4 Number of vacancies : Not estimated.

The Ranked list of selected candidates published by the Commission in response

to this notification shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year provided that the

said list will continue to be in force till the publication of a new list after the expiry of the

minimum period of one year or till the expiry of three years whichever is earlier. Candidates

will be advised from the said list against the vacancies noted above and that may be reported

to the Commission in writing during the period of the currency of the list.

5 Method of appointment : Direct Recruitment

6. Age limit : 18-36. Only candidates born between 02.01.1981 and 01.01.1999 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post with usual relaxation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Communities (For other conditions regarding the age relaxation please see part 2 of the General Conditions).

Note:

a. Only one ranked list will be published in pursuance of this notification and candidates will be

advised from that list against all the vacancies reported for the post from all the Departments mentioned above. As such a candidate need send only one application. Candidates will be advised for recruitment to each Department according to the order in which vacancies are reported from each Department and in accordance with the ranks secured by them subject to the rules of reservation and rotation in force. Once advised his/her turn will be over and he/she will have no further claim for being considered for appointment from the ranked list to another department. As common ranked list is prepared for more than one department on the basis of a common written examination, a candidate appointed in a department and relieved for want of vacancy can reregister his/her name in the office of Kerala Public Service Commission and in such case he/she will be advised for appointment against the next vacancy reported from any of the above mentioned Departments and he / she will forfeit his/her probation in the parent department. For reappointment in the parent department itself, no registration is necessary but one has to wait till vacancy arises in that Department. Candidates will have no right to claim initial appointment to any particular department.

b. 3% of the total vacancies reported shall be reserved for eligible DA candidates (Candidates with Locomotor Disability/ Cerebral Palsy, Low Vision, Hearing Impairment Vide G.O. (P).No.1/2013/SJD Dated 03.01.2013).