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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

Assistant Prison Officer cum Driver (Warder Driver)
Cat. 733/2024Prisons and Correctional ServicesClosed 29 Jan 2025
Age limit as printed
Minimum 18 years. Candidates born after 01.01.1974 are eligible to apply for this post. Assistant Prison Officers (Male Warder) from Prisons Department who apply under this category are exempted from the maximum age limit prescribed for the post.
Step 2

Check your eligibility

Your details

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

This post has no upper age limit, so only the minimum age is checked.

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Your result

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What this post asks for

  • Needs your details:
    Age: No upper age limitRead the age limit as printed.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: SSLC / 10th or aboveChoose your highest qualification.
  • Check yourself:
    ExperienceMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
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    Driving licenceMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
  • Check yourself:
    Physical standardsMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • SSLC or its equivalent. • Assistant Prison Officers (Male Warder) from Prisons Department who apply under this category are exempted from the minimum General Educational qualification of pass in SSLC. Technical Qualifications: • Should possess a current Heavy passenger vehicle and Heavy goods vehicle Driving Licence with badge. • Proficiency in driving shall be ascertained by a practical test conducted by Kerala Public Service Commission. • Possession of Licence for driving Motor cycle shall be a desirable qualification. Experience Required: Candidates who submit application for By Transfer Recruitment should furnish a Service Certificate obtained from their head of office as and when required by the Commission. Physical Standards: Height: Must have at least 165 cm height (160 cm for SC and ST candidates). Chest: Minimum 81.3 cms round the chest on full expiration with a minimum chest expansion of 5 cms. Vision: Distant Vision - Right Eye 6/6 Snellen, Left Eye 6/6 Snellen (without glasses). Near Vision - Right Eye 0.5 Snellen, Left Eye 0.5 Snellen (without glasses). Each eye must have full field of vision. Colour blindness, squint, or any morbid conditions of the eyes or lids of either eye will be deemed to be a disqualification. 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. Physical Efficiency Test: Must qualify in any five events out of eight events specified (100 Metres Run, High Jump, Long Jump, Putting the shot, Throwing cricket ball, Rope Climbing, Pull-ups or Chinning, 1500 metres run). Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: KS & SSR Part II Rule 10(a)(ii) is applicable.

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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