

Age is counted on 1 January 2026: applicants must be at least 21 years old and must not be above 42 years on that date, which means a birth date between 2 January 1984 and 1 January 2005. Upper-age relaxation is five years for SEBC, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, women and ex-servicemen candidates, 10 years for persons with disabilities with at least 40 per cent disability, and up to 15 years in total for persons with disabilities who also belong to those reserved categories. An SEBC certificate must have been issued on or after 7 November 2023.

OPSC Scientific Officer salary, fee and selection

Selected candidates start at Rs. 44,900 at Level 10, Cell-1 of the pay matrix, with allowances as sanctioned by the Odisha Government. The examination fee is Rs. 700 for General, SEBC and other candidates, while Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and persons with disabilities candidates pay no fee. The fee is refunded only to candidates who appear in both papers of the written examination.

Selection has a written examination, a personality test, document verification and a medical examination. The written examination carries 400 marks across two objective-type papers, and the personality test carries 50 marks. Paper I carries 100 marks over 90 minutes, with 50 questions on General English and 50 on General Awareness, Aptitude and Reasoning, at one mark each. Paper II carries 300 marks over 150 minutes, with 150 questions of two marks each, set separately for each division at master's degree level. Wrong answers carry negative marking of 25 per cent of the marks for that question, in both papers. The examination will be held in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, and the final merit list is drawn up division by division.

How to apply for OPSC Scientific Officer recruitment 2026

First, open opsc.gov.in and read the full advertisement and the portal instructions; the registration link opens on 6 November 2026. Second, register online to receive a Permanent Public Service Account Number. Third, fill in the form for the one division chosen, and upload a photograph, a full signature and a left thumb impression, with all documents merged into one PDF of at most 10 MB. Fourth, pay the fee online where it applies, and enter bank details for the refund. Fifth, submit before 26 November 2026 at 5.00 pm, take a printout, sign the declaration and keep four photographs ready. Only online applications within the deadline are accepted.

What to do next

For readers in Nepal, the position is plain: this is an Odisha state recruitment with reservation limited to candidates of Odisha and an Odia language condition that applies to every applicant, so check both conditions against the detailed advertisement before spending time or money on an application. Apply only through opsc.gov.in, pay only the fee stated in the notification, and treat any agent who promises a post, or asks for payment outside the official route, as fraud. For eligible candidates, confirm the division degree in Annexure-A, arrange the Odia proof and the caste or disability certificate where applicable, and apply well before 26 November 2026 at 5.00 pm.

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