Office Assistant — Office Assistant (Recruitment by Transfer)

198/2025

31.07.2025

Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.

Office Assistant

10% of vacancies which are reported to the Office of the Public Service Commission will be filled up by candidates selected from the above mentioned Low paid Employees in the Last Grade Service of the KTDC (9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,99th turns).

Recruitment by Transfer (Only from candidates in the Last Grade Service who possess not less than 2 years of service in the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.)

18 – 51. Only candidates born between 02.01.1974 and 01.01.2007 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post.

i) Plus two or its equivalent. ii) Typewriting English (lower) KGTE/MGTE or its equivalent. Note:- Those who have passed the KGTE Typewriting before January 2002, should produce separate certificate in Computer word processing or its equivalent obtained after a course of study of minimum 3 months duration from an institute recognized by Govt.

i. Rule 10(a)ii of Part II of KS&SSR is applicable. ii. In addition to the qualifications prescribed in the notification, the qualifications recognized by executive orders or standing orders of Government as equivalent to a qualification specified for the post in the Special Rules or found acceptable by the Commission in cases where acceptance of equivalent qualification is provided for in the rules and such of those qualifications which pre-suppose the acquistion 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. iii. The Kerala Public Service Commission shall have the power to cancel the advice for appointment of any candidate to the above post, if it is subsequently found that such advise was made under some mistake. On such cancellation the appointing authority shall terminate the service of candidate, provided that, the cancellation of advice for appointment by the Commission and subsequent termination of service of the candidate by the appointing authority shall be made within the period of probation or 240 days from the date of joining duty whichever is earlier iv. Low paid employees included in the Last Grade Service of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. who possess the required educational qualification prescribed for direct recruitment and possess not less than two years of service can apply for the above post. The applicants should obtain a certificate from the Head of Office showing their service particulars in the form given below and produce the same as and when required by the Commission. Persons appointed through Employment Exchange or otherwise and working on a temporary/provisional basis are not eligible to apply for the post in response to this notification v. The candidates in this category are not entitled to the benefit of Differently Abled candidates. vi. The Commission will conduct a competitive test for Direct Recruitment and By Transfer candidates. Based on the marks secured by the candidates in the test, separate Ranked Lists will be prepared for Direct Recruitment and Recruitment By Transfer in respect of each district. Candidates who secure 40 % and above marks in the test for Recritment By Transfer category are eligible to be included in the Ranked list for recruitment By Transfer. vii. The rules regarding the reservation of appointment contemplated in the Rules 14 to 17 of part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958 are not applicable to appointment By Transfer. If sufficient number of candidates are not available to fill up the 10% reservation quota mentioned above, such vacancies will be filled up by candidates included in the ranked list prepared for Open Quota. In case candidates included in the Ranked List prepared for recruitment By Transfer could not secure appointment before the expiry of the Ranked List, the names of such candidates will be placed at the top of the new ranked list of the low paid employees drawn up by the Commission subsequently in the same order and they will be advised for appointment accordingly as per the Recruitment Rules of KTDC. viii. Candidates who are eligible to apply for both Direct Recruitment and Recruitment and are included in both lists for the same post in same department under this notification or any other notification and advised from anyone of this lists shall be deleted from the other list as per Rule 18 (iv) of the KPSC Rules of Procedure.