OSSSC Radiographer Recruitment 2026: Complete Guide to 240 District Cadre Posts EXPIRED

applications are open — the window started 31 August 2026 and runs through 30 September 2026. What’s not yet decided: the Written Test date. The notification only says it will be communicated later through the candidate’s Admission Letter on the OSSSC portal.

The Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC), Bhubaneswar, has invited applications for 240 Radiographer posts under the Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Odisha, through Advertisement No. IIE-60/2026-2630/OSSSC dated 28 August 2026. These are District Cadre Group-C positions filled under the Odisha Radiographer Service (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2019, as amended, spread across all 30 districts of the state.

If you’re a DMRT or BMRT holder from Odisha weighing whether this recruitment is worth your time, the short answer is: it’s a genuine Group-C government post with a real pay scale, but a few structural details — the district-cadre system, the Odia language requirement, and how the fee refund actually works — matter more here than in a typical single-location recruitment, and they’re easy to miss on a quick read.

Overview

Important Dates

Notice that registration closes on 23 September, a full week before the application deadline of 30 September. That’s a distinction worth understanding before you assume you have until the end of the month for everything — more on this below.

Vacancy Breakdown Across All 30 Districts

This recruitment fills 240 posts spread unevenly across Odisha’s districts, and the spread matters if you’re planning which districts to list as preferences.

Within these totals, the notification also carries special-category vacancies: 2 for Ex-Servicemen (Cuttack, Ganjam), 6 for Hearing Impaired candidates, and 4 for Orthopedically Impaired candidates, spread across specific districts as listed in Annexure-I. Each district row additionally carries a women’s sub-reservation within its UR/ST/SC/SEBC columns — check the official annexure for your target district rather than assuming a flat percentage across the state.

Notice the spread here: Cuttack alone carries 26 posts while Deogarh has exactly 1. If you’re building your list of three district preferences purely around “where I’d like to live,” it’s worth weighing that against where the actual competition-to-seat ratio looks more favorable — a single-vacancy district isn’t necessarily a safer bet than a high-vacancy one, since one strong competing candidate can shut it out entirely.

Eligibility Criteria

All conditions below must be met as on the date of advertisement — 28 August 2026 — except the age relaxation clause for contractual Radiographers.

Educational Qualification: Pass in +2 Science from the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha (or equivalent), plus a Diploma in Medical Radiation Technology (DMRT) or Bachelor in Medical Radiation Technology (BMRT) from a Government Medical College and Hospital in the state, or a private institution recognized by the Odisha Government or AICTE.

Professional Registration: A valid Registration or Renewal Certificate with the Radiographers Council of the State, current as on the date of application submission, uploaded with the online form.

Odia Language Requirement: This is worth spelling out clearly since it surprises candidates from outside Odisha or those educated elsewhere. You must be able to speak, read, and write Odia — satisfied by having passed Middle School with Odia as a subject, Matriculation with Odia as the medium in non-language subjects, Odia up to Class VII or above, or a departmental test in Odia at M.E. School Standard. A DMRT or BMRT qualification from anywhere in India technically meets the academic bar, but if your schooling never included Odia as a subject, this requirement can disqualify you regardless of how strong your technical qualification is. Check this before investing time in the rest of the application.

Other conditions: Indian citizenship, good character, and — for married candidates — no more than one living spouse, subject to specific Government exemption provisions.

Age Limit

Candidates must be at least 21 and not more than 42 years old as on 28 August 2026. Date of birth is accepted strictly from your HSC certificate or an equivalent recognized Board/Council certificate — no other document substitutes for this.

If you qualify for relaxation under more than one category, only the single most beneficial relaxation applies — they don’t stack across unrelated categories. Also worth noting: candidates in Defence Service with more than six months left before retirement or discharge, as on the application deadline, are not eligible to apply at all.

Salary

Application Fee — and a Refund Clause Worth Knowing About

Here’s a detail that doesn’t show up in most government job fee structures and is genuinely worth flagging: the ₹500 fee gets refunded to candidates who actually appear for the Written Test, processed after the exam once attendance is verified, credited back to the same payment method used originally. If you register, pay, and then skip the exam for any reason, that refund doesn’t apply — the fee is retained. Practically, this means the ₹500 isn’t really a sunk cost for most serious applicants; it’s closer to a deposit that comes back once you show up. But don’t budget assuming an automatic refund the moment you submit your application — it’s tied specifically to exam attendance, not application completion.

Selection Process and Exam Pattern

Selection runs through a Written Test followed by Document Verification.

Duration is 2 hours, MCQ format, conducted in OMR or CBRE mode (the exact mode will be notified closer to the exam). Negative marking applies at 0.25 marks per wrong answer, with no penalty for questions left unattempted. One detail that trips up OMR-based exams specifically: if you mark more than one answer for a single question, it’s treated as wrong regardless of whether one of your marks was correct. This matters more in OMR mode than CBT, where the software usually prevents double-marking automatically — so if this ends up being conducted on paper, be deliberate about erasing cleanly rather than leaving a second faint mark.

Minimum qualifying marks are 30% for ST, SC, PwD, and Ex-Servicemen candidates, and 35% for everyone else. Ties are broken first by higher DMRT percentage, then by age (older candidates ranked higher), then by higher +2 Science marks, and finally at the Commission’s discretion.

