Lower Division Typist

388/2014

2014-09-10

Various

Lower Division Typist

District wise 1. Thiruvananthapuram 2. Kollam 3. Pathanamthitta 4. Alappuzha 5. Kottayam 6. Idukki 7. Ernakulam Not Estimated. 8. Thrissur 9. Palakkad 10. Malappuram 11. Kozhikode 12. Wayanad 13. Kannur 14. Kasaragod

Direct Recruitment

18-36. Only candidates born between 2.1.1978 and 1.1.1996 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post. (SC/ST candidates and Other Backward Communities 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.

(1) Pass in Plus 2 or its equivalent. (2) Lower Grade Certificate in KGTE Malayalam Typewriting or its equivalent. (3) Lower Grade Certificate in KGTE English Typewriting and Computer Word Processing or its equivalent. Those who have passed KGTE Typewriting (English) Lower before January 2002 should produce separate certificate in Computer Word Processing or its equivalent. (G.O(MS) No. 21/2011/P&ARD dated 01.07.2011).

(i) Conventional type applications for the post will be summarily rejected. Candidates shall apply only through online facility available in the Kerala Public Service Commission website viz www.keralapsc.gov.in. (ii) Separate Ranked Lists will be prepared for each district in pursuance of this notification. The Ranked lists 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 list will continue to be in force till the publication of a new 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 lists. In case no candidate is advised from the ranked list till the expiry of the period of three years, the duration of the ranked list shall be extended for a further period of one year or till at least one candidate is advised from the list whichever is earlier. (iii) 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. Candidates should submit the application for this post to the concerned district office and should note the name of the concerned District against the relevant column of the online application. (iv) The selection in pursuance of the notification will be made on a revenue district basis. 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 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 G.O. (P) No. 36/91/P&ARD, dated 02.12.1991 for inter district transfers in same department and G. O. (P) No. 5/2013/P&ARD dtd. 06.02.2013 for inter departmental transfer. Candidates already in Government service holding this post in any one district are prohibited from applying again for this post.. (v) As per G.O. (p) 12/96/P&ARD Dated 16/03/1996 candidates recruited in other Districts will be permitted to be transferred to the Districts of Idukki, Wayanad and Kasaragod without insisting on completion of 5 year service in the original districts of recruitment. This concession will be available for getting transfer into these Districts, but not for getting transfer out of these districts. And this concession will be granted only once in the career of a Government Servant. (vi) Candidates will be advised from the ranked lists for appointment against the Headquarters vacancies also without their consent. Vacancies arising in the Head Quarters will be filled up according to the terms and conditions of G.O. (MS) No. 154/71/PD dated 27.05.1971 commencing from Thiruvananthapuram District. Such candidates will be eligible for transfer to another district as per the terms and conditions in GO (MS) No.442/80/GAD dated 26/9/1980 (vii) 3% of the vacancies reported to the Commission for the above post shall be reserved for appointment of physically disabled persons, limited to the categories of Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impairment and Low Vision as per G.O (P) No. 1/13/SJD dtd 3.1.13. A separate list of such candidates shall be prepared alongwith the Ranked List (Physically disabled candidates must specify the details in the relevant column of application). They shall be advised against Sl. Nos 33,66,99 in a cycle of 100 vacancies as per rules. Physically disabled candidates included in the Main list/supplementary lists for reservation communities shall also be included in the list prepared exclusively for them on the basis of merit. If candidates in the list (Main list/Supplementary list/list for PH) is advised from any one of the above lists on Open/Reservation/PH quota, the name of the candidate shall be deleted from other list (s) as per Rule 18(iii), Kerala Public Service Commission Rule of procedure. Relaxation in age and award of grace marks will be given to the Physically disabled candidates as stipulated in the existing Acts & Rules.