Agricultural Officer — FIRST N.C.A. NOTIFICATION

546/2023

2023-12-15

Kerala State Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Limited

Agricultural Officer

Scheduled Tribe - 1 (One)

Direct Recruitment from among the eligible and qualified candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribe community.

18- 45 years. Candidates born between 02.01.1978 and 01.01.2005 (Both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post.(For other conditions regarding the age relaxation please see Part-2 of the General Conditions). Note:- For concession allowed in upper age limit subject to the condition that the maximum age limit shall in no case exceed 50 (fifty) years, please see Sub paras i, ii, iii, iv, vi, vii and xiv of Para (2) of the General Conditions under part II of this Notification. Relaxation of age will be allowed to all provisional employees of the 29 (twenty nine) Co-operative institutions mentioned in G. O. (P) No. 41/98 dated 09.03.1998 (whether they continue in service or relieved from service) who have been appointed through the Employment Exchange to the extent of their provisional service provided they possess a minimum service of one year in the provisional appointment. The maximum period of relaxation allowed to such persons will be five years. Once they get appointment on regular basis, the concession will not be available for further appointment to any other post. The candidates who are entitled to the above concession shall note the details there of in the respective column of the application and submit certificate (original) obtained from the Head of Office or Head of Department or Appointing Authority of the Co-operative Institutions concerned, when the Commission calls for. The certificate should contain all the relevant particulars such as the post in which the applicant has/ had provisional service, the scale of pay, name of the Co-operative Institution in which he/ she has/ had worked, the date of commencement of provisional service and the date of termination of the provisional service. It should also be noted in the certificate that the applicant is not holding regular appointment under the Co-operative Institution. The original certificate thus produced will not be returned to the candidate.

1. A Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture or Horticulture of recognized University Equivalent qualification admitted in the previous selection Note:- 1) Rule 10 (a) (ii) of Part II of KS&SSR is applicable. 2) In addition to the qualifications prescribed in this notification, the qualifications recognized by Executive Orders or by Standing Orders of Government as equivalent to a qualification 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.

1) The above vacancy is now in existence.The NCA Ranked list published as per this notification shall remain in force until candidates are advised and appointed against those vacancies earmarked for the above Community, but remain unfilled due to the paucity of candidates belonging to the aforesaid community, during the currency of the Ranked List published on 27/04/2022 as per Category No.398/2019. 2) The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on statewide basis. 5 Probation : As per Rule 184 of KCS every person appointed to this post shall from the date on which he/she joins the duty be on probation for a period of one year on duty within a continuous period of two years. 9 Mode of submitting applications:- (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 refrain from creating multiple profiles, non-compliance of which shall lead to forfeiture of their candidature. 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 one taken after 31.12.2013.Name of the candidate and the date of photograph taken should be printed legibly at the bottom portion of the photograph. The photograph once uploaded meeting all requirements shall be valid for 10 years from the date of uploading. Candidates who create new profile should upload photograph taken within 6 months. There is no change in other instructions regarding the uploading of photographs. No application fee is required. 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 cannot be deleted or altered after submission. Candidates are advised to keep a print out or soft copy of the online application for future reference. Candidates can take the print out of the application by clicking on the link 'My Applications' in their profile. All correspondences with the Commission,regarding the application should be accompanied with the print out of the application. The application will be summarily rejected if non complaince with the notification is found in due course of processing. Original 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 profiles for One Time Registration. 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 number registered in it. (c) Candidates who have AADHAAR Card should add AADHAAR Card as I.D proof in their profile. 10 Sub Paras v,viii,ix,x,xi,xii,xiii in Para-2, Para-5 and 6 of General Conditions regarding recruitment by KPSC are not applicable to this post. 13 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. 14 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 are liable to be rejected. 15 Appropriate disciplinary action as per Rule 22 of the Kerala Public Service Commission rules of Procedure shall be initiated against those candidates who 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 initiation 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 all of the above.