Veterinary Surgeon Gr.II

068/2024

2024-05-15

Animal Husbandry

Veterinary Surgeon Gr.II

Anticipated

Direct Recruitment

18-39; [Only candidates born between 02.01.1985 and 01.01.2006 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. Other Backward Communities and SC/ST candidates are eligible for usual age relaxation. (For other conditions regarding the age relaxation please see Para 2 of Part II General Conditions of the Gazette notification.) Note:- The period of service in Armed forces put in by persons who will be appointed in the reserved vacancies and the period of unemployment on discharge up to a maximum period of three years shall be excluded for the purpose of reckoning the maximum age limit of 39 years.

1. Degree in Veterinary Science. 2. Registration with the Kerala State Veterinary Council as envisaged in the Indian Veterinary Act, 1984 (Central Act of 52 of 1984). 3. Working knowledge in Malayalam.

Note 1: Due to non-availability of Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy DA candidate as per Section 34(2) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 in the previous Rank list of this post one vacancy is reserved for this DA category. The same will be filled from above said category from the Rank list of this notification. In the absence of the above said DA Category in the Ranked list as per this notification the same will be advised from other eligible DA categories as per Section 34(2) of above said Act. In the absence of DA candidates, it will be advised from General category. 15% of the vacancies of Veterinary Surgeon Gr II to be filled up by direct recruitment shall be reserved for those released from the Remount Veterinary Corps. Those person who would have been eligible for appointment to the services if they had not joined Military Service and those who are Physically fit to hold the post, alone will be considered for the reserved vacancies. If adequate number of released Army personnel are not available to fill up the reserved vacancies such vacancies shall be filled up by direct recruitment from others. 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 if any reported to the commission during the period of currency of the list. Note 2: 4% of the total reported vacancies are reserved for eligible differently abled candidates as per G.O(P) No. 5/2023/SJD dated 01/10/2023 Note I: 1. Relaxation from the above qualification under item 3 shall be allowed to persons belonging to Linguistic Minorities in the State subject to the condition that they shall pass the Language Test in malayalam as provided in caluse (aaaa) of Rule 10 of Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958. 2. Working knowledge in Malayalam will be assessed by the Commission during the course of selection. 3. In addition to the qualifications prescribed in this 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. 4. Rule 10 a(ii) of part II of KS&SSR is applicable. Note II: 1. Candidates on appointment as Veterinary Surgeon Gr II shall undergo within the period of probation, the training course conducted by the Animal Husbandry Department and the period of such training shall be treated as duty for the purpose of probation. 2. Persons in the Animal Husbandry Subordinate Service who have worked as Livestock Assistants for a period of not less than 5 years and personnel released from the army who are appointed in reserved vacancies will be exempted from undergoing the training. 3. Persons who have undergone the B.VSc and Animal Husbandry course with an inbuilt programme of internship training conducted by the Kerala Agricultural University or any other Agricultural University shall be exempted from undergoing the training.