Office Attendant (Special Recruitment for SC/ST)

35/2026

2026-05-30

Government Secretariat/ Kerala Public Service Commission/ State Audit Department/ Kerala Legislature Secretariat/ Advocate General Office

Office Attendant (Special Recruitment for SC/ST)

05 (Five)

Direct Recruitment (Special Recruitment for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes)

18-45. Only Candidates born between 02.01.1981 and 01.01.2008 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. 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.

A pass in S.S.L.C or its equivalent examination. Note: Rule 10(a)(ii) of Part II of KS & SSR is applicable. “In addition to the qualifications prescribed in the notification, the qualifications recognized by executive orders or standing orders of Government as equivalent to the qualification specified for the 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”.

The above Vacancy is now in existence. The Ranked list published by the Commission in response to this notification 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 after the expiry of the minimum period of one year is published for this post under the same method of appointment. Advice for appointment will be made from the Ranked list published in pursuance of this notification to the above vacancy and also to the vacancies reported further for Special Recruitment from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe during the pendency of the list. Vacancies of the above post reported exclusively for Scheduled Tribes will also be filled up from this list, if no separate ranked list is available or a separate selection is under way exclusively for Scheduled Tribe for filling up of such vacancies for this post. If there is no Scheduled Tribe candidate in the said list, a fresh notification exclusively for 'Scheduled Tribes' will be issued for filling up of such vacancies. Note :- Applications received from candidates other than Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribes will be rejected. Individual communications regarding the rejection of their applications for the above reason will not be issued. Note: Only one ranked list will be published in pursuance of this notification and candidates will be advised from that list against all the vacancies reported for the post from all the departments mentioned above. As such candidates need to send only one application. Candidates will be advised for recruitment to each department according to the order in which vacancies are reported from each department and in accordance with the ranks secured by them subject to the rules of reservation and rotation in force. Once advised his/her turn will be over and he/she will have no further claim for being considered for appointment from the ranked list to another department. As a common ranked list is prepared for more than one department on the basis of a common written examination a candidate appointed in a department and relieved for want of vacancy can re-register his/her name in the office of Kerala Public Service Commission and in such case, he/she will be advised for appointment against the next vacancy reported from any of the above mentioned departments. Provided also that the seniority of a person appointed in one service from a common selective list, prepared by the Commission and thereafter discharged from service for want of vacancy and got re-appointment in another service or another department/ institution on the further advice of the Commission shall be determined by date of first effective advice [vide G.O. (P).No.07/1991/P&ARD dated 15.02.1991]. His/her service in the former department will be counted for probation in the latter department. For reappointment in the parent department itself, no re-registration is necessary but one has to wait till vacancy arises in that department. Candidates will have no right to claim initial appointment to any particular department. Probation: Every person appointed to a post in respect of this notification, shall be on probation for a total period of two years on duty within a continuous period of three years.