Agricultural Officer — Agricultural Officer - Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Limited

036/2023

2023-04-29

Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Limited

Agricultural Officer

9 (Nine) 3% vacancies will be reserved for Differently Abled persons (Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impairment & Low vision )as per Order GO(P) No. 61/2012/SWD dated 17.10.2012.

Direct Recruitment

18-40. Only candidates born between 02.01.1983 and 01.01.2005 (Both dates included)are eligible to apply for this post . Other Backward Communities and SC/ST Candidates are eligible for usual age relaxation. (For conditions regarding the age relaxation please see part 2 of the General Conditions) Note:- For concession allowed in upper age limit subject to the condition that the maximum age limit shall in no case exceed 50 years, please see Sub paras I,II,III,IV,VI,VII of Para (2) of the General Conditions under part II of this Notification. Relaxation of age will be allowed to all provisional employees of the twenty nine Co-operative institutions mentioned in G. O. (P) No. 41/98 dated 09.03.1998 (whether they continue in service or relieved from service) who have been appointed through the Employment Exchange to the extent of their provisional service provided they possess a minimum service of one year in the provisional appointment. The maximum period of relaxation allowed to such persons will be five years. Once they get appointment on regular basis, the concession will not be available for further appointment to any other post. The candidates who are entitled to the above concession shall note the details there of in the respective column of the application and submit certificate (original) obtained from the Head of Office or Head of Department or Appointing Authority of the Co-operative Institutions concerned, when the Commission calls for. The certificate should contain all the relevant particulars such as the post in which the applicant has/ had provisional service, the scale of pay, name of the Co-operative Institution in which he/ she has/ had worked, the date of commencement of provisional service and the date of termination of the provisional service. It should also be noted in the certificate that the applicant is not holding regular appointment under the Co-operative Institution. The original certificate thus produced will not be returned to the candidate.

A Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or Horticulture of recognized University. Note:- 1) Rule 10 (a) (ii) of Part II KS&SSR is applicable for this selection. 2) In addition to the qualification prescribed in the notification , the qualifications recognized by executive orders or standing orders of Government as equivalent to a qualification specified for a post,in the special rules and such of those qualifications which pre-suppose the acquisition of the lower qualification prescribed for the post,shall also be sufficient for the post.The copy of the Government orders declaring equivalent/higher qualifications shall be produced as and when required by the commission.

Note: i) The above mentioned vacancies are now in existence for General Category of this post. The vacancies further reported for this post from Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Limited will be filled by apportioning the same in the ratio of 1 : 1 between General Category (Part I) and Society Category (Part II) with the first turn going to General Category. Separate notification will be issued under Part II for filling up the vacancies earmarked for Society Category. The rules of reservation as laid down in General Rules 14-17 of KS&SSR 1958 will be followed for appointment from both the lists. ii)The ranked list prepared and published by the Commission for the post shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year and a maximum period of three years, provided that the said list will not continue to be in force if a new list is published after the expiry of the minimum period of one year. Candidates will be advised for appointment against the aforesaid vacancies earmarked for the General Category during the period of currency of the list. iii)The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on a statewide basis. 5. Probation:As per Rule 184 of KCS every person appointed to this post shall from the date on which he/she joins duty be on probation for a period of one year on duty within a continuous period of two years. 12. Sub Paras V,VIII,IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV in Para 2 and Para 7 of General Conditions regarding recruitment by KPSC are not applicable to this post. 13. Special Instructions to candidates (a) In the case of difference in 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. (b) Candidates are required to acquaint themselves with the instructions given in the notification as Part II,General Conditions before submitting application for the post.Applications which are not submitted in accordance with the terms and Conditions are liable to be rejected. (c) Appropriate disciplinary action as per Rule 22 of the Kerala Public Service Commission rules of Procedure shall be initiated against those candidates who submit applications with bogus claims of qualification regarding education,experience etc. and are liable to be disqualified for being considered for a particular post or debarment from applying to the Commission either permanently or for any period or the invalidation of their answer scripts or products in a written/practical test or the initiation of criminal or other proceedings against them or their removal or dismissal from office or the ordering of any other disciplinary action against them if they have already been appointed,or any one or more of the above.