India, July 30 -- The Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission (OSSSC) has decided to cancel the recruitment process to fill 2,895 posts in different government departments ahead of the Main examination scheduled to be held from August 1 to September 4, the state's top law officer told the Orissa high court on Wednesday.

Advocate general Pitambar Acharya told the high court that OSSSC has decided to cancel the recruitment process under which 2,895 posts of posts such as revenue inspectors, assistant revenue inspectors, Amins, ICDS supervisors and statistical field surveyors would have been filled.

OSSSC had received over 500,000 applications, and about 293,000 candidates appeared for the preliminary exam conducted between September...