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Kerala PSC recruitment notification for the post of Female Assistant Prison Officer in Prisons. Category No: 276/2023. Vacancies: Statewide - Hindu Nadar - 1 (One). Scale of Pay: ₹ 27,900 – 63700/-. Method of Appointment: Direct Recruitment (Statewide). Only from Hindu Nadar community.. Applications must be submitted online on or before 18-10-2023 through Kerala PSC One Time Registration.

Age limit

18-39. Candidates must be born between 02.01.1984 and 01.01.2005 (both dates included). Usual age relaxations under Part II, Rule 2(i) of General Conditions are applicable. Check your age for this post with your date of birth and category

Qualifications

Educational Qualifications: • Pass in SSLC or equivalent examination. Physical Standards: Minimum 150 cm height. Vision standards: Must be certified to possess visual standards specified without glasses (Distant Vision: Right Eye 6/6 Snellen, Left Eye 6/6 Snellen; Near Vision: Right Eye 0.5 Snellen, Left Eye 0.5 Snellen). Must be free from colour blindness, squint, or any morbid conditions of the eyes or lids. Must be free from physical deformities like knock-knee, flat-foot, varicose vein, bow-legs, deformed hands and limbs, Hare lip, oversized teeth, squint, defective speech and hearing. Must qualify in at least 5 out of 8 events of the National Physical Efficiency Test at the One Star standard. Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: [KS & SSR Part II Rule 10(a) (ii) is applicable.]

Method of appointment

Direct Recruitment (Statewide). Only from Hindu Nadar community.
General conditions from the notification
Subject to Part II of KS&SSR, probation for 2 years within a continuous period of 3 years, and departmental training as instructed by the Department Head. Candidates must pass the Kerala Jail Subordinate Officers Test if not already passed during the probation period.

This recruitment so far

Matched by category number 276/2023. Steps without a date are not announced yet.

  1. Notification published15 Sept 2023(done)
  2. Last date to apply18 Oct 2023(done)
  3. Exam13 Feb 2024(done)
  4. Rank list3 May 2023(done)

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