Beat Forest Officer — FIRST NCA NOTIFICATION

226/2023 – 234/2023

2023-08-16

Forest

Beat Forest Officer

District wise Category No. | Community | District | No. of vacancies 226/2023 | ST | Kozhikode | 01 (One) 226/2023 | ST | Kannur | 01 (One) 227/2023 | OBC | Kasaragod | 01 (One) 228/2023 | SC | Kozhikode | 01 (One) 228/2023 | SC | Thrissur | 01 (One) 229/2023 | Muslim | Wayanad | 03 (Three) 229/2023 | Muslim | Kannur | 01 (One) 230/2023 | Viswakarma | Palakkad | 01 (One) 231/2023 | Dheevara | Kannur | 01 (One) 232/2023 | Hindu Nadar | Idukki | 01 (One) 233/2023 | SCCC | Kannur | 01 (One) 234/2023 | LC/AI | Thrissur | 01 (One)

Direct Recruitment (from candidates belonging to specified reservation communities only)

(i) 19-33. Candidates born between 02.01.1990 and 01.01.2004 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. (ii) For SC/ST:19-35; ie; Candidates born between 02.01.1988 and 01.01.2004 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. (iii) Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste Converted to Christian Community, who have converted to Christianity from SC after attaining 18 years and children of such parents are eligible for age relaxation upto 35 years ie; candidates born between 02.01.1988 and 01.01.2004 are eligible to apply for this post (both dates included) (Including the relaxation in Para2(i) of the General conditions) (For other conditions regarding age relaxation, please see Para (2) of the General Conditions except Para 2(i) under Part II of this notification.)

1 Educational Qualifications Pass in Plus Two Examination conducted by the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Kerala or Equivalent examination recognized by Government of India or Government of Kerala. Note: i) KS & SSR Part II Rule 10(a)(ii) is applicable. ii) In addition to the qualification specified in the Notification, the qualification declared by Government through executive orders or standing orders, as equivalent to the prescribed educational qualification and the higher qualifications of the notified and prescribed basic qualifications shall be accepted. The Government Order regarding the equivalent qualification/higher qualification shall be produced as and when called for by the Commission. 2 Male/Female candidates should possess the following qualifications also. a) Male Candidates (i) Physical Standards: Height-A minimum of 168 cms, Chest-A minimum of 81cms around the chest and must have an expansion of 5 cms on full inhalation. Note: 1. Minimum height measurement of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates shall be 160 cm. The minimum chest expansion of 5 cm shall be made applicable to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates. (ii) Physical Efficiency Test: All the male candidates must qualify in any of the 5(five) events out of the 8(eight) events specified below of the National Physical Efficiency One Star Standard test. Sl. No. | Events | One Star Standards 1 | 100 Meters Run | 14 Seconds 2 | High Jump | 132.2 cm 3 | Long Jump | 457.2 cm 4 | Putting the Shot | 609.6 cm 5 | Throwing the cricket ball | 6096 cm 6 | Rope Climbing (only with hands) | 365.80 cm 7 | Pull Ups or chinning | 8 times 8 | 1500 Meters Run | 5 minutes 44 Seconds (iii) Endurance Test: All male candidates shall successfully complete an endurance test of running 2 Kilometres in 13 minutes. b) Female Candidates (i) Physical Standards: Height-A minimum of 157 cms Note: (i) Minimum height measurement of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates shall be 150 cm. (ii) Physical Efficiency Test: All the Female candidates must qualify any of the 5(five) events out of the 9(nine) events specified below of the National Physical Efficiency One Star Standard test. Sl. No. | Events | One Star Standards 1 | 100 Meters Run | 17 Seconds 2 | High Jump | 106 cm 3 | Long Jump | 305 cm 4 | Putting the Shot | 400 cm 5 | 200 Meters Run | 36 seconds 6 | Throwing the throw ball | 1400 cm 7 | Shuttle Race (4 * 25 m) | 26 Seconds 8 | Pull Ups or chinning | 8 times 9 | Skipping (One Minute) | 80 times (iii) Endurance Test: All female candidates shall successfully complete an endurance test of running 2 Kilometres in 15 (fifteen) minutes. Note: Physical Measurement of the candidate will be taken prior to the Physical Efficiency Test or Endurance Test and those who do not possess the prescribed Physical Measurement will not be admitted for the Physical Efficiency Test or Endurance Test. If accidents or injuries happen to a candidate while participating in the Physical Efficiency Test/Endurance Test, he/she will not be given further chance to participate in the test. (3) Medical Standards Both male and female candidates must possess medical standards prescribed below. (i) Ear: Hearing should be perfect. (ii) Eye: Must be certified to possess visual standards specified below without glasses. Right Eye | Left Eye a) Distant Vision: 6/6 Snellen | 6/6 Snellen b) Near Vision: 0.5 Snellen | 0.5 Snellen c) Colour Vision: Normal | Normal d) Night Blindness: Nil | Nil (iii) Muscles and joints: No paralysis and all joints with free movements. (iv) Nervous System: Perfectly normal and free from any infectious diseases. Note: Each eye must have a full field of vision. Colour blindness, squint or any morbid conditions of the Eyes or lids of either eye will be deemed to be a disqualification. Must be free from apparent physical defects like Knock-knee, Flat Foot, Varicose vein, Bow legs, Deformed limbs, irregular and protruding tooth, Defective speech and hearing. Candidates should produce a medical certificate in original in the form prescribed hereunder certifying to their physical fitness and eye sight without glasses at the time of Physical Efficiency Test/Endurance Test. Medical Certificate should be one obtained from a Medical Officer under the Government not below the rank of an Assistant Surgeon/Junior Consultant. This Medical Certificate shall be uploaded in the profile of the candidate and the original shall be produced at the time of certificate verification.

