Category No: 115/2017

Applications are invited online only by `One Time Registration' system exclusively from qualified candidates for the under mentioned post. Candidates shall apply only through the online facility provided in the website of Kerala Public Service Commission. Candidate who have already registered can apply through their profile.

1. Department : Various
2. Name of Post : Sergeant
3. Scale of pay : ` 22,200-48,000/
4. Number of vacancies : Districtwise Kollam 03 (Three)

Note:-(i) Conventional type applications for the post will be summarily rejected. Candidates shall apply only through online facility available at the Kerala Public Service Commission website viz www.keralapsc.gov.in.

(ii) Ranked List will be prepared for Kollam District in pursuance of this notification. The Ranked list thus prepared and published by the Commission, shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year, subject to the condition 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 for appointment against aforesaid vacancies and also against the vacancies, if any, reported during the currency of the lists. In case no candidate is advised from the ranked list till the expiry of the period of three years, the duration of the Ranked list shall be extended for a further period of one year or till at least one candidate is advised from the list whichever is earlier.

(iii) Candidates should submit the application for this post only to Kollam district where the vacancy is existing and should note the name of that District against the relevant column of the online application.

(iv) The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on a Revenue District basis, subject to the special conditions laid down in GO(Ms) No. 154/71/PD dated, 27.05.1971. A candidate advised for appointment in one Revenue District from the Ranked List prepared is not eligible for transfer to another district unless he/she completes five years of continuous service from the date of commencement of service in the former district. Even if transfer is allowed after five years, it will be subject to the rules in GO(MS) No. 4/61/PD dated, 2.1.1961. Candidates already in Government service holding the same post in the same department in any one district are prohibited from applying again for this post, but they can apply to higher posts when notified.

5. Method of : Appointment to the post of Sergeant shall be made as follows :

appointment 1) Recruitment by transfer from any other class, category or service. 2) In the absence of qualified hands under item (1) above, by direct

recruitment (vide G.O (P) No 4/2009/P&ARD dtd 6/5/09)

6. Age : 18-36. Only candidates born between 2.1.1981 and 1.1.1999 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. Other backward communities and SC/ST candidates are eligible for usual age relaxation.

Note :-For concessions allowed in upper age limit, subject to the condition that the maximum

age limit shall in no case exceed 50 years, please see para (2) of the General Conditions under

Part II of this Notification.

7. Qualification :

(1) Must be a pensioned Junior Commissioned Officer of the Army or equivalent in the Navy

or Air Force. OR

(2) In the absence of candidates with the qualification mentioned in item (1) above, candidates with literacy in English and ten years Military Service in the Army, Navy or Air Force.

OR

(3) In the absence of qualified hands under items (1) and (2) above, SSLC or equivalent with six months Police or Military Training. Note:-1) A working knowledge in Malayalam, or Tamil or Kannada shall be an essential qualification. 2) Differently abled candidates shall not be eligible to apply for the post. Hence sub para vii on Para (2) and Paras 5 & 5 (a) of the General Conditions are not applicable to this post.

3) The candidates shall produce a Medical Certificate from a Medical Officer not below the rank of a Civil Surgeon Grade II to prove the following physical qualification at the time of interview. (Please see the form of medical certificate given below)

(a) (i) Height - 167 cms

(ii) Chest -81 cms with a minimum expansion of 5 cms. (Minimum height and chest measurement shall be 160 cms and 76 cms respectively for SC/ST candidates. The minimum chest expansion of 5 cms shall however be applicable for them also)

(b) Visual standards with Glasses.

Right Eye Left Eye Distant Vision 6/6 Snellen 6/6 Snellen Near Vision 0.5 Snellen 0.5 Snellen Each eye must have full field of vision. Colour blindness, squint or any morbid condition of the eyes or lids of either eye shall be a disqualification.

(c) 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.

(4) KS&SSR Part II Rule 10 a (ii) is applicable for selection to this post.