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Female Assistant Prison Officer
Cat. 276/2023PrisonsClosed 17 Oct 2023
Age limit as printed
18–39. Candidates born between 02.01.1984 and 01.01.2005 are eligible to apply for this post (both dates included). (Including age relaxation in Para 2(i) of the Part II of General conditions) (For other conditions regarding age relaxation, please see para (2) of the General conditions, except Para2(i), under Part II of this notification.)
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As in your SSLC book. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year.

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What this post asks for

  • Needs your details:
    Age: 18–39 yearsBorn on or after 2 Jan 1984 and on or before 1 Jan 2005.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: SSLC / 10th or aboveChoose your highest qualification.
  • Check yourself:
    Physical standardsMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

(a) Educational Qualifications: Pass in SSLC or its equivalent qualification [Rule 10(a)(ii) of Part II of the KS & SSR is applicable] (b) Physical Qualifications: (i) Must have at least 150 cm height. (ii) Eye sight: 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 (c) Each eye must have a full field of vision. Colour blindness, squint or any morbid conditions of the eye or lids of either eye will be deemed to be a disqualification. (iii)Must be free from apparent physical defects like knock knee, flat foot, varicose veins, bow legs, deformed limbs, irregular and protruding teeth, defective speech and hearing. (iv)Must qualify in any five events out of the eight events of the National Physical Efficiency One Star Standard Test, as specified below. Sl. No. Events One Star Standards (i) 100 Metres Run 17 seconds (ii) High Jump 1.06 metres (iii) Long Jump 3.05 metres (iv) Putting the shot (weight of the shot 4 Kg) 4.88 metres (v) 200 metres run 36 seconds (vi) Throwing the throw ball 14 metres (vii) Shuttle Race (25 X 4 metres) 26 seconds (viii) Skipping (One minute) 80 times Note: The Physical measurement of candidates will be taken at the time of physical efficiency test and those who do not possess the prescribed physical measurement will not be admitted for the physical efficiency test. If accidents or injuries happened to a candidate while participating in the Physical Efficiency Test, she will not be given further chance to participate in the test. The candidates should produce at the time of Physical Efficiency Test, a Medical Certificate in original in the form prescribed hereunder certifying to their physical fitness and eye sight without glasses. The Medical Certificate should be one obtained from a Medical Officer under the Government not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon/Junior Consultant and the same shall be uploaded in the OTR Profile by the candidate at time of Certificate Verification.

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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