(i) Applications submitted by candidates belonging to the communities other than notified will be summarily rejected. No rejection memo will be issued. (ii) Candidates are prohibited from applying to more than one District in response to this notification. If applications are submitted contrary to the above direction and if he or she is selected his or her name will be deleted from the Ranked list and disciplinary action will be taken against him/her. Candidates already in Govt. Service holding the same post in anyone district are prohibited from applying again for this post, but they can apply to higher posts when notified. (iii) Separate Ranked List for each district will be published. The above vacancies are now in existence. Ranked list will be prepared for each community in pursuance of this notification. The Ranked List published as per this notification shall remain in force until candidates are advised and appointed against the vacancies earmarked for the above communities, but remain unfilled due to paucity of candidates during the currency of the Mother Ranked List published for the post as detailed below. (iv) The name, age limit and qualifications of this post has been prescribed as per the G.O(P)No. 60/2010/F & WLD dated 30.08.2010 ( SRO No. 861/2010) and G.O(P)No. 84/2014/F & WLD dated 20.09.2014 ( SRO No. 574/2014). 8. Candidates who are appointed to service shall undergo training for one year in any of the forest training schools. The probation of those who do not successfully complete this training course will be terminated and they will be discharged from service. 9. Candidates appointed by Direct Recruitment shall be on probation for a total period of 2 years on duty within a continuous service of 3 years. 10 Candidates having 'A', 'B' & 'C' certificate of NCC will be given weightage marks at the rate of 2%, 3% and 5% respectively, vide G.O (Ms) No.112/2007/H1Edn. Dated 21.08.2007. 11 Mode of submitting applications: 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 31.12.2013. Those candidates who create new profile 01.01.2022 onwards should upload their photograph taken within six months. 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. 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. 12. Special Instructions to Candidates: (i) Candidates who having applied with actual caste when the caste entry is differed in the SSLC book such changes are to be published in the gazette notification and the same along with the Original Community Certificate/Non Creamy Layer Certificate issued by the Revenue authorities, should be produced to prove their claim in application, at the time of verification. (ii) Before applying for the post, candidates shall acquaint themselves with General Conditions given in Part II of the Gazette Notification. Applications submitted contradictory to the General Conditions will be rejected. (iii) Invoking Rule 22 of the Kerala Public Service Commission Rules of Procedure 1978, candidates who submit application with false claims such as education, experience etc., shall be liable for disqualification for being considered for the particular post or debarment from applying to Kerala Public Service Commission either permanently or for a fixed period or invalidation of their products made in the practical test or invalidation of their answer scripts in a written examination or initiation of legal proceedings against them or their removal or dismissal from office or the ordering of any other disciplinary/legal action against them if they have already been appointed, or any one or more of the above. 14. If Written Test/OMR Test/Online Test is conducted as a part of this selection candidate 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 fifteen days till the date of test. The applications of candidate 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 through their respective profiles and in the mobile phone number registered in it.