DLSA Nuapada Para Legal Volunteers Recruitment 2026

DLSA Nuapada Para Legal Volunteers Recruitment 2026

The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Nuapada, Odisha, has invited applications for the selection of Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) for DLSA Nuapada and the Taluk Legal Services Committees (TLSCs) at Khadial, Sinapali and Boden. The notification (No. 01/2026) is dated 3 November 2026 and applications must reach the office for the applicant's block on or before 15 December 2026, 5:00 PM.

This is not a job

The notice states in bold that the appointment of a PLV is not a job and it does not carry any salary, remuneration or wages, except an honorarium fixed by the Odisha State Legal Services Authority (OSLSA) from time to time. The amount of the honorarium is not printed in the notice. A PLV is a volunteer who helps people in their area access legal aid and legal services — it is community service work, not employment.

Who can apply

Applicants must be local residents of Nuapada District and citizens of India. They must be literate, preferably a Matriculate or its equivalent, with a capacity for overall comprehension, and of good moral character. Volunteers can be drawn from a wide range of groups named in the notice: teachers (including retired teachers), ex-servicemen, retired government servants and forest officials, senior citizens, M.S.W. students and teachers, Anganwadi Workers, transgenders, doctors and physicians, students and law students (until they enrol as lawyers), members of non-political, service-oriented NGOs and clubs, members of women neighbourhood groups, Maithri Sanghams and other self-help groups (including marginalised and vulnerable groups), educated prisoners with good behaviour serving long-term sentences, and any other person the DLSA or TLSC deems fit.

Vacancies and age

No vacancy number is stated anywhere in the notice, so this post states no number of vacancies — do not take any figure shown on other job sites as official. No age limit is stated in the notice either.

Fee

No application fee is stated anywhere in the notice. Do not take any fee figure shown on other job sites as official, because the notice mentions no fee at all.

How to apply

Fill the application form printed with the notice and attach self-attested copies of your certificates — age, caste, qualification, proof of residence and work experience, if any — along with a recent self-attested colour passport-size photograph. Send it so that it reaches the office for your block on or before 15 December 2026, 5:00 PM: Nuapada and Komna blocks go to the DLSA office at the ADR Centre Building, District Court Complex, Nuapada (PIN 766 105); Khadial block goes to the Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman, TLSC, Khadial; Sinapali block goes to the J.M.F.C.-cum-Chairman, TLSC, Sinapali; Boden block goes to the J.M.F.C.-cum-Chairman, TLSC, Boden. The DLSA can be contacted on 06678-225336 or at nuapada.dlsa@gmail.com.

Selection

Selection is by a committee headed by the Chairman, DLSA Nuapada. The committee may shortlist candidates for interview depending on the number of applications; the interview date has not been announced and no TA or DA is paid for attending it. Preference is given to women, and representation from SC, ST, minorities and OBC must be ensured. Incomplete applications are rejected without assigning any reason, and no application is entertained after the last date.