Lower Division Typist (Recruitment By Transfer)

632/2025

2025-12-30

Various

Lower Division Typist (Recruitment By Transfer)

10% of vacancies which are reported to the District office of the Public Service Commission will be filled up by candidates selected from low paid employees in the Subordinate Services.

Recruitment by transfer (from persons holding low paid posts in the Government Services)

The low paid employees in the Subordinate Service are exempted from the maximum age limit prescribed for the post. But they should possess the qualification prescribed for the post. The candidates in the category are not entitled to the benefit of Differently Abled candidates.

(1) Pass in SSLC 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 before January 2002, should possess separate certificate in Computer Word Processing or its equivalent before the last date for receipt of application for the post fixed by the Commission.

i) Certificates in Computer Word Processing issued by Central,State Government Departments/Agencies/Societies, Universities after successfully completing course of study not less than three months duration are considered as equivalent. The details of the qualifications which had already been decided to be accepted as equivalent to Computer Word Processing, have been made available in the official website of Kerala Public Service Commission. As regards the other qualifications claimed as equivalent to Computer Word Processing, the acceptability will be decided after detailed examination of the same. The candidates who claim such qualifications shall submit sufficient documents to prove that the qualifications agree with the above conditions, at the time of production of other documents proving qualifications. ii) Applications are invited from low paid employees in the Kerala Government Subordinate Services for appointment as Lower Division Typist in the 10% of vacancies arising in the cadre of L. D. Typist reserved for the persons holding posts having scale of pay below Rs. 26500- 60700/- included in the Subordinate Service as per G.O.(P) No.12/2010/P & ARD dated 05.04.2010. The applicant should be an approved probationer/full member of the Kerala Government Subordinate Service (including Part Time Contingent Services). The applicants should obtain a Certificate from the Head of the Department or office showing their service particulars in the form given as Annexure I of the notification and produce the same as and when required by the Commission. Persons appointed through Employment Exchange or otherwise and working on a temporary/provisional basis are not eligible to apply for this post in response to this notification. 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) Candidates who are eligible to apply for the Direct Recruitment and Recruitment By Transfer need not select the same district for the both categories. But they should submit separate applications for each category even if selected the same district. Candidates who are included in both lists under this notification and advised from anyone of the lists shall be deleted from the other list as per Rule 18 (iii) of the KPSC Rules of Procedure. v) The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on District basis, subject to the special conditions laid down in GO(MS)No.154/71/PD dated 27.05.1971. A candidate advised for appointment in one District from the Ranked List prepared for that district is not eligible for transfer to another district for a period of 5 years from the date of commencement of regular service in the former districts. 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 2.12.1991 for inter district transfers in same department and GO(P)No.5/2013/P&ARD dated 06.02.2013 for interdepartmental transfers. But as per G.O (P) No. 12/96/P&ARD dated 16.03.1996 the condition of 5 years service is not applicable for the transfer to the districts of Idukki, Wayanad and Kasaragod. This concession will be available only 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. Candidates already in Government Service holding the post in any one district are prohibited from applying for the same post in another district. 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) The low paid employees in the Subordinate Service are exempted from the maximum age limit prescribed for the post. But they should possess the qualification prescribed for the post. The candidates in the category are not entitled to the benefit of Differently Abled candidates. viii) The Commission will conduct a competitive test for Direct Recruitment and By Transfer candidates. Based on the marks secured by the candidates in the test, separate Ranked List will be prepared for Direct Recruitment and Recruitment By Transfer in respect of each districts. Candidates who secure not less than 40% marks in the test for By Transfer category are eligible to be included in the Ranked List for recruitment by transfer. ix) 10% of vacancies which are reported to the District office of the Public Service Commission will be filled up by candidates selected from low paid employees in the Subordinate Services. The rules regarding the Reservation of Appointment contemplated in the Rules 14 to 17 of Part II of the Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958 are not applicable to appointment By Transfer. If sufficient number of candidates are not available to fill up the 10% reservation quota mentioned above, such vacancies will be filled up by candidates included in the ranked list prepared for open quota. In case candidates included in the ranked list prepared for recruitment By Transfer could not secure appointment before the expiry of the ranked list, the names of such candidates will be included at the top of the new ranked list of the low paid employees drawn up by the Commission subsequently in the same order and they will be advised for appointment accordingly vide G.O. (P) No. 39/89/P&ARD dtd. 08.12.1989. x) KS&SSR Part II Rule 10 (a) (ii) is applicable for selection to this post. xi) In addition to the qualification prescribed in the notification, the qualifications recognized by executive orders or standing orders of Government as equivalent to a qualification specified for a 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.