It is the nodal Department so far as State Secretariat Service is concerned. The administration
of various cadres of the State Secretariat service, like Common Cadre of
Assistants, Typists, Cadres of Steno Graphers/ Personal
Assistants/Private Secretaries and O.S.S. Officers are assigned to
Home Department. Apart from these, Civil Defence and Home Guards
Services are also being looked after in Home Department. It is
closely connected with the conduct of elections to Parliament, and
State Legislatures. It keeps a close liaison with Defence Services
for Military and Civil Co-operation and for setting up of Defence
Projects in the State. The responsibility of Home Department is also
to properly maintain the protocol and to oversee management of State
Guest House at Bhubaneswar, Orissa Bhawan and Orissa Niwas at
New-Delhi , Odisha Niwas at Navi Mumbai and Utkal Bhawan at Kolkata.
