Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) Notification Category Number: 186/2019, 187/2019, 188/2019

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Applications are invited online only from qualified candidates for selection to the Kerala Administrative Service. Before applying for the post candidates should register as per One Time Registration through the official website of Kerala Public Service Commission. Candidates who have already registered can apply through their profile.

Department : Kerala Administrative Service

Name of Post : KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) Trainee

Scale of pay : As per KAS

Number of vacancy : Anticipated vacancies

Note 1: The Ranked List published by the Commission in response to this notification shall remain in force for one year. Separate Ranked List will be prepared for all the three STREAMS.

Note 2:  Eligible candidates should submit separate applications for applying in more than one categories

Note 3 : As per G.O.(P).No.11/2019/SJD Dated 25.10.2019, 4% of the vacancies are reserved for Differently Abled candidates. As per the above Government order differently abled candidates identified for 4% reservation for the post of KAS with Benchmark Disability should posses Functional Classification and Physical requirement as stipulated in the Government Order and Medical Certificate in this regard shown in the Annexure of the aforesaid Government order.

Stream 01 / 186/2019 : By Direct Recruitment

Age : 21-32. Candidates who have born in between 02.01.1987 and 01.01.1998 (both dates are included) are eligible to apply for this post. Changes are allowable to the above dates, to the eligible reserved categories for age relaxation.

Qualifications
Must have obtained a Bachelor Degree including professional course in any subject from a University recognized by a University established by Government of Kerala or UGC or awarded by National Institutes established by the Government of India.

Note(i): Rule 10(a)(ii) of Part II KS& SSR is applicable.

Note(ii): Candidates who claim equivalent qualifications instead of qualification mentioned in the Notification shall produce the relevant Government Order to prove the equivalency at the time of verification, then only such qualifications shall be treated as equivalent to the prescribed qualification concerned.

Mode of submitting Application

1.  Candidates should send their application through the official website www.kerala.psc.gov.in after One Time Registration. Candidates already registered should apply after logging in their own profile using their User ID and Password. (User ID should be specially mentioned in all the correspondence with the Commission) after that whenever apply for any post, just click in the apply now in the notification link. No application fee is fixed.
2. Candidates have to apply as per the conditions in this notification, General Conditions and as per the instruction given in the official website of Kerala Public Service Commission www.keralapsc.gov.in. All the applications which are found as non-compliance with the notification will be summarily rejected. No further chances will be given to candidates to cure the defects in the application.
3. Candidate shall take and keep a printout of application by clicking the link Registration card in their profile
4. Applications will be absolutely rejected if they are found as noncompliance with the conditions in the notification in any stage of selection.
5. Candidates who have Aadhar card add Aadhar Number in the concerned link in their profile.
6. The candidates should posses e-mail ID and mobile phone with valid number. Under any circumstances the candidate should not change their mobile phone number and e-mail ID.
7. No change in the claims in the application will be allowed.
8. Candidate should upload recent photograph with name of candidate and date of photo taken at the bottom.
9. Questions to examine the language proficiency in Malayalam/ Tamil/ Kannada are included in the Part II of the Paper II of the preliminary examination. Candidates should enter the required language of question in the application. Question Paper other than the opted language will not be entertained at the time of examination.
10. Address to which applications are to be sent www.keralapsc.gov.in
11. Last date of Receipt of Applications 04.12.2019 Wednesday upto 12.00 midnight.  

Conditions regarding Age Relaxation

The following concessions in upper age limits are available subject to the condition that the maximum age limit shall in no case exceed 50 (Fifty) years.

1. Five years of age relaxation is available to the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Three years of age relaxation is available to the candidates belonging to other Backward Communities.
2. The concession in upper age limit prescribed to the candidates belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes or adult members of such caste and their children when such adult members are converted to other religion or Scheduled Tribes. Scheduled Tribes will not be devoid of this concession due to conversion.
3. Differently abled candidates (vision, hearing, speech) are eligible for age concession up to 15 years and Orthopaedically differently abled candidates are eligible for age concession up to 10 years.
4. Maximum age limit prescribed for appointment to the post will be relaxed in the case of ExService men to the extent of the period of service put in by them in the Defence Forces and the period of unemployment on discharge up to a maximum of five years.  
5. Widows will be eligible for age relaxation of maximum 5 years from the upper age limit. 

Note(a):- For other conditions regarding age relaxation, see Para II of the General Conditions.

Note(b):- The Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe candidates who are claiming reservation in appointment and age relaxation should produce Community Certificate which is obtained within the last 3 years or obtained up to the verification date, from a revenue authority not below the rank of Tahsildar, as and when required by the Commission.

Note(c):- The Backward community candidates who claim reservation in appointment should produce Non-Creamy Layer Certificate which is obtained within one year or obtained up to the date of verification from a revenue authority not below the rank of a village Officer, and the candidates who claim age relaxation alone shall produce Caste Certificate as and when required by the Commission.

Note(d):- The Differently abled candidates should produce Certificate of Benchmark Disability as per G.O.(P).No.11/2019/SJD dated 25.10.2019.

Note(e):- In the case of difference in original Caste/Community claimed in the application and that entered in SSLC Book, the candidate shall produce a Gazette Notification in this regard, along with Non -Creamy Layer Certificate/Community Certificate at the time of certificate verification. 

Note(f):- The community claimed in the application will not be permitted to change in any stage of selection.

All the candidates applying to the post of KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale)Trainee should obtain a Medical Fitness Certificate from a Medical Officer not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon in the following format and have to produce the same when it is required by the Commission.

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