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Category No: 114/2022Notification No: 114/2022

Tourist Information Officer(Special Recruitment from among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe) — Tourist Information Officer (Special Recruitment from among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe)

Applications are invited from qualified Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates of Kerala State for selection to the following post.

Notification Details & Specifications

Category No
114/2022
Official PDF Document
Gazette Date
2022-04-30
Last Date
2022-06-01
Department
Tourism
Name of Post
Tourist Information Officer(Special Recruitment from among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe)
Scale of pay
₹ 50,200-105,300/-
Number of vacancies
01 (One)
Method of appointment
Direct Recruitment (Special Recruitment from among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe).
Age Limit
20-41 Only Candidates born between 02.01.1981 and 01.01.2002 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. No other age relaxation will be allowed. Note:- In the absence of qualified candidates within the age limit the upper age limit shall be relaxed up to 50 years. But in no case the maximum age limit shall exceed 50 (Fifty) years.
Qualifications
1. Bachelors Degree of University or its equivalent qualifications. Successful completion(Pass) of the Certificate Course in Tourism Public Relation from a recognised University or Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies or Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management. OR Pass in Guide Training Course conducted by the Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies or any other similar Course Training under the Government of India or any other similar/higher training course recognised by Government of Kerala. Note:-1. Rule 10(a)(ii) of Part II of KS & SSR is applicable. 2. Candidates who claim Higher/Equivalent qualification instead of the qualification specified in the notification shall produce equivalency certificate from the concerned Institution/ relevant Government Order proving equivalency, at the time of verification,for considering the qualification for the above selection. 3. If the caste of candidates is wrongly mentioned in their SSLC book, they should claim their original caste in their applications and should produce community certificate issued from the revenue authority concerned and the Gazette Notification for the same at the time of certificate verification.
Notes
The Ranked list of selected candidates published by the Commission 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. Recruitment will be made for the above vacancy and also for the vacancies reported for Special Recruitment from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe during the pendency of the list. Candidates against vacancies exclusively reported for Scheduled Tribe will also be advised from this list and only in the absence of Scheduled Tribe candidates in this list that fresh notification for Scheduled Tribe for vacancies reserved exclusively for them will be issued. Applications received from candidates other than Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates will be rejected. Individual communications regarding the rejection of their applications for the above reason will not be issued. Candidates must register as per ONE TIME REGISTRATION with the official Website of Kerala Public Service Commission www.keralapsc.gov.in before applying for the post. Candidates who have registered can apply by logging on to their profile using their User-ID and Password. Candidates must click on the 'Apply Now' button of the respective posts in the Notification Link to apply for a post. The Photograph uploaded should be taken after 31.12.2012. Name of the candidate and the date of photograph taken should be printed legibly at the bottom portion. The photograph once uploaded meeting all requirements shall be valid for 10 years from the date of uploading. But the candidates who register One Time Registration Profile after 01/01/2022 should upload photograph taken within 6 months. There is no change in other instructions regarding the uploading of photographs. No application fee is required. Candidates are responsible for the correctness of the personal information and secrecy of password. Before the final submission of the application on the profile candidates must ensure correctness of the information in their profile. They must quote the User-ID for further communication with the Commission. Application submitted is provisional and cannot be deleted or altered after submission. Candidates are advised to keep a printout or soft copy of the online application for future reference. Candidates can take the printout of the application by clicking on the link 'My applications' in their profile. All correspondences with the Commission, regarding the application should be accompanied with the print out of the application. The application will be summarily rejected if non-compliance with the notification is found in due course of processing. Original documents to prove qualification, experience, age, Community etc. have to be produced as and when called for. If written/OMR/Online Test is conducted as part of this selection, candidates shall submit a confirmation for writing the examination through their One Time Registration profile. Such candidates alone can generate and download the Admission Tickets in the last 15 days till the date of Test. The applications of candidates who do not submit confirmation within the stipulated period, will be rejected absolutely. The periods regarding the submission of confirmation and the availability of Admission Tickets will be published in the Examination Calendar itself. Information in this regard will be given to the candidates in their respective profiles and in the mobile phone number registered in it. Candidates who erroneously claim qualification, experience etc and attend or abstain from attending the examination after providing confirmation are liable for disciplinary action as stipulated in Rule 22 of KPSC Rules of Procedure 1976. Those who have Aadhaar Card should add Aadhaar Card as ID Proof in their profile. Paragraphs two, three and twenty five (except the conditions laid down in the Rule 3 (C) of Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules) of General Conditions are not applicable to this selection. Appointment are made on the basis of the rank secured in the ranked list of candidates prepared in pursuance of this notification subject to the conditions laid down in G.O.(MS) No.142/72/PD dated 13.04.1972, G.O.(MS) No. 309/73/PD dated 29.11.1973, G.O.(P) No. 21/76/PD dated, 17.01.1976 and G.O.(P) No.25/94/GAD dated, 22.01.1994 allowing special reservations to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in accordance with the procedures made for this purpose from time to time and subject to the rules under sections 3(c), 17(a), 17(b) of Part II of Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958.
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