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Who can apply

Applications are invited online only by One Time Registration from qualified candidates for the post mentioned below. Candidates shall apply only through the online facility provided in the website of Kerala Public Service Commission viz. www.keralapsc.gov.in. Candidates who have already registered can apply through their profile. Those who have AADHAAR, should add the same as ID proof in their profile.

Age limit

19-31. Candidates born between 2.1.1990 and 1.1.2002 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. Note: (i) Other Backward Communities and SC/ST candidates are eligible for age relaxations as per the conditions mentioned in para 2 (i) of the General Conditions of this notification. (ii) For conditions regarding age relaxation, please see Para-(2) of the General Conditions under Part II of this Gazette Notification. (Subject to the conditions that the maximum age limit shall in no case exceed 50 years). Check your age for this post with your date of birth and category

Qualifications

(1) Educational: Must have passed Plus Two Examination or its equivalent. Note: i) Rule 10(a)(ii) of Part II of KS & SSR is applicable. ii) Candidates who claim equivalent qualification shall produce the relevant Government Order to prove the claim at the time of One Time Verification or as required by the Commission. (2) Physical: The minimum height shall be 152 cms, and in the case of candidates belonging to SC/ST community, the minimum height shall be 150 cms. (3) Endurance Test: All candidates should successfully complete an endurance test of running 2.5 Kilometers race within 15 minutes. (4) Physical Efficiency Test: Must qualify in any five events out of eight events specified below of the National Physical Efficiency Test (One Star Standard Test) Sl.No. Events One Star Standard 1 100 Meters Run : 17 Seconds 2 High Jump : 1.06 Meters 3 Long Jump : 3.05 Meters 4 Putting the Shot (4 Kgs) : 4.88 Meters 5 200 Meter runs : 36 Seconds 6 Throwing the throw ball : 14 Meters 7 Shuttle Race (4x25 meter) : 26 Seconds 8 Skipping (One Minute) : 80 times The physical measurement of candidates will be taken at the time of Physical Efficiency Test or Endurance Test and those who do not possess the prescribed physical measurement will not be admitted for the Physical Efficiency Test or Endurance Test. If accidents or injuries happen to a candidate while participating in the Physical Efficiency Test or Endurance Test, and as a result she could not complete the events on the same day, she will not be given further chance to participate in the test. (5) Physique and Eye sight: (i) Must be certified by a Medical Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon/Junior consultant as to her physical fitness and capacity for active outdoor work. The Medical Certificate has to be produced as and when called for. (ii)Must be certified to possess the visual standards specified below without glasses Vision Right Eye Left Eye (a) Distant Vision 6/6 Snellen 6/6 Snellen (b) Near Vision 0.5 Snellen 0.5 Snellen Note (i)Each eye must have full field of vision, Colour blindness, squint or any other morbid condition of the eyes or lids of either eye will be deemed to be a disqualification. (ii)Must be free from apparent physical defects like knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein, bow legs, deformed hands and limbs, irregular and protruding teeth, defective speech and hearing. (iii) Medical Certificate from a Medical Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon/Junior Consultant should be produced at the time of Physical Efficiency Test/Endurance Test and should be uploaded in their Profile at the time of certificate verification.

