Sergeant — Sergeant (Part I-Direct Recruitment & Part II Recruitment by Transfer)

289/2024 – 290/2024

2024-08-30

Various

Sergeant

District-wise Kottayam: 02 (Two) Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Malappuram, Kozhikode: Anticipated Vacancies

(1) By Direct Recruitment (2) Recruitment By Transfer from any other class, category or service.

(1) Direct Recruitment: 18-36. Only candidates born between 02.01.1988 and 01.01.2006 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribes candidates and Ex-Servicemen are eligible for usual age relaxation. Note:-For concessions allowed in upper age limit, subject to the condition that the maximum age limit shall in no case exceed 50 years, please see para (2) of the General Conditions under Part II of this Notification. (2) Recruitment By Transfer: Age limit :Not applicable

(1) Must be a pensioned Junior Commissioned Officer of the Army or equivalent in the Navy or Air Force. OR (2) In the absence of candidates with the qualification mentioned in item (1) above, candidates with literacy in English and ten years Military Service in the Army, Navy or Air Force. OR (3) In the absence of qualified hands under items (1) and (2) above, SSLC or equivalent with ten years service in the Police Force under the State Government or six months Military Training. Note:- (1) A working knowledge in Malayalam, or Tamil or Kannada or Tamil shall be an essential qualification. (2) Differently abled candidates shall not be eligible to apply for the post. Hence sub para vii on Para (2) and Paras 5 & 5 (a) of the General Conditions are not applicable to this post. The Candidates shall produce a Medical Certificate from a Medical Officer not below the rank of a Civil Surgeon Grade II to prove the following physical qualification at the time of interview. (a) (i) Height - 167 cms (ii) Chest - 81 cms with a minimum expansion of 5 cms. (Minimum height and chest measurement shall be 160 cms and 76 cms respectively for SC/ST candidates. The minimum chest expansion of 5 cms shall however be applicable for them also) (b) Visual standards with Glasses. Right Eye: Distant Vision 6/6 Snellen, Near Vision 0.5 Snellen Left Eye: Distant Vision 6/6 Snellen, Near Vision 0.5 Snellen Each eye must have full field of vision. Colour blindness, squint or any morbid condition of the eye or lids of either eye shall be a disqualification. (c) Must be free from apparent physical defects like knock knee, flat foot, varicose veins, bow legs, deformed limbs, irregular and protruding teeth, defective speech and hearing.

(i) The above vacancies are now in existence. Separate Ranked list will be prepared in pursuance of this notification for each revenue district shown above. The Ranked List thus prepared and published by the Commission, shall remain in force for a minimum period of one year, subject to the condition that the said Ranked list will continue to be in force till the publication of a new Ranked 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 for appointment against aforesaid vacancies and also against the vacancies, if any, reported during the currency of the Ranked List. (ii) Candidates should submit their application for this post to any of the above districts, where the vacancy is existing and should note the name of that District against the relevant column of the online application. Applications should not be submitted to more than one district in response to this notification. If applications are submitted contrary to the above direction, and if he/she is selected, his/her name will be removed from the Ranked List and disciplinary action will be taken against him/her. (iii) The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on a Revenue District basis, subject to the special conditions laid down in GO(Ms) No. 154/71/PD dated, 27.05.1971. A candidate advised for appointment in one Revenue District from the Ranked List prepared is not eligible for transfer to another district unless he/she completes five years of continuous service from the date of commencement of service in the former district. Even if transfer is allowed after five years, it will be subject to the rules in GO(MS) No. 4/61/PD dated, 2.1.1961. Candidates already in Government service holding the same post in any one District are prohibited from applying again for this post, but they can apply to higher/lower posts when notified. (iv) Rule 10 a (ii) of Part II of KS&SSR is applicable. (v) In addition to the qualifications prescribed in the notification, the qualifications recognized by executive orders or standing orders of Government as equivalent to a qualifications 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. (vi) Candidates who apply for By Transfer appointment category should produce Service Certificate obtained from the Head of Office/Department in original in the form given below, to prove their services as and when called for. (vii) If Written Test/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 Programme 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 have downloaded the Admission Ticket will alone be permitted to attend the examination. (viii) In the case of difference in Caste/Community claimed in the application and that entered in SSLC Book the candidate shall produce a gazette notification in this regard, along with Non-creamy Layer Certificate/Community Certificate at the time of certificate verification. (ix) Candidates are required to acquaint themselves with the instructions given in the notification as Part II, General Conditions before submitting application for the post. Applications which are not submitted in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in the General Conditions are liable to be rejected. (x) Appropriate disciplinary action as per Rule 22 of the Kerala Public Service Commission Rules of Procedure(1976) shall be initiated against those candidates whose submit applications with bogus claims of qualification regarding education, experience etc. and are liable to be disqualified for being considered for a particular post or debarment from applying to the Commission either permanently or for any period or the invalidation of their answer scripts or products in a written / practical test or the intiation of criminal or other proceedings against them or their removal or dismissal from office or the ordering of any other disciplinary action against them if they have already been appointed, or any one or more of the above.