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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

Engineering Assistant (Electronics) / Overseer Gr. I (Electronics)
Cat. 192/2019Public Works Department (Electronics Wing)Closed 18 Dec 2019
Age limit as printed
19-36. Only candidates born between 02.01.1983 and 01.01.2000 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post with usual relaxation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Communities. Peons employed in the Public Works Department will be exempted from the upper age limit. But in no case, the upper age limit shall exceed 50 (fifty) years as on 01.01.2019.
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: 19–36 yearsBorn on or after 2 Jan 1983 and on or before 1 Jan 2000.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: SSLC / 10th or aboveChoose your highest qualification.
  • Check yourself:
    ExperienceMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • Minimum general educational qualification of S.S.L.C standard or its equivalent. Technical Qualifications: • Diploma in Radio Engineering or Telecommunication recognised by the Govt. of Kerala • OR • Diploma in Electrical Engineering after 3 years study in a recognised Technical School preferably with Wireless, Telegraphy or Radio Engineering forming part of the course of study. • OR • Industrial School Leaving Certificate in Radio Servicing and Maintenance issued by the Director of Industries and Commerce, Madras or any other equivalent qualification. • OR • Diploma in Radio Servicing and Maintenance of Sri. Jayaramachandra Occupational Institute, Bangalore or any other equivalent qualifications. • OR • A pass in the Final or Intermediate Grade Examination in Radio Engineering or allied subjects of the City and Guilds Institute, London and 5 years experience in Radio Servicing in an institute or firm of repute approved by Government. (This qualification obtained before 31.03.1985 will alone be considered as valid) • OR • Certificate in Electrical Engineering from a recognised school and three years experience in Radio Servicing from a firm of repute approved by Government. • OR • Diploma in Electronics (3 years course) awarded by the Department of Technical Education. Experience Required: Required for certain technical qualification categories (e.g., 5 years experience in Radio Servicing for City and Guilds Institute qualification; 3 years experience in Radio Servicing for Certificate in Electrical Engineering). For SC/ST candidates, experience requirements are not insisted upon. Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: Rule 10(a)(ii) of Part II KS&SSR is applicable. Applications of candidates who have claimed qualifications equivalent to those prescribed in the Gazette Notification will be considered equivalent only if they produce Government Order to prove equivalency at the time of 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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