Vacancies

District wise Thiruvananthapuram Kollam Pathanamthitta Alappuzha Kottayam Idukki Ernakulam Thrissur Palakkad Malappuram Kozhikode Wayanad Kannur Kasargod Anticipated Vacancies
General conditions from the notification
Note:-Male candidates and differently abled candidates are not eligible to apply for this Post. (i) The name,educational qualification and age for this post is notified as per G.O (P) No.113/08/TD(SRO No.587/2008 dated 04.06.2008, G.O (P) No.264/10/TD(SRO No.1025/10 )dated 10.11.2010, G.O (P) No.178/2015/TD(SRO No.669/2015dated 03.10.2015 and G.O (Rt)No.766/2018/TD dated 21.10.2018. (ii) Candidates are prohibited from applying to more than one district in response to this Notification. (iii) Separate Ranked List will be prepared for each district in pursuance of this notification. The Ranked List thus prepared and published by the Commission shall cease to be in force after one year from the date of finalization of the Ranked List (as per notification A V (2) 2376/14/GW dated 04.04.2016. Extra Ordinary Gazette dated 15.04.2016). Candidates will be advised from the said Ranked List against the vacancies that may be reported to the Commission in writing during the period of currency of the list. (iv) Candidates having applied with caste entry different from that in the SSLC book need to be notified in the Gazette. Gazette notification and original Community Certificate/Non Creamy layer certificate issued by the Revenue authorities, should be produced to prove their claim in application, at the time of verification. (v) The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on a revenue district basis, subject to the special conditions laid down in G.O (Ms) No. 154/71/PD dated 27.05.1971. A candidate advised for appointment in one Revenue District from the Ranked List prepared is not eligible for transfer to another district unless she completes 5 years continuous service from the date of commencement of service in the former district. Even if transfer is allowed after five years, it will be subject to the rules in G.O(MS) No.4/61/PD dated 02.01.1961. Candidates already in Government service holding this post in any one district are prohibited from applying again for this post, but they can apply to higher posts when notified. (vi) NCC Cadets having `A' `B' & `C' Certificates will be given weightage marks at the rate of 2%, 3% and 5% respectively (as per GO(Ms)No.112/2007/H.Edn dated 21.08.2007). (vii) Women Civil Excise Officer shall not be appointed in the substantive post till the successful completion of basic training for a period of not less than six months, subject to the minimum of 180 working days as may be decided by the Commissioner of Excise. Persons undergoing basic training shall be paid stipend as may be fixed by the Government from time to time. All the persons who did not undergo basic training will be placed under orders of training within a period of two years and those who did not successfully complete the basic training shall not be considered for future promotion. Mode of submitting application: Candidates must register as per ONE TIME REGISTRATION with the official Website of Kerala Public Service Commission www.keralapsc.gov.in before applying for the post. Candidates who have registered can apply by logging on to their profile using their User-ID and Password. Candidates must click on the 'Apply Now' button of the respective posts in the Notification Link to apply for a post. The Photograph uploaded should be taken after 31.12.2011. Name of the candidate and the date of photograph taken should be printed legibly at the bottom portion. The photograph once uploaded meeting all requirements shall be valid for 10 years from the date of uploading. There is no change in other instructions regarding the uploading of photographs. No application fee is required. Candidates are responsible for the correctness of the personal information and secrecy of password. Before the final submission of the application on the profile candidates must ensure correctness of the information in their profile. They must quote the User-ID for further communication with the Commission. Application submitted is provisional and cannot be deleted or altered after submission. Candidates are advised to keep a printout or soft copy of the online application for future reference. Candidates can take the printout of the application by clicking on the link 'My applications' in their profile. All correspondences with the Commission, regarding the application should be accompanied with the print out of the application. The application will be summarily rejected if non-compliance with the notification is found in due course of processing. Original documents to prove qualification, experience, age, community etc. have to be produced as and when called for. Appropriate disciplinary action as per Rules of procedure Rule 22 shall be initiated against those candidates who submit applications with bogus claims of qualification regarding education, experience etc and submit confirmation for writing examination irrespective of whether they are present or absent for the examination. If Written/OMR/Online Test is conducted as part of the selection, candidates shall submit a confirmation for writing the examination through their One Time registration profile. Such candidates alone can generate and download the Admission Tickets in the last 15 days before the date of test. The applications of candidates who do not submit confirmation within the stipulated period will be rejected absolutely. The periods regarding the submission of confirmation and the availability of admission tickets will be published in the examination calendar itself. Information in this regard will be given to the Candidates in their respective profiles and in the mobile phone number registered in it.

This recruitment so far

Matched by category number 613/2021. Steps without a date are not announced yet.

  1. Notification published15 Dec 2021(done)
  2. Last date to apply19 Jan 2022(done)
  3. ExamNot announced yet(next)
  4. Rank list24 Apr 2024(done)

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