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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

Officer - In - Charge
Cat. 671/2021 & 672/2021PortsClosed 2 Feb 2022
Age limit as printed
Ezhava/Thiyya/Billava: 30-49 (Candidates must be born between 02.01.1972 and 01.01.1991). SC: 30-50 (Candidates must be born between 02.01.1971 and 01.01.1991).
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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Add your date of birth and the result updates as you type.

What this post asks for

  • Needs your details:
    Age: 30–49 yearsBorn on or after 2 Jan 1972 and on or before 1 Jan 1991.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: Post graduation or aboveChoose your highest qualification. The subject must match too.
  • Check yourself:
    ExperienceMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

Technical Qualifications: • Certificate of Competency as Home Trade Master issued by the Ministry of Transport with not less than 2 years experience as Mate. • OR • Certificate of Competency as Home Trade Mate issued under the Merchant Shipping Act 1958 with not less than 3 years experience as Mate. • OR • Certificate of Competency as Second Class Master issued under the Inland Steam Vessels Act 1917 with 3 years experience as Third Officer, Junior Officer or equivalent post in Dredgers. Experience Required: As specified in the technical qualifications (Note: Practical experience is not mandatory for SC candidates at the time of direct recruitment; they shall acquire practical experience after appointment). Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: KS&SSR Part II Rule 10(a)ii is applicable. Government Orders regarding equivalency shall be produced during verification.

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.

Not affiliated with the Kerala Public Service Commission. See also the exam guides and all notifications.