A Provisional Master Merit List gets prepared from the Written Test, and candidates clearing the qualifying mark are shortlisted for Document Verification at not less than 1.25 times the advertised vacancies, category-wise. After verification before the District Level Board, shortlisted candidates may go through optional Physical Counselling/District Allocation on a merit-cum-choice basis, and separate Provisional Select Lists get drawn up per district based on merit, district preference, and available vacancies.

The District Preference System — Read This Before You Apply

You can indicate a preference for up to three districts, in priority order, in your application. This is worth thinking through carefully rather than filling in reflexively. Listing your three preferences doesn’t guarantee placement in any of them — allocation depends on your merit rank and how many seats remain open in each preferred district once higher-ranked candidates have been placed. A candidate ranking modestly overall but targeting a low-competition, low-vacancy district isn’t automatically safer than one competing for a high-vacancy district with more applicants; it depends entirely on how the merit numbers land in that specific district’s applicant pool once results come in.

Documents Required

• Registration Certificate with the Radiographers Council of Odisha
• Caste Certificate / UDID or Disability Certificate, where claiming SC/ST/SEBC/PwD benefit
• HSC pass certificate or equivalent
• +2 Science pass certificate or equivalent
• DMRT or BMRT certificate
• Proof of Odia as a language subject (Class VII or above), or equivalent qualifying document
• Discharge Certificate, service documents, and non-re-employment undertaking, for Ex-Servicemen
• Appointment letter/experience documents, for contractual Radiographers claiming age relaxation

How to Apply

1. Visit www.osssc.gov.in and read the “How do I register/re-register/apply” instructions on the homepage.
2. First-time applicants click “Apply Online” to register as a New User.
3. Candidates already registered for any other OSSSC recruitment select “Re-registration” instead — you don’t need a fresh registration if you’ve applied to OSSSC before.
4. Complete registration/re-registration first. This step alone does not submit your application — a distinction the notification makes explicit, and one worth repeating because candidates genuinely mix up registration completion with application submission every recruitment cycle.
5. Log in with your generated User ID and Password, then fill and submit the full Online Application Form.
6. Pay the fee (if applicable) via Net Banking, Credit Card, Debit Card, or UPI, and print the confirmation page.
7. Have your scanned photograph (20–100 KB, JPG/JPEG/PNG) and signature (20–50 KB, same formats) ready before you start.
8. Indicate up to three district preferences in priority order.

Remember the date gap flagged earlier: registration/re-registration closes on 23 September, while the full application submission window stays open until 30 September. If you haven’t at least completed registration by the earlier date, you lose the ability to proceed at all — don’t treat 30 September as your only deadline to track.

Important Instructions

• Online submission only, through osssc.gov.in — any other mode, or an incomplete form, gets summarily rejected.
• Submitting multiple application forms leads to cancellation of your result; only one application is permitted, full stop.
• You need a personal, currently active email and mobile number for the entire recruitment process — OSSSC sends no printed Admission Letter by post. You download it yourself from the portal.
• PwD candidates with a temporary disability should not apply under the PwD category — such applications are rejected outright.
• PwD candidates with benchmark disability get 20 minutes of compensatory time per hour in the Written Test, and can use a scribe with prior written permission from the ADM-cum-District Superintendent, requested at least three days ahead.
• There’s no re-evaluation or re-checking provision for scores — no correspondence entertained on this.
• OSSSC reserves the right to conduct a re-test, reschedule the exam, or cancel part or all of the process at any stage without explanation.
• Information on the OSSSC website isn’t available under the RTI Act and stays online only for a limited period — download and keep everything you might need later.
• Misrepresentation or unfair means at any stage cancels your candidature, even after an appointment order has been issued.

Important Links
Apply Online	click here
official notification	click here
Official Website	click here
Detailed Advertisement & District-wise Vacancy (Annexure-I)	Available on osssc.gov.in under Radiographer Recruitment 2026
Advertisement Reference	No. IIE-60/2026-2630/OSSSC dated 28.08.2026

FAQs

Q1. If I don’t get my preferred district, can I decline the post entirely?
The notification mentions a “Not Interested” option that factors into how the Provisional Select List is drawn per district, suggesting candidates can opt out of allocation to an undesired district rather than being forced to accept any posting — though the exact mechanics of exercising this option should be confirmed from the full notification PDF before you rely on it.

Q2. I’m not a native Odia speaker but hold a valid DMRT. Am I still eligible?
Only if you separately satisfy the Odia language requirement — through Middle School Odia, Matriculation with Odia as medium, Odia up to Class VII, or a departmental Odia test. Your DMRT/BMRT qualification alone doesn’t fulfill this condition.

Q3. Do I get my ₹500 application fee back if I apply but skip the exam?
No. The refund is specifically tied to appearing for the Written Test and is processed after attendance verification. If you don’t show up, the fee isn’t refunded, regardless of the reason.

Q4. Is the Written Test online (CBT) or offline (OMR)?
Not yet finalized. The notification states it will be conducted in “OMR/CBRE mode,” with the exact mode to be notified later — likely closer to when the exam date itself is announced.

Q5. Can I apply if I’ve already registered on OSSSC’s portal for a different recruitment?
Yes — you don’t need to create a fresh registration. Use the “Re-registration” option under the Applicant Menu instead of registering as a New User.

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Disclaimer: All dates, vacancy figures, eligibility criteria, fee, and selection process details above are drawn from OSSSC’s official Advertisement No. IIE-60/2026-2630/OSSSC dated 28 August 2026. No figures are estimated. The Written Test date remains unannounced as of 6 September 2026 — check the official source for updates: www.osssc.gov.in.

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