Agricultural Officer — SPECIAL RECRUITMENT (STATEWIDE) - AGRICULTURAL OFFICER (SR FOR SC/ST)

62/2013

2013-03-30

Agriculture

Agricultural Officer

1 (one)

Direct Recruitment (Special Recruitment from among Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes only) Note: Applications received from candidates other than Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribe candidates will be rejected. Individual communications regarding the rejection of their applications for the above reason will not be issued.

18-42 Only Candidates born between 02.01.1971 and 01.01.1995 (including both the dates) are eligible to apply for this post . (No other age relaxation will be allowed) 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.

B.Sc Degree in Agriculture or Horticulture awarded by the Kerala Agricultural University or Degree in Agriculture or Horticulture from any other University recognised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. List of such Universities is available in G.O (MS)No. 73/05/AD dated 28.04.2005 and G.O.(MS) No. 101/08/AD dated 20.06.2008. Note: 1. Candidates with Post Graduate Degree in Agriculture who do not possess a basic degree in Agriculture will not be eligible to apply for this post. 2. The Degree awarded by the colleges or Universities should be after the course of study having 10+2+4 pattern prescribed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research ( I.C.A.R.)

The Ranked List of selected candidates published by the commission 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. Recruitment will be made for the above vacancy and also for the vacancies reported for Special Recruitment from SC/ST and ST only during the pendency of the list. Candidates against vacancies exclusively reported for Scheduled Tribes will also be advised from this list and only in the absence of Scheduled Tribe candidates in this list that fresh notification for Scheduled Tribes for vacancies reserved exclusively for them will be issued. Paragraphs two, three and twenty five (except the conditions laid down in the Rule 3 (C) of Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules) are not applicable to this selection. Appointments are made subject to the rank secured in the Ranked List of candidates prepared in pursuance of this notification subject to the conditions laid down in G.O.(P) No. 21/76/PD dated, 17.01.1976 and G.O. (P) No. 25/94/GAD dated, 22.01.1994 allowing special reservations to Scheduled Tribes in accordance with the procedures made for this purpose from time to time and subject to the rules under sections 3 (c ) 17 (a), 17(b) of Part II of Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958. If a written Test/OMR Test is conducted as part of the selection, Admission Ticket of eligible candidates will be made available in the Website of Kerala Public Service Commission. Candidate are instructed to download their Admission Tickets as per the instructions in the Website. (For details including Photo and ID refer to the General Conditions)