Reporter Grade II (Malayalam) (Head Constable- General Executive Force)

271/2025

2025-08-30

Kerala Police Department

Reporter Grade II (Malayalam) (Head Constable- General Executive Force)

01 (One)

Direct Recruitment

18 – 26; Only candidates born between 02.01.1999 and 01.01.2007 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post with usual relaxation to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Communities. (For other conditions regarding age relaxation please see para 2 of the General Conditions)

1) Must have passed SSLC Examination. 2) Must have passed Technical Examination in Malayalam Shorthand (Lower Grade) conducted by the Government of Madras or the Government of Kerala or any other Examination declared to be its equivalent. 3) Should pass Malayalam Typewriting (Lower) 4) Those who are to be appointed as Junior Reporters in languages other than English must have those languages as their mother tongue or acquired proficiency equivalent to SSLC Standard in those languages. 5) Must have the minimum physical standard prescribed for recruitment as Constable.

Note: Shorthand Higher will be a compulsory qualification for promotion to the post of Shorthand Reporter Grade I. 8. Probation: Every person appointed to the post shall be on probation for a period of two years within a continuous period of three years. 9. Training: Every person appointed to this post shall undergo general training in the Police Recruit School and training in shorthand in the language which he is appointed to report during the period of probation. 10. Tests: - Every person appointed to this post shall pass the following tests: (i) Standard I and II Speed Test in the language in which he has to report within the period of probation (ii) English Typewriting (Lower Grade) within the period of probation. (iii) Efficiency Test once in every two years until he acquires experience of 10 years in reporting work as member of the Bureau, after passing the Standard II Speed Test. Note:- An individual who fails to pass the efficiency test in three chances, which may be given to him at intervals of not more than three months and not less than two months should have his increment postponed till he passes the test. (i) Rule 10(a) (ii) of Part II 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 a post, in the Special Rules or found acceptable by the Commission in cases where acceptance of equivalent qualifications is provided for in the 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.