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Can I apply? Kerala PSC eligibility checker

Find your post, then check it against the requirements printed in its notification: age with the Kerala PSC relaxations, qualification and anything else the post asks for. Add your date of birth to see which open posts you fit.

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Step 1

Your post

Kavadi
Cat. 101/2023Forest and Wildlife DepartmentClosed 19 Jul 2023
Age limit as printed
18-36. Candidates should be born between 02.01.1987 and 01.01.2005 (both dates included). Usual age relaxations for SC/ST and Other Backward Communities.
Step 2

Check your eligibility

Your details

As in your SSLC book. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year.

Community

OBC includes Ezhava, Muslim, Latin Catholic / Anglo-Indian, Viswakarma and other backward communities.

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Your result

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What this post asks for

  • Needs your details:
    Age: 18–36 yearsBorn on or after 2 Jan 1987 and on or before 1 Jan 2005.
  • Check yourself:
    QualificationRead the qualification as printed.
  • Check yourself:
    ExperienceMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
  • Check yourself:
    Physical standardsMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • Must have passed VII standard. • Must not possess any higher degrees. Technical Qualifications: • Must have not less than 3 years experience as Kavadi/Pappan from a registered elephant owner under the Forest and Wildlife Department. Experience Required: 3 years experience as Kavadi/Pappan from a registered elephant owner under the Forest and Wildlife Department. Physical Standards: Good physique and physical fitness (to be proved by a medical certificate obtained from a Medical Officer not below the rank of Assistant Surgeon). Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: KS&SSR Part II Rule 10(a)(ii) is applicable.

NotificationOfficial PDF

A guide, not a decision of the Kerala PSC. Confirm everything in the official notification before you apply on Thulasi. Age limit looks wrong? Report it.

How the age check works

Kerala PSC gives the age limit as a range of birth dates, for example “18–36: only candidates born between 02.01.1989 and 01.01.2007 (both dates included)”. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year, so an upper age of 36 in 2025 means you must be born on or after 2 January 1989. Relaxations move that earliest date back.

OBC+3 yearsEzhava, Muslim, LC/AI, Viswakarma and other backward communities
SC / ST+5 yearsScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Differently abled+15 yearsAdded on top of the community relaxation
Ex-servicemenup to +5The length of military service

With relaxations, the upper age cannot go beyond 50.

Worked examples

For a 2025 post with the range 18–36 (born 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007).

  • EligibleGeneral, born 15 Jun 1995Inside 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007, age 29 on 1 Jan 2025
  • EligibleOBC, born 10 Mar 1987Two years too old for the general range, but OBC +3 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1986
  • Not eligibleSC, born 20 Aug 1983SC +5 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1984, still after the birth date (age 41)

What the checker does not decide

Some notifications say relaxations do not apply, and the checker then uses the range as printed. By-transfer posts, special recruitments, NCA notifications and rules for widows are flagged with “Check the notification” instead of a verdict. The qualification guide compares levels only, not subjects. Always confirm in the official notification before you apply.

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