Agricultural Officer — NCA NOTIFICATION – STATE WIDE

522/2021

2021-11-15

Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare

Agricultural Officer

Scheduled Caste Converted to Christianity (SCCC) – 01 (One) NCA Vacancy

Direct Recruitment (from candidates belonging to SCCC community only)

18-40. Only candidates born between 02/01/1981 and 01/01/2003 (both dates included) are eligible to apply. [Including the relaxation as per para (2)(i) of General Conditions] Note 1 :- In the case of those members belonging to Scheduled Caste who had converted to Christianity after adult age and their children are eligible for age relaxation upto 42 years. Such candidates should be born between 02.01.1979 and 01.01.2003. (Both Dates Included) Note 2 :- The Village Extension Officers who have been selected and have undergone the Degree course in Agriculture Science and obtained the Degree from Kerala Agricultural University will be eligible to get age relaxation in upper age limit up to 45 years for direct recruitment to the post of Agricultural Officer.

BSc. Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture awarded by Kerala Agricultural University or Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture from any other University recognized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Note:- 1) Rule 10a(II) of Part II KS&SSR is applicable. 2)Candidates with Post Graduate Degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture but not having basic degree in Agriculture/ Horticulture will be ineligible to apply for the post. 3)The degree awarded by the Colleges/ Universities should be after the course of study having 10+2+4 pattern prescribed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. 4)Candidates who claim equivalent qualifications instead of qualification mentioned in the Notification shall produce the relevant Government Order to prove the equivalency at the time of certificate verification, then only such qualification shall be treated as equivalent to the prescribed qualification concerned. 5)In the case of difference in original 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

Note :- Application submitted by candidates belonging to the communities other than SCCC will be summarily rejected. Individual communications regarding the rejection of their applications for the above reason will not be issued. Mode of submitting Application: a. 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 31.12.2011. 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 shall take a printout of the application by clicking the link Registration Card in their profile. 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 the details 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 print out of the application by clicking the link `My applications' in their profile. All correspondence with the Commission, regarding the application should be accompanied with the print out of the application. The application will be summarily rejected if noncompliance with the notification is found in due course of processing. Documents to prove qualification, age, Community etc. have to be produced as and when called for. b. If written/ 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 Calendar itself. Information in this regard will be given to the candidates in their respective profiles and in the mobile phone numbers registered in it. c. Appropriate disciplinary action as per KPSC Rules of Procedure Rule 22 shall be initiated against those candidates who submit applications with bogus claims of qualification regarding education, experience etc. and submit confirmation for writing the examination irrespective of whether they are present or absent for the examination. d. Candidates who have AADHAAR card should add AADHAAR Card as I.D Proof in their